Direct statistical modeling of transport in a tandem mirror system

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5501689

Lysyanskii, P B; Tiunov, M A; Fomel', B M

The plasma in an open magnetic confinement system is modeled by an ensemble of test particles. The transverse drift of the particles of the nonaxiasymmetric magnetic fields is described by the finite transformation method. The effects of collisions are simulated by random changes in the velocity vectors of the test particles, to correspond to their scattering by the background plasma. The longitudinal and transverse loss and also the injection of atomic beams are taken into account. This model yields the magnitudes and characteristics of the longitudinal- and transverse-loss fluxes, the ion temperature, and the radial profile of the plasma density in the central region of the AMBAL ambipolar confinement (tandem mirror) system.

• Research Organization: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• OSTI ID: 5501689
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 8:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION
PLASMA SIMULATION
CONFINEMENT TIME
KINETIC EQUATIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
TRAJECTORIES
TRANSPORT THEORY
DIFFUSION
EQUATIONS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
SIMULATION
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
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