Transport, Damping, and Wave-Couplings from Chaotic and Collisional Neoclassical Transport
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Experiments and theory characterize the novel chaotic neoclassical transport scaling as νcB in contrast to traditional collisional neoclassical transport scaling as ν 1/2 c B−1/2. This chaotic transport occurs when local trapping separatrices have θ-variations or temporal fluctuations. Experiments observe bulk particle transport, damping of Langmuir waves and diocotron waves, and nonlinear wave-wave couplings. These effects may be important in low-collisionality fusion plasmas.
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