Electrostatic confinement in a bumpy torus
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 28 (3) , 878-882
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865057
Abstract
In a closed‐field‐line device such as a bumpy torus, the combined E×B and ∇B drifts lead to charge separation that is balanced by the ion polarization drift. In this work, we determine self‐consistent potential and density profiles and the condition for electric island formation.Keywords
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