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Damping effects of finite parallel thermal conductivity on zonal flows

  • Wenfeng Guo
  • , Shaojie Wang
  • , Jiangang Li
  • CAS - Institute of Plasma Physics
  • University of Science and Technology of China

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Abstract

Effects of the finite parallel thermal conductivity on the zonal flows in a tokamak have been investigated. It has been found that the finite parallel thermal conductivity damps the geodesic acoustic modes, the high frequency branch of the zonal flows, with a damping rate similar to that induced by the collisional viscosity, while the finite parallel thermal conductivity has no damping effect on the low frequency branch of the zonal flows.

Original languageEnglish
Article number095006
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume50
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2008

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