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Title: Volume charge density and radial electric field E{sub r}(r) in a moving tokamak plasma

Journal Article · · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
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  1. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute (Russian Federation), E-mail: romannik@nfi.kiae.ru

Electric field E{sub r} transverse to the current in a moving quasi-neutral plasma can (and should) be considered using Poisson equations and densities of volume charges emerging in the plasma. In the general case, E{sub r} becomes nonlocal; i.e., remote volume charge densities are not screened but affect the formation of E{sub r} at the points under investigation. This approach is used for describing a phenomenological theory of radial electric field E{sub r}(r) and velocity of toroidal rotation of the plasma in the tokamak. Examples of application of this theory to actual experiments are considered.

OSTI ID:
21246941
Journal Information:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 108, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063776109020162; Copyright (c) 2009 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7761
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English