Neoclassical resonant transport of a mirror cell

Journal Article · Mon Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2009547· OSTI ID:20764472

Ito, T; Katanuma, I ^[1]

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1. Plasma Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577 (Japan)

The neoclassical resonant plateau transport in a mirror cell is studied theoretically. The analytical expression for a non-square-well magnetic field is obtained. The analytical result is applied to the GAMMA10 tandem mirror [T. Cho, M. Yoshida, J. Kohagura et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 085002-1 (2005)], which consists of several mirror cells in it, and the confinement time due to the neoclassical resonant plateau transport is determined in each mirror cell. It is found that the neoclassical resonant transport of ions trapped in the nonaxisymmetric anchor mirror cell and transition mirror cells is significantly smaller than those trapped in the central cell.

• OSTI ID: 20764472
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 12; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
CONFINEMENT TIME
GAMMA 10 DEVICES
IONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NEOCLASSICAL TRANSPORT THEORY
PLASMA
TRAPPING