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Excitation of zonal flow by the modulational instability in electron temperature gradient driven turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Yu. A. ZALIZNYAK ,
A. I. YAKIMENKO  and
V. M. LASHKIN
Yu. A. ZALIZNYAK
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research, Nauki ave., 47, Kiev 03680, Ukraine
A. I. YAKIMENKO
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research, Nauki ave., 47, Kiev 03680, Ukraine Department of Physics, Taras Shevchenko National University, prospekt Glushkova 2, Kiev 03680, Ukraine ([email protected])
V. M. LASHKIN
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research, Nauki ave., 47, Kiev 03680, Ukraine
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Abstract

The generation of large-scale zonal flows by small-scale electrostatic drift waves in electron temperature gradient driven turbulence model is considered. The generation mechanism is based on the modulational instability of a finite amplitude monochromatic drift wave. The threshold and growth rate of the instability as well as the optimal spatial scale of zonal flow are obtained.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , June 2008 , pp. 381 - 389
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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