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ABSTRACT
Recently, much progress has been made
toward understanding the fundamental dynamics of turbulent transport
in the presence of sheared flows. The insights have come from following
Lagrangian trajectories using both gyrokinetic simulations of ITG turbulence[1]
and fluid models of drift-wave turbulence[2]. In this work, using the
same tools, the impact of simple diamagnetic drifts on the dynamics of
the transport is investigated using numerical simulations of 2D-turbulence
in slab geometry with the BETA code. By itself, a diamagnetic drift velocity
can have a significant an impact on the transport dynamics both with
and across flow. However when coupled with a sheared flow additional
dynamics are observed which could lead to interesting profile control
tools if separately controlled. These new dynamics
are in part the result of coherent structure formation localized to particular
regions of the flows. The various impacts of flows on turbulent transport
will be reviewed and the new transport dynamics and possible uses
will be discussed.
[1] R. Sanchez, D.E. Newman, et al PRL 101, 205002
(2008)
[2] D.E. Newman, et al, Proc. of the 35th EPS Conf
on Plasma Physics, ECA Vol. 32, p. 1.044 (2008)
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