Theoretical and Numerical Study of Anomalous Turbulent Transport in Plasmas
Abstract
Theoretical and computational analysis of particle transport in a plasma turbulence was carried out. Particle behavior was investigated by test particle simulations in different types of plasma turbulence, including drift wave turbulence, ion acoustic turbulence and Langmuir turbulence. Resonance broadening in real space around mode rational surface was confirmed in drift wave turbulence. Nonresonant interaction of waves and particles were studied in ion acoustic turbulence. Resonance broadening in velocity space was found as a result of non-Markovian process in Langmuir turbulence. A semiclassical quantum plasma approach was also applied to plasma turbulence. Some instabilities in toroidal geometry were studied as eigen value problems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 05, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA232688
Entities
People
- Osamu Ishihara
Organizations
- Texas Tech University