Abstract
Transport in a magnetized plasma is determined by a large number of particle interactions which lead to a diffusion-like behavior. Due to the nonlinear interplay of equations describing transport mechanisms, the spatial structure and the temporal dynamics of plasma profiles have non-trivial solutions. In this paper, we model transport properties of a bi-stable diffusive sandpile, which is based on a one-dimensional cellular automata algorithm, and compare them with experimental results obtained from toroidally-confined plasma experiments. Despite the simplicity of the sandpile model, a striking similarity between spatial structures of transport parameters in both systems is found.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Complexity International |
| Volume | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2008 |