Rossby and drift wave turbulence and zonal flows: the Charney–Hasegawa–Mima model and its extensions

C Connaughton, S Nazarenko, B Quinn - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
A detailed study of the Charney–Hasegawa–Mima model and its extensions is presented.
These simple nonlinear partial differential equations suggested for both Rossby waves in …

Spectrum of kinetic-Alfvén turbulence

S Boldyrev, JC Perez - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A numerical study of strong kinetic-Alfvén turbulence at scales smaller than the
ion gyroscale is presented, and a phenomenological model is proposed that argues that …

Scaling of the electron dissipation range of solar wind turbulence

F Sahraoui, SY Huang, G Belmont… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Electron scale solar wind (SW) turbulence has attracted great interest in recent years.
Considerable evidence exists that the turbulence is not fully dissipated near the proton …

Toward a theory of astrophysical plasma turbulence at subproton scales

S Boldyrev, K Horaites, Q Xia… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analytical study of subproton electromagnetic fluctuations in a collisionless
plasma with a plasma beta of the order of unity. In the linear limit, a rigorous derivation from …

Phase mixing versus nonlinear advection in drift-kinetic plasma turbulence

AA Schekochihin, JT Parker, EG Highcock… - Journal of Plasma …, 2016 - cambridge.org
A scaling theory of long-wavelength electrostatic turbulence in a magnetised, weakly
collisional plasma (eg drift-wave turbulence driven by ion temperature gradients) is …

Validating a quasi-linear transport model versus nonlinear simulations

A Casati, C Bourdelle, X Garbet, F Imbeaux… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to gain reliable predictions on turbulent fluxes in tokamak plasmas, physics based
transport models are required. Nonlinear gyrokinetic electromagnetic simulations for all …

Spectral properties of electrostatic drift wave turbulence in the laboratory and the ionosphere

HL Pécseli - Annales Geophysicae, 2015 - angeo.copernicus.org
Low-frequency electrostatic drift wave turbulence has been studied in both laboratory
plasmas and in space. The present review describes a number of such laboratory …

Comparison of detailed experimental wavenumber spectra with gyrokinetic simulation aided by two-dimensional full-wave simulations

T Happel, T Görler, P Hennequin… - Plasma Physics and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The importance of using a comprehensive suite of tools for the validation of a gyrokinetic
code is described. This is detailed by presenting experimental wavenumber spectra which …

Wave trapping and E× B staircases

X Garbet, O Panico, R Varennes, C Gillot… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A model of E× B staircases is proposed based on a wave kinetic equation coupled to a
poloidal momentum equation. A staircase pattern is idealized as a periodic radial structure …

Impact of collisionality on fluctuation characteristics of micro-turbulence

L Vermare, P Hennequin, ÖD Gürcan, C Bourdelle… - Physics of …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The influence of changing collisionality on density fluctuation characteristics is studied
during dedicated ν∗ scaling experiments, using Doppler backscattering system. First, the …