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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hatch, D R
• Pueschel, M J
• Jenko, F
• Nevins, W M
• Terry, P W
• Doerk, H

Titel

Origin of magnetic stochasticity and transport in plasma microturbulence

Ist Teil von

• Physical review letters, 2012-06, Vol.108 (23), p.235002-235002, Article 235002

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Physical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

American Physical Society Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Nonlinear excitation of linearly stable microtearing modes--with zonal modes acting as a catalyst--is shown to be responsible for the near-ubiquitous magnetic stochasticity and associated electromagnetic electron heat transport in electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations of plasma microturbulence.