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Relaxed state of a toroidal fusion plasma with stationary flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. Żelazny  and
A. Gałkowski
R. Żelazny
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Warsaw, Poland
A. Gałkowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract

Relaxation of a plasma in the presence of zeroth-order flows is studied in a realistic toroidal geometry. The field-aligned flow allows equilibria with finite pressure gradient but homogeneous temperature distribution. Numerical calculations have been performed for the first and second ellipticity regimes of the extended Grad–Shafranov–Schlüter equation. Two distinct classes of solutions exist, depending on the value of the safety factor: one with horizontally stratified density and pressure and one with concentric surfaces of constant density. A comparison of these results is made with those of Finn and Antonsen.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , December 1993 , pp. 385 - 401
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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