Statistical magnetohydrodynamics of a reversed-field pinch
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 24 (5) , 2839-2842
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.24.2839
Abstract
The effects of boundaries are studied in a new calculation of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in a reversed-field pinch configuration. Our model, which assumes a Gibbs distribution of the turbulent fields, predicts magnetohydrodynamic fluctuations about a Bessel-function-model mean magnetic field. The effects of these fluctuations can be seen in a calculable field autocorrelation tensor.Keywords
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