Abstract
The intermittent transport due to coherent structures (streamers) is shown to be dramatically reduced by the shearing of mean flow in passive scalar field model, with the scaling ∝ Ω-3. Here, Ω is the shearing rate of the mean flow. This reduction is much stronger than that in turbulent transport (∝ Ω-1) [Kim and Diamond, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 075001 (2003)] in the same model. Implications for the transition from low to high confinement (L-H transition) are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 044501 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Mar 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The author thanks P. H. Diamond for useful comments. This research was in part supported by U.S. Department of Energy Grant No. FG03-88ER 53275.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics