Abstract
Abstract A low-frequency zonal flow-like (LFZF-like) structure peaking at f ≈ 2.0 kHz has been observed in HL-2A ohmically heated deuterium plasmas using a combined Langmuir probe array. This time-varying potential structure, which has axisymmetric characteristics (n = 0) and a finite radial correlation length (less than 1 cm), was identified to be generated by the three-wave interaction in small-scale turbulence. The results illustrate that the amplitude of the LFZF-like structure dramatically increases with the influence of impurity ions, which is mainly due to the increased strength in the nonlinear energy transfer by the turbulence vortex symmetry-breaking process. Consequently, the enhanced LFZF-like structure has the ability to stabilize the local turbulence via the shearing decorrelation mechanism as demonstrated in this experiment. The observed results given here reveal the essential role played by the LFZF-like structure in the reduction of turbulence levels, which could advance our understanding of the multi-scale physics governing turbulence and the resulting transport in magnetically confined plasmas.
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