BIFURCATIONS IN AN ADVANCED 2-CHAMBER MODEL FOR THE EDGE PLASMA IN A DIVERTOR TOKAMAK

Authors
PUNJABI A SOE M
Citation
A. Punjabi et M. Soe, BIFURCATIONS IN AN ADVANCED 2-CHAMBER MODEL FOR THE EDGE PLASMA IN A DIVERTOR TOKAMAK, Journal of Plasma Physics, 52, 1994, pp. 457-463
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Journal of Plasma Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223778
Volume
52
Year of publication
1994
Part
3
Pages
457 - 463
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3778(1994)52:<457:BIAA2M>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
An advanced two-chamber model for the main plasma scrape-off and the d ivertor chamber of a tokamak is constructed. It is studied in the fram ework of catastrophe theory. The model shows bifurcations in the topol ogy of the equilibrium surfaces. The results are in qualitative agreem ent with some of the experimentally observed features of the H-mode tr ansition