Soliton self-modulation of the turbulence amplitude and plasma rotation
arXiv:physics/0204050 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.185001
Abstract
The space-uniform amplitude envelope of the Ion Temperature Gradient driven turbulence is unstable to small perturbations and evolves to nonuniform, soliton-like modulated profiles. The induced poloidal asymmetry of the transport fluxes can generate spontaneous poloidal spin-up of the tokamak plasma.
Latex file, 66 pages, 24 postscript figures included. New section on rotation five new figures, comparison with magnetic pumping damping