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Title: Force-free motion of a cold plasma during the current quench

Abstract

Cold disruptive plasma tends to move during the current quench. Its motion is essentially force-free since the current quench timescale is resistive rather than Alfvénic. In contrast to the hot vertical displacement events, the frozen-in condition is violated in the cold plasma case, and the plasma motion is not governed by magnetic flux conservation but rather by its dissipation. In this paper, we present a numerical model of the cold plasma dynamics. This model predicts electromagnetic loads on the vacuum vessel, the plasma flow and density evolution, and the plasma centroid evolution. Our calculations include poloidal wall currents. Finally, we demonstrate their significant contribution to the force acting on the vacuum vessel.

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  1. National Research Centre Kurchatov Inst., Moscow (Russia); National Research Nuclear Univ. MEPhI, Moscow (Russia)
  2. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Fusion Studies
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1540251
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1468874
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-04ER54742; SC0016283
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; physics

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Kiramov, D. I., and Breizman, B. N. Force-free motion of a cold plasma during the current quench. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5046517.
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Kiramov, D. I., & Breizman, B. N. Force-free motion of a cold plasma during the current quench. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046517
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Kiramov, D. I., and Breizman, B. N. Thu . "Force-free motion of a cold plasma during the current quench". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046517. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1540251.
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@article{osti_1540251,
title = {Force-free motion of a cold plasma during the current quench},
author = {Kiramov, D. I. and Breizman, B. N.},
abstractNote = {Cold disruptive plasma tends to move during the current quench. Its motion is essentially force-free since the current quench timescale is resistive rather than Alfvénic. In contrast to the hot vertical displacement events, the frozen-in condition is violated in the cold plasma case, and the plasma motion is not governed by magnetic flux conservation but rather by its dissipation. In this paper, we present a numerical model of the cold plasma dynamics. This model predicts electromagnetic loads on the vacuum vessel, the plasma flow and density evolution, and the plasma centroid evolution. Our calculations include poloidal wall currents. Finally, we demonstrate their significant contribution to the force acting on the vacuum vessel.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5046517},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 9,
volume = 25,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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