MINIMUM OHMIC DISSIPATION AND DC HELICITY INJECTION IN TOKAMAK-LIKE PLASMAS

被引:14
作者
FARENGO, R [1 ]
SOBEHART, JR [1 ]
机构
[1] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB,CTR NONLINEAR STUDIES,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
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10.1088/0741-3335/36/10/008
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The current and magnetic field profiles of a steady-state, tokamak-like plasma sustained by DC helicity injection are determined by assuming that the plasma relaxes to a state where the ohmic dissipation rate is minimum, Helicity balance is imposed as a constraint and the basic features required for DC helicity injection, a pair of electrodes magnetized by an externally produced flux, are included in a 2D model. The field is calculated self-consistently and only the values of experimentally controllable parameters are used.
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