POLOIDAL DISTRIBUTION OF IMPURITIES IN A ROTATING TOKAMAK PLASMA

Authors
WESSON JA
Citation
Ja. Wesson, POLOIDAL DISTRIBUTION OF IMPURITIES IN A ROTATING TOKAMAK PLASMA, Nuclear fusion, 37(5), 1997, pp. 577-581
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear fusion → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295515
Volume
37
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
577 - 581
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5515(1997)37:5<577:PDOIIA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Toroidal rotation of a tokamak plasma causes an outward major radial d isplacement of impurities. The physics of this effect is described and the distribution of impurities on a magnetic surface is calculated fo r the cases of practical interest.