Magnetized Kelvin–Helmholtz instability: theory and simulations in the Earth's magnetosphere context

M Faganello, F Califano - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2017 - cambridge.org
The Kelvin–Helmholtz instability, proposed a long time ago for its role in and impact on the
transport properties at magnetospheric flanks, has been widely investigated in the Earth's …

On the application of cross bispectrum and cross bicoherence

SI Itoh, K Itoh, Y Nagashima, Y Kosuga - Plasma and Fusion …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In magnetically confined plasmas, low frequency fluctuation around drift wave frequency
plays an important role [1]. Nonlinear interaction of drift waves is an important issue to …

Fluctuation spectra and velocity profile from Doppler backscattering on Tore Supra

P Hennequin, C Honoré, A Truc, A Quéméneur… - Nuclear …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Backscattering of a microwave beam close to the cut-off allows for measurement of density
fluctuations at a specified wave-number, selected by the scattering geometry, where ki is the …

Nonlinear interaction between double tearing mode and Kelvin–Helmholtz instability with different shear flows

Z Li, XQ Wang, Y Xu, HF Liu, J Huang - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The nonlinear interaction between the double tearing mode (DTM) and Kelvin–Helmholtz
(KH) instabilities with different shear flow profiles has been numerically investigated via the …

TOKAM-3D: A 3D fluid code for transport and turbulence in the edge plasma of Tokamaks

P Tamain, P Ghendrih, E Tsitrone, V Grandgirard… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
We present a new code aiming at giving a global and coherent approach for transport and
turbulence issues in the edge plasma of Tokamaks. The TOKAM-3D code solves 3D fluid …

Impact of collisionality on turbulence in the edge of tokamak plasma using 3D global simulations

R Tatali, E Serre, P Tamain, D Galassi… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Collisionality is one of the key parameters in determining turbulent transport in the plasma
edge, regulating phenomena such as' shoulder formation', separation of scale lengths in the …

Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in sheared dusty plasma flows including dust polarization and ion drag forces

B Dolai, RP Prajapati - Physica Scripta, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Velocity shear driven Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) instability has been investigated in an
incompressible subsonic sheared dusty plasma with ion drag and dust polarization forces. A …

Theoretical understanding of turbulent transport in the SOL

Y Sarazin, P Ghendrih, G Attuel, C Clément… - Journal of nuclear …, 2003 - Elsevier
Turbulence in the scrape-off layer (SOL) is investigated using a 2D fluid model for the
interchange instability as a paradigm. A constant driving flux governs the dynamics of both …

Transition to supersonic flows in the edge plasma

P Ghendrih, K Bodi, H Bufferand… - Plasma Physics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
With a proper choice of a single dimensionless control parameter one describes the
transition between subsonic and supersonic flows as a bifurcation. The bifurcation point is …

Zonal flow generation in parallel flow shear driven turbulence

Y Kosuga, SI Itoh, K Itoh - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Generation of zonal flow in parallel flow shear driven turbulence is discussed. Nonlinear
dynamics is formulated by calculating energy transfer in the wave number space. It is shown …