作者: C. Holland , J. H. Yu , A. James , D. Nishijima , M. Shimada
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.96.195002
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摘要: An azimuthally symmetric radially sheared plasma fluid flow is observed to spontaneously form in a cylindrical magnetized helicon device with no external sources of momentum input. A turbulent conservation analysis shows that this shear sustained by the Reynolds stress generated collisional drift turbulence device. The results provide direct experimental support for basic theoretical picture drift-wave-shear-flow interactions.