Nonlinear growth of zonal flows by secondary instability in general magnetic geometry

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/AA5FDFzbMATH Open1512.76147arXiv1702.05576OpenAlexW3104721592MaRDI QIDQ6100528FDOQ6100528

Authors: Gabriel G. Plunk 

Publication date: 12 May 2023

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a theory of the nonlinear growth of zonal flows in magnetized plasma turbulence, by the mechanism of secondary instability. The theory is derived for general magnetic geometry, and is thus applicable to both tokamaks and stellarators. The predicted growth rate is shown to compare favorably with nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations, with the error scaling as expected with the small parameter of the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.05576

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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