title: Ion stochastic trapping and drift turbulence evolution.
abstract: Test modes on turbulent magnetized plasmas are studied taking into account the stochastic ion trapping or eddying that characterizes the E×B drift in the background turbulence. It is shown that ion trapping provides an important physical mechanism for the complex nonlinear processes in drift turbulence evolution: generation of large-scale correlations and of zonal flow modes.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania. madalina.vlad@inflpr.ro
authors.forename: Madalina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vlad
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D058626:Plasma Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D013269:Stochastic Processes
chemical_list: D058626:Plasma Gases