Characteristics of Plasma Turbulence in the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak

2013/02/25 by Young-chul Ghim, Ghim, Young-chul
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #Superconducting Materials and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1302.6171

openalex publication_date 2013/02/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Turbulence is a major factor limiting the achievement of better tokamak performance as it enhances the transport of particles, momentum and heat which hinders the foremost objective of tokamaks. Hence, understanding and possibly being able to control turbulence in tokamaks is of paramount importance, not to mention our intellectual curiosity of it.

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