Neoclassical transport in an elliptic tokamak
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 20 (10) , 1680
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.861790
Abstract
Neoclassical transport for an elliptic tokamak in all collisional regimes is investigated by the technique of partitioning the velocity space. It is found that in a tokamak of moderate elongation, particle and ion heat confinement times are increased by a factor of σ2, where σ is the ratio of the vertical minor radius to the horizontal minor radius. Ripple diffusion in an elliptic tokamak is also studied. Ion heat conductivity due to ripples is reduced by a factor of approximately σ2.Keywords
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