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Plasma physics

upshift of the critical temperature gradient for turbulent transport above the linear instability threshold, caused by zonal flows.

In plasma physics, Dimits shift refers to upshift of the critical temperature gradient for turbulent transport above the linear instability threshold, caused by zonal flows. This meaning comes from Dimits (2000) in Physics of Plasmas.[1]

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References

Dimits, A. M., Bateman, G., Beer, M. A., Cohen, B. I., Dorland, W., Hammett, G. W., Kim, C., Kinsey, J. E., Kotschenreuther, M., Kritz, A. H., Lao, L. L., Mandrekas, J., Nevins, W. M., Parker, S. E., Redd, A. J., Shumaker, D. E., Sydora, R., & Weiland, J. (2000). Comparisons and physics basis of tokamak transport models and turbulence simulations. Physics of Plasmas, 7(3), 969-983. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.873896

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