Realistic Vlasov slab equilibria with magnetic shear
Journal Article
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· Phys. Fluids; (United States)
A method is described for generating exact Vlasov slab equilibria to model high-beta plasmas with strong magnetic shear. Physically reasonable distribution functions that account for such effects as end losses and density gradients are constructed from constants of the motion and used to calculate the self-consistent electrostatic and magnetic fields. As an application, numerically calculated equilibria modeling a tormac sheath are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
- OSTI ID:
- 5984549
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 22:8; ISSN PFLDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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700105* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Plasma Kinetics-Theoretical-- (-1987)
700107 -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Instabilities
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
COLLISIONLESS PLASMA
CONFINEMENT
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
HAMILTONIANS
HIGH-BETA PLASMA
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PLASMA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
QUANTUM OPERATORS
SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD
SHEAR
SLABS
STABILITY
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TORMAC DEVICES
700105* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Plasma Kinetics-Theoretical-- (-1987)
700107 -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Instabilities
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
COLLISIONLESS PLASMA
CONFINEMENT
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
HAMILTONIANS
HIGH-BETA PLASMA
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PLASMA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
QUANTUM OPERATORS
SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD
SHEAR
SLABS
STABILITY
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TORMAC DEVICES