Abstract
We simulate boundary plasma turbulence using a 3D turbulence code BOUT and a linearized electromagnetic instability shooting code BAL. The code BOUT solves fluid equations for plasma vorticity, density, ion temperature and parallel momentum (along the magnetic field), electron temperature, and parallel momentum. A realistic DIII-D X-point magnetic geometry is used. The focus is on the possible local linear instability drives and turbulence suppression mechanisms involved in the L–H transition and on the consistency of the computed turbulence with observed temperature and density profiles. Comparison is made with data from the DIII-D tokamak where probe measurements provide turbulence statistics in the boundary plasma and transport modeling.
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