Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2009-01-15
Physics of Plasmas 15, 052306 (2008)
Physics
Plasma Physics
23 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2918338
There has been overwhelming evidence that coherent structures play a critical role in determining the overall transport in a variety of systems. We compute the probability distribution function (PDF) tails of momentum flux and heat flux in ion-temperature-gradient turbulence, by taking into account the interaction among modons, which are assumed to be coherent structures responsible for bursty and intermittent events, contributing to the PDF tails. The tail of PDF of momentum flux $R = < v_x v_y>$ is shown to be exponential with the form $\exp{\{-\xi R^{3/2}\}}$, which is broader than a Gaussian, similarly to what was found in the previous local studies. An analogous expression with the same functional dependence is found for the PDF tails of heat flux. Furthermore, we present a detailed numerical study of the dependence of the PDF tail on the temperature and density scale lengths and other physical parameters through the coefficient $\xi$.
Anderson Johan
Kim Eun-jin
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