Chaotic edge density fluctuations in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak
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Zhu, Z.; Carter, T. A.; White, Anne E.; Baek, Seung Gyou; Terry, James L
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Analysis of the time series obtained with the O-Mode reflectometer [Rhodes et al., 1997 Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 40, 493-510 (1998)] and the gas puff imaging [Cziegler et al., Phys. Plasmas 17(5), 056120 (2010)] systems on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak reveals that the turbulent edge density fluctuations are chaotic. Supporting evidence for this conclusion includes the observation of exponential power spectra (which is associated with Lorentzian-shaped pulses in the time series), the population of the corresponding Bandt-Pompe probability distributions [Bandt and Pompe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174102 (2002)], and the location of the signal on the complexity-entropy plane (C-H plane) [Rosso et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 154102 (2007)]. The classification of edge turbulence as chaotic opens the door for further work to understand the underlying process and the impact on turbulent transport.
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2017-04Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion CenterJournal
Physics of Plasmas
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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Zhu, Z. et al. “Chaotic Edge Density Fluctuations in the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak.” Physics of Plasmas 24, 4 (April 2017): 042301 © 2017 Author(s)
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1070-664X
1089-7674