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Title: A mechanism for the dynamo terms to sustain closed-flux current, including helicity balance, by driving current which crosses the magnetic field

Abstract

An analysis of imposed dynamo current drive (IDCD) [T.R. Jarboe et al., Nucl. Fusion 52 083017 (2012)] reveals: (a) current drive on closed flux surfaces seems possible without relaxation, reconnection, or other flux-surface-breaking large events; (b) the scale size of the key physics may be smaller than is often computationally resolved; (c) helicity can be sustained across closed flux; and (d) IDCD current drive is parallel to the current which crosses the magnetic field to produce the current driving force. In addition to agreeing with spheromak data, IDCD agrees with selected tokamak data.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22490008
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 7; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ECR CURRENT DRIVE; HELICITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETIC SURFACES; RELAXATION; SPHEROMAK DEVICES

Citation Formats

Jarboe, T. R., Nelson, B. A., and Sutherland, D. A. A mechanism for the dynamo terms to sustain closed-flux current, including helicity balance, by driving current which crosses the magnetic field. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4926522.
Jarboe, T. R., Nelson, B. A., & Sutherland, D. A. A mechanism for the dynamo terms to sustain closed-flux current, including helicity balance, by driving current which crosses the magnetic field. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926522
Jarboe, T. R., Nelson, B. A., and Sutherland, D. A. 2015. "A mechanism for the dynamo terms to sustain closed-flux current, including helicity balance, by driving current which crosses the magnetic field". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926522.
@article{osti_22490008,
title = {A mechanism for the dynamo terms to sustain closed-flux current, including helicity balance, by driving current which crosses the magnetic field},
author = {Jarboe, T. R. and Nelson, B. A. and Sutherland, D. A.},
abstractNote = {An analysis of imposed dynamo current drive (IDCD) [T.R. Jarboe et al., Nucl. Fusion 52 083017 (2012)] reveals: (a) current drive on closed flux surfaces seems possible without relaxation, reconnection, or other flux-surface-breaking large events; (b) the scale size of the key physics may be smaller than is often computationally resolved; (c) helicity can be sustained across closed flux; and (d) IDCD current drive is parallel to the current which crosses the magnetic field to produce the current driving force. In addition to agreeing with spheromak data, IDCD agrees with selected tokamak data.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4926522},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22490008}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 7,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}