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View SchemaThe Character of Transport Caused by ExB Drift Turbulence
| Authors | Bruce D. Scott |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0208002 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0208002 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.1545100 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas 10 (2003) 963 |
Abstract
The basic character of diffusive transport in a magnetised plasma depends on what kind of transport is modelled. ExB turbulence under drift ordering has special characteristics: it is nearly incompressible, and it cannot lead to magnetic flux diffusion if it is electrostatic. The ExB velocity is also related to the Poynting energy flux. Under quasineutral dynamics, electric fields are not caused by transport of electric charge but by the requirement that the total current is divergence free. Consequences for well constructed computational transport models are discussed in the context of a general mean field analysis, which also yields several anomalous transfer mechanisms not normally considered by current models.
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