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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 4, 038 (2009)

Review Articles

Structure Formation in Turbulent Plasmas
Sanae-I. ITOH
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan
(Received 1 September 2008 / Accepted 13 May 2009 / Published 12 August 2009)

Abstract

This overview summarizes progress made to date on the Specially Promoted Research Project “Structure Formation and Selection Rule in Turbulent Plasmas.” Keys for the progress of the project are a change of view, from one that is linear, local, and deterministic to one that is nonlinear, nonlocal, and statistical, and the integration of theory, simulation, and experiment.

Keywords

plasma turbulence, turbulent transport, structure formation, structural transition, drift wave, zonal flow, streamer, statistical theory, far-nonequilibrium physics

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.4.038

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Sanae-I. ITOH, Plasma Fusion Res. 4, 038 (2009).