Study of shear flows generated by turbulence in tokamaks

• Grant number: 07/01214-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2007
• End date: February 28, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Physics of Fluids, Plasma Physics and Electrical Discharge
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão
• Grantee: Reneé Jordashe Franco Sgalla
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

A study of the formation of sheared fluxes by turbulent fields and of its relevance to the formation of transport barriers in tokamak confined plasmas will be carried out. Particular emphasis will be on process associated to the formation of transport barriers triggered by electrostatic edge polarization and by Alfvén waves.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SGALLA, Reneé Jordashe Franco. Rotation effect on zonal flows and geodesic acoustic modes. 2010. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) São Paulo.