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Neoclassical Transport Properties of Tokamak Plasmas

Journal Article · · Fusion Science and Technology
OSTI ID:20849673
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  1. Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
The classical transport theory is strictly valid for a plasma in a homogeneous and stationary magnetic field. In the '60, experiments have shown that this theory does not apply as a local theory of transport in Tokamaks. It was shown that global geometric characteristics of the confining elements have a strong influence on the transport. Three regimes of collisionality are characteristic of the neoclassical transport theory: the banana regime (the electronic diffusion coefficient increases starting from zero), the plateau regime (the diffusion coefficient is almost independent of the collisionality) and the Pfirsch-Schlueter regime (the electronic diffusion coefficient again increases with the collisionality)
OSTI ID:
20849673
Journal Information:
Fusion Science and Technology, Journal Name: Fusion Science and Technology Journal Issue: 2T Vol. 45; ISSN 1536-1055
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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