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Experimental observation of plasma neoclassical currents

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6732147

Experimental observations of the bootstrap and Pfirsch-Schlueter currents, predicted by neoclassical transport theory, are presented. Detailed measurements of the parallel plasma currents in a toroidal octupole agree, within the separatrix, with theoretical predictions. Observations of the spatial structure, collisionality and toroidal field dependence of the complete current and the ion portion of the current are discussed.

Research Organization:
Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-83ER53154
OSTI ID:
6732147
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/53154-64; ON: DE84015706
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English