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Plasma turbulence in a simple magnetized torus (SMT) is explored for the first time with three-dimensional global fluid simulations. Three turbulence regimes are described: an ideal interchange mode regime, a previously undiscovered resistive interchange m ...

The collisional damping of seeded E X B zonal flows on the ion Larmor radius scale is studied using a gyrokinetic model. The focus is on flow damping due to finite Larmor radius effects, which cause a nu(parallel to)/nu anisotropy of the ion distribution f ...

The mechanisms for anomalous transport across the magnetic field are investigated in a toroidal magnetized plasma. The role of plasma instabilities and macroscopic density structures (blobs) is discussed. Examples from a scenario with open magnetic field l ...

The methodology for plasma-turbulence code validation is discussed, with focus on the quantities to use for the simulation-experiment comparison, i.e., the validation observables, and application to the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment [A. Fasoli , P ...

The radial propagation of plasma blobs and possibilities of influencing it are investigated in the TORPEX toroidal experiment [Fasoli et al., Phys. Plasmas 13, 055902 (2006)]. The effect of changing the connection length and the neutral background pressure ...

Fluid models used to study the edge plasma region need to be benchmarked against similar conditions given that models can strongly differ in complexity and therefore the results they produce. Via this validation study undertaken through the framework of EU ...

Bridging the gap between plasma physics and other scientific domains, in particular, the computational fluid dynamics community, a general, rigorous, and simple-to-apply methodology is presented for both the verification of the correct implementation of th ...

Fractional Levy motion has been derived from its generalized Langevin equation via path integrals in earlier works and has since proven to be a useful model for nonlocal and non-Markovian processes, especially in the context of nondiffusive transport. Here ...

We designed and built a diagnostic based on a cathodoluminescent screen for the detection of turbulent plasma structures with high spatial resolution. The screen is coated with a low threshold energy cathodoluminescent powder that emits light when exposed ...

A model for the simulation of the tokamak boundary is described, which is mass-conserving to leading order in rho s / R 0 (where rho s is the ion sound Larmor radius and R-0 is the tokamak major radius at the magnetic axis). The model integrates a three-di ...

Plasma turbulence in a linear device is explored for the first time with three-dimensional global twofluid simulations, focusing on the plasma parameters of the Large Plasma Device. Three instabilities are present in the simulations: the Kelvin-Helmholtz i ...

Intermittent cross-field particle transport events (ITEs) are studied in the basic toroidal device TORPEX [TORoidal Plasma EXperiment, A. Fasoli et al., Phys. Plasmas 13, 055902 (2006)], with focus on the role of the density gradient. ITEs are due to the i ...

We present an acceleration method for sequences of large-scale linear systems, such as the ones arising from the numerical solution of time-dependent partial differential equations coupled with algebraic constraints. We discuss different approaches to leve ...

A methodology for plasma turbulence code validation is discussed, focusing on quantitative assessment of the agreement between experiments and simulations. The present work extends the analysis carried out in a previous paper [P. Ricci et al., Phys. Plasma ...

The link between toroidal flows and density blobs is experimentally demonstrated in TORPEX simple magnetized plasmas: momentum is transferred from an ideal-interchange mode to density blobs. The phase shift between the toroidal flow and the density perturb ...

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Turbulence Phase Space in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas

Collisional damping of zonal flows due to finite Larmor radius effects

Cross-field transport by instabilities and blobs in a magnetized toroidal plasma

Langmuir probe-based observables for plasma-turbulence code validation and application to the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment

Blob motion and control in simple magnetized plasmas

Edge turbulence in ISTTOK: a multi-code fluid validation

Verification methodology for plasma simulations and application to a scrape-off layer turbulence code

Truncated Levy motion through path integrals and applications to nondiffusive suprathermal ion transport

Cathodoluminescent screen imaging system for seeded blob detection in toroidal plasma experiment

Moving toward mass-conserving simulations of plasma turbulence and kinetic neutrals in the tokamak boundary with the GBS code

The role of basic plasmas studies in the quest for fusion power

Statistical properties of electrostatic turbulence in toroidal magnetized plasmas (Invited paper)

Low-Frequency Turbulence in a Linear Magnetized Plasma

The role of the density gradient on intermittent cross-field transport events in a simple magnetized toroidal plasma

High- and Low-Confinement Modes in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas

Subspace Acceleration for a Sequence of Linear Systems and Application to Plasma Simulation

Methodology for turbulence code validation: Quantification of simulation-experiment agreement and application to the TORPEX experiment

Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: from conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond

Blob-induced toroidal momentum transport in simple magnetized plasmas

Plasma blob studies using a fluorescent probe