Propagation of Heat Pulse and Turbulence (VIDEO)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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Heat pulse is generated approximately at the normalized minor radius x=0.0. Flat blue line means no temperature gradient inside the magnetic island (x=0.6?0.8). Turbulence (in red) propagates faster than the heat pulse.

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Dr. Katsumi Ida

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