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In the l = 3/m = 9 Uragan-3M (U3-M) torsatron (R 0 = 1 m, ā ≈ 0.12 m, ι(ā)/2π ∼ 0.3) with an open helical divertor and a plasma produced and heated by RF fields (ω ≲ ωci), studies of low frequency (5–100 kHz) density and potential fluctuations in the SOL plasma and in the diverted plasma flows (DPFs), have been carried out. It is shown, that in the SOL to more (less) distantly located points relative to the last closed magnetic surface, higher (lower) frequency fluctuations are inherent. Such a spectral splitting in two sub-ranges occurs in the DPFs too. A peculiarity of the spatial distribution of DPF fluctuation spectra is that lower frequency fluctuations dominate on the ion toroidal B × ∇B drift side. During L-H-like transition in U-3M simultaneously with strong E r shear formation, a suppression of lower frequency fluctuations and a decrease of local radial turbulent particle flux take place. Results are presented of investigation of plasma density fluctuations in SOL with the use of probability distribution function (PDF) analysis. Evaluations of skewness and kurtosis of fluctuations have been made. The analysis of I s fluctuations in DPF have been carried out in a similar way.
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Published in Russian in Fizika Plazmy, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 889–895.
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Beletskii, A.A., Grigor’eva, L.I., Sorokovoy, E.L. et al. Spectral and statistical analysis of fluctuations in the SOL and diverted plasmas of the Uragan-3M torsatron. Plasma Phys. Rep. 35, 818–823 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X0910002X
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