ROUTE TO DRIFT, WAVE CHAOS AND TURBULENCE IN A BOUNDED LOW-BETA PLASMA-EXPERIMENT

Authors
KLINGER T LATTEN A PIEL A BONHOMME G PIERRE T DEWIT TD
Citation
T. Klinger et al., ROUTE TO DRIFT, WAVE CHAOS AND TURBULENCE IN A BOUNDED LOW-BETA PLASMA-EXPERIMENT, Physical review letters, 79(20), 1997, pp. 3913-3916
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
20
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3913 - 3916
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:20<3913:RTDWCA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The transition scenario from stability to drift wave turbulence is exp erimentally investigated in a magnetized low-beta plasma with cylindri cal geometry. It is demonstrated that the temporal dynamics is determi ned by the interaction and destabilization of spatiotemporal patterns, in particular, traveling waves. The analysis of the temporal and the spatiotemporal data shows that the bifurcations sequence towards weakl y developed turbulence follows the Ruelle-Takens scenario.