Poloidal Flow Driven by Ion-Temperature-Gradient Turbulence in Tokamaks

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M. N. Rosenbluth · General Atomics (United States)

F. L. Hinton · General Atomics (United States)

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We show that linear collisionless processes do not damp poloidal flows driven by ion-temperature-gradient (ITG) turbulence. Since these flows play an important role in saturating the level of the turbulence, this level, as well as the transport caused by ITG modes, may be overestimated by gyrofluid simulations, which employ linear collisionless rotation damping.

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 80, Issue 4, pp. 724-727

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.80.724

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Poloidal Flow Driven by Ion-Temperature-Gradient Turbulence in Tokamaks

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