Spectroscopic observation of fluctuation-induced dynamo in the edge of the reversed-field pinch.
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The fluctuation-induced dynamo has been investigated by direct measurement of v and b in the edge of a reversed-field pinch and is found to be significant in balancing Ohm's law. The velocity fluctuations producing the dynamo emf have poloidal mode number m = 0, consistent with MHD calculations and in contrast with the core m = 1 dynamo. The velocity fluctuations exhibit the parity relative to their resonant surface predicted by linear MHD theory.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 85 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000