New turbulent transport modeling shows multiscale fluctuations in heated plasma
(PHYSorg.com Physics)

Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, a DOE Office of Science user facility operated by General Atomics, used a `reduced physics` fluid model of plasma turbulence to explain unexpected properties of the density profile inside a tokamak experiment. Modeling plasma`s turbulent behavior could help scientists optimize the tokamak performance in future fusion reactors like ITER.