Spontaneous mean flow shear amplification in turbulent plasmas

A. V. Gruzinov, P. H. Diamond, V. B. Lebedev

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    Abstract

    The spontaneous generation of shear flows in turbulent plasmas is discussed. In the case of the Hasegawa-Mima model of turbulence, mean shear (S = dVy/dx) generation minimizes the classical Ginzburg-Landau free-energy functional F = ∫ dx(-D1S2+D 2Sx2+BS4). The process of shear flow generation thus closely resembles the mean-field theory of a second-order phase transition.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)3148-3150
    Number of pages3
    JournalPhysics of Plasmas
    Volume1
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1994

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Condensed Matter Physics

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