title: Transition to collisionless ion-temperature-gradient-driven plasma turbulence: a dynamical systems approach.
abstract: The transition to collisionless ion-temperature-gradient-driven plasma turbulence is considered by applying dynamical systems theory to a model with 10 degrees of freedom. The study of a four-dimensional center manifold predicts a "Dimits shift" of the threshold for turbulence due to the excitation of zonal flows and establishes (for the model) the exact value of that shift.
authors.affiliation: Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kolesnikov
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Krommes