Plateau regime dynamics of the relaxation of poloidal rotation in tokamak plasmas

被引:88
作者
Lebedev, VB
Yushmanov, PN
Diamond, PH
Novakovskii, SV
Smolyakov, AI
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND, INST PLASMA RES, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
[2] UNIV SASKATCHEWAN, SASKATOON, SK, CANADA
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D O I
10.1063/1.871638
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
A theory of the relaxation dynamics of the radial electric field toward its neoclassical value in the regime of subsonic poloidal rotation is presented. It is shown that the relaxation occurs via damped oscillations on time scales proportional to the ion transit time. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:3023 / 3031
页数:9
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