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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Phys, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Physics Letters A; v. 382, n. 15, p. 1014-1019, APR 19 2018. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
Evidences of internal particle transport barriers have been observed in plasma discharges with reversed plasma flow. To investigate the influence of the radial electric field profile on these barriers, we apply a drift wave map that describe the plasma particle transport and allows the integration of particle drift in the presence of a given electrostatic turbulence spectrum. With this procedure we show that transport barriers due to the shearless flow invariant lines are created inside the plasma. Moreover, by varying the radial electric field profile, we observe the formation and destruction of internal transport barriers constituted by shearless invariant lines, as well as its effects on the transport in the map's phase space. Applicability of our results are discussed for the Texas Helimak, a toroidal plasma device in which the radial electric field can be changed by application of bias potential. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/19296-1 - Nonlinear dynamics |
| Grantee: | Iberê Luiz Caldas |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |