Intrinsic evolution of the decoupling and coupling of the plasma density and temperature in a cylindrical laboratory plasma device
Abstract
An intrinsic evolution in the decoupling–coupling–decoupling (DCD) of the electron density and temperature responding to the magnetic field change is observed in a cylindrical laboratory plasma device. Experimental results show that the density and the temperature decouple in the low magnetic field, couple with higher magnetic field, and decouple again with a continuous magnetic field increase. An element physical picture of the DCD regime is unraveled based on the analyses of gradient lengths, the turbulence propagation directions, the turbulence spatial scales, and the relationship between the normalized collision rates and the poloidal mode numbers.
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