The formation and dynamics of coherent vortices in the Hasegawa-Mima t
wo-dimensional model of drift-wave turbulence is studied numerically.
The effect of ''vortex shielding'' due to the presence of a characteri
stic length scale (ion Larmor radius p(s)) leads to important differen
ces between self-organization in drift-wave and Navier-Stokes fluid tu
rbulence. While it may not be surprising that a finite deformation rad
ius leads to the formation of coherent vortices, we show here that it
also results in the appearance of long-range order in the system, i.e.
, the formation of a vortical ''quasicrystal.''