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Neoclassical Toroidal Plasma Viscosity Torque in Collisionless Regimes in Tokamaks

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Institute for Energy Research-Plasma Physics, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Association EURATOM-FZJ, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, 52425 Juelich (Germany)
  2. Institute for Space, Astrophysical and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung Unversity, Tainan, Taiwan 70101 (China)
Bumpiness in a magnetic field enhances the magnitude of the plasma viscosity and increases the rate of the plasma flow damping. A general solution of the neoclassical toroidal plasma viscosity (NTV) torque induced by nonaxisymmetric magnetic perturbation (NAMP) in the collisionless regimes in tokamaks is obtained in this Letter. The plasma angular momentum can be strongly changed, when there is a small deviation of the toroidal symmetry caused by a NAMP of the order of 0.1% of the toroidal field strength.
OSTI ID:
21466992
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 105; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English