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These computer generated graphics are visualizations of data from a simulation of plasma turbulence in Earth's ionosphere. These same physics are also applied to the research team's investigations of turbulence in the tokamak, a device used in nuclear fusion experiments.
Credit: Visualization: Greg Foss, TACC
Visualization software support: Anne Bowen, Greg Abram, TACC
Science: Wendell Horton, Lee Leonard, U. of Texas at Austin
This image visualizes the effect of gravity waves on an initially relatively stable rotating column of electron density, twisting into a turbulent vortex on the verge of complete chaotic collapse. These computer generated graphics are visualizations of data from a simulation
of plasma turbulence in Earth's ionosphere. The same physics are also applied to the research team's investigations of turbulence in the tokamak, a device used in nuclear fusion experiments.
Credit: Visualization: Greg Foss, TACC
Visualization software support: Anne Bowen, Greg Abram, TACC
Science: Wendell Horton, Lee Leonard, U. of Texas at Austin
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