Experimental analysis of drift waves destabilization in a toroidal plasma

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作者
Riccardi, C [1 ]
Xuantong, D [1 ]
Salierno, M [1 ]
Gamberale, L [1 ]
Fontanesi, M [1 ]
机构
[1] CNR, IST FIS PLASMA, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
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10.1063/1.872499
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
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This paper concerns the study of the development of turbulence in a toroidal magnetoplasma [C. Riccardi et al., Plasma Phys. 36, 1791 (1994)]. This analysis has been performed by evaluating wave number, frequency spectra, and bicoherence coefficients of density fluctuations associated to drift wave propagation. Plasma parameters have been chang;ed over a wide range, in order to identify and characterize density fluctuations both in absence and in presence of nonlinear phenomena. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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