Neoclassical transport of toroidal momentum in tokamaks
- 28 May 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 64 (22) , 2655-2658
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.2655
Abstract
Allowing for the presence of an expected moderate concentration (∼10%) of low-energy ions in excess of the Maxwellian distribution causes a dramatic change in the neoclassical prediction for momentum transport, leading to an agreement in magnitude with experiment.Keywords
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