Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aps..apre16012n&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, April Meeting, Jointly Sponsored with the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American As
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Understanding the relationship between turbulence behavior and energy loss represents a grand challenge in magnetic fusion science. The dramatic improvement in plasma confinement observed in many fusion devices is now understood to be determined by a complex process of turbulence self regulation through sheared plasma flows. As these shear layers can be highly localized, methods to observe the plasma turbuence with high spatial and temperal resolution are desired. The method of electromagnetic sounding was originally developed in the context of ionospheric physics where 1-10 MHz waves are typically launched vertically into the atmosphere and the reflected waves are measured to infer the height and irregularity of the various ionization bands. New computational tools have been developed in recent years for the quantitative analysis of wave reflection from plasma irregularities which has yielded new information on the behavior of plasma turbulence in both ionospheric and fusion plasmas. In particular, measurement of the radial decorrelation of turbulence observed during and after the formation of internal transport barriers in magnetic fusion plasmas will be discussed.
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