Anomalous ion diffusion and radial-electric-field generation in a turbulent edge plasma potential weakly correlated in time and space

• Using a simple model of tokamak-edge-plasma turbulence in the form of a spatially periodic and time-independent electrostatic potential, we have found recently a new type of anomalous impurity diffusion in this regime [1], [2]. In the present contribution, we estimate this diffusion in the test-particle approach for a real turbulent potential obtained in an experiment. A significant difference in the impurity dynannics between the Hamiltonian and drift approaches is observed. As an interesting consequence of these dynamics, the possibility of radial-electric-field generation in the turbulence regimes appears. This effect can be of importance in scenarios related to transport barriers.

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scrape-off layer

electrostatic turbulence

transport

model

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