Cascade generation of zonal flows by the drift wave turbulence

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2009.09.003MaRDI QIDQ407885zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. E. Zakharov, Alexander M. Balk

Publication date 28 March 2012

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2009.09.003

zbMATH Keywords

cascadesimilarity solutionsdrift waves in plasmastriad resonanceszonal flows in plasmaszonal jets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Turbulence (76F99) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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