Inter-Relations between Scale Invariance and Mixing Length Theory based on g and Rippling Mode Turbulent Transports

Masatoshi Yagi, K. C. Shaing, Masahiro Wakatani

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Abstract

When the transport coefficient based on the mixing length theory, DM, does not include a poloidal mode number, m, it is exactly the same as the scale invariance result, Ds. For the g mode turbulence in stellarators, DM and Ds corresponding to the con-vective and the collisionless stochastic transport coincide with each other. For the rippling mode turbulence in tokamaks, DM includes m and disagrees with Ds as well as the collisional stochastic transport in the g mode case. However, by taking account the scale transformation for the poloidal mode number into the expression of DM, the coincidence is recovered. It is examined how the bootstrap current produced by the electrostatic turbulence changes the transport in the g mode case. A possibility is pointed out that the Kolmogorov spectrum appears in the g mode and the rippling mode turbulence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)117-124
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Physical Society of Japan
Volume57
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1988

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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