Stationary Vortical Structures in Electrostatic Drift Wave Turbulence
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چکیده
The conditions of generation of vortical flows in fusion plasma are reviewed with particular interest for the role of the small scale vortices in the intermittency events of the internal transport barriers (ITB). Exact solutions are provided for stationary states.
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