Annual report on tormac theory, 1 September 1975--31 August 1976. [Sheath structure, equilibrium, microinstabilities, and heating studies]

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7327402

Boozer, A H

During the past year, tormac theory has progressed in many areas--sheath structure, internal equilibrium, microinstability, heating, and reactor physics. The largest effort has been placed on understanding rotation in a torus for the tormac internal equilibrium problem. Although work is still in progress, rotation is much better understood not only for tormac, but also for other systems like tokamak. A new method of heating has been developed, breather heating, and is under theoretical investigation. The requirements on divertor efficiency in tormac have been evaluated and not found to be prohibitively high. The University of Maryland subcontract to the Princeton tormac theory contract is producing important results on the microinstability of the tormac sheath. They are currently investigating the closely related drift cone, drift cyclotron, and lower hybrid instabilities with emphasis on the effects of shear and high beta.

• Research Organization: Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
• OSTI ID: 7327402
• Report Number(s): PPPL-EPRI-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PLASMA SHEATH
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