Collisional effects on kinetic electromagnetic modes and associated quasilinear transport
The general procedure for the analysis of low-frequency electrostatic and electro-magnetic modes in toroidal geometry is now well known. In the collisionless limit, the relevant dynamics (e.g., trapped particles, resonances, etc.) can be treated appropriately. However, with the introduction of collisional effects, it is customary, for tractability, to employ model collision operators of varying degrees of complexity. Guided by results of earlier studies of alternative collision operators in unsheared slab geometry and in toroidal geometry, an improved model collision operator is introduced here for calculating toroidal eigenmodes. Analytic and numerical results are presented to support its relevance and to demonstrate its improvement over earlier models. The associated quasilinear particle and energy transport coefficients for each species are also calculated, and compared with the usual D/sub j/ approx. = kappa/sub j/ approx. = ..gamma../k /sub perpendicular//sup 2/ estimate.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 5381696
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-2367; ON: DE86015518
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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