Spatio-temporal dynamics of turbulence trapped in geodesic acoustic modes

The spatio-temporal dynamics of turbulence with the interaction of geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs) are investigated, focusing on the phase-space structure of turbulence, where the phase-space consists of real-space and wavenumber-space. Based on the wave-kinetic framework, the coupling equation betwe...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2018-01, Vol.25 (1)
Main Authors: Sasaki, M., Kobayashi, T., Itoh, K., Kasuya, N., Kosuga, Y., Fujisawa, A., Itoh, S.-I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational fluid dynamics
Computer simulation
Curvature
Frequency spectrum
Plasma physics
Tokamak devices
Trapping
Turbulence intensity
Velocity distribution
Wavelengths
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Summary:The spatio-temporal dynamics of turbulence with the interaction of geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs) are investigated, focusing on the phase-space structure of turbulence, where the phase-space consists of real-space and wavenumber-space. Based on the wave-kinetic framework, the coupling equation between the GAM and the turbulence is numerically solved. The turbulence trapped by the GAM velocity field is obtained. Due to the trapping effect, the turbulence intensity increases where the second derivative of the GAM velocity (curvature of the GAM) is negative. While, in the positive-curvature region, the turbulence is suppressed. Since the trapped turbulence propagates with the GAMs, this relationship is sustained spatially and temporally. The dynamics of the turbulence in the wavenumber spectrum are converted in the evolution of the frequency spectrum, and the simulation result is compared with the experimental observation in JFT-2M tokamak, where the similar patterns are obtained. The turbulence trapping effect is a key to understand the spatial structure of the turbulence in the presence of sheared flows.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.5008541