Transition to superdiffusive transport in turbulent plasmas.

Stanzani, Matteo; Arlotti, Filippo; Ciraolo, Guido; Garbet, Xavier; Chandre, Cristel · Phys Rev E · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We investigate the motion of charged particles in a turbulent electrostatic potential using guiding-center theory. By increasing the Larmor radius, the dynamics exhibit close-to-ballistic transport properties. The transition from diffusive to ballistic transport is analyzed using nonlinear dynamics. It is found that twistless invariant tori in the guiding-center dynamics are responsible for this transition, drastically affecting transport properties of charged particles.