Author： Garcia O.E. Horacek J. Pitts R.A.
Publisher： IOP Publishing
E-ISSN： 1741-4326|55|6|62002-62005
ISSN： 0029-5515
Source： Nuclear Fusion, Vol.55, Iss.6, 2015-06, pp. : 62002-62005
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Abstract
Probe measurements in the scrape-off layer of tokamak plasmas show that the ion saturation current signal is dominated by large amplitude bursts. Analysis of data time series from tokamak á configuration variable of unprecedented duration reveals that both burst amplitudes and waiting times are exponentially distributed. The average burst wave form has an exponential shape with a characteristic time that is independent of the burst amplitude. These results support a novel stochastic model, which suggests that the high particle density in the far scrape-off layer is due to the radial motion of uncorrelated blob-like structures. Predictions of the model describe the broad range of universality of plasma fluctuations in the boundary region of tokamak plasmas.
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