Monte Carlo studies of transport in stellarators

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6526672· OSTI ID:6526672

Fowler, R. H.; Rome, J. A.; Lyon, J. F.

Transport is studied in toroidal geometry by integrating the guiding-center equations in magnetic coordinates and simulating collisions with a Monte Carlo collision operator. The effects of the ambipolar electric field on diffusion losses are determined for model magnetic fields and the correct magnetic field of the Advanced Toroidal Facility (ATF-1) stellarator. Comparisons are made of the computed diffusion coefficients and the theoretically predicted values.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6526672
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-9193; ON: DE84017633
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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