Non-equilibrium quasi-stationary states in a magnetized plasma

• Non-equilibrium quasi-stationary states resulting from curvature driven interchange instabilities and driftwave instabilities in a low beta, weakly ionized, magnetized plasma are investigated in the context of laboratory experiments in a toroidal configuration. Analytic modelling, numerical simulations and experimental results are discussed with emphasis on identifying the unstable modes and understanding the physics of anomalous particle and energy fluxes and their linkage to self-organized pressure profiles.

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electrostatic fluctuations

rotational transform

probe measurements

toroidal plasma

torus

equilibrium

temperature

confinement

turbulence

transport

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