The Status of the Nonlinear Theory of Drift and Trapped Particle Instabilities.

Abstract

This note is a short appraisal of the status of nonlinear theories for drift waves and trapped particle instabilities as seen by the author. Such instabilities are thought to play a crucial role in the energy confinement capability of tokamaks. Some of the phenomenological and strong turbulence theories are discussed followed by a discussion of the more quantitative weak turbulence theories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031491

Entities

People

  • Wallace M. Manheimer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Diffusion
  • Dissipation
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Free Energy
  • Frequency
  • Instability
  • Military Research
  • Physics
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Security
  • Steady State
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.