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Title: Model of detached plasmas

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5381719· OSTI ID:5381719

Recently a tokamak plasma was observed in TFTR that was not limited by a limiter or a divertor. A model is proposed to explain this equilibrium, which is called a detached plasma. The model consists of (1) the core plasma where ohmic heating power is lost by anomalous heat conduction and (2) the shell plasma where the heat from the core plasma is radiated away by the atomic processes of impurity ions. A simple scaling law is proposed to test the validity of this model.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
5381719
Report Number(s):
PPPL-2362; ON: DE86015512
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English