Generalized pinch relation in rotating, sheared plasma

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Abstract

In magnetized plasma, in equilibrium, different ionic species tend to accumulate differently in what is sometimes called an impurity pinch effect. The disparities in the ion density profiles of different species are of interest in a variety of fusion devices, from magnetized Z pinches to tokamaks, and in mass filters. Recent work has generalized the pinch relation by taking the temperature and species-dependent potential into account. In addition, rotation introduces the centrifugal force, and might introduce shear stress, which modify the generalized pinch condition. Taking these effects into account, we investigate the new pinch condition analytically, and provide numerical validation by generalizing a multiple-fluid code to cylindrical geometry.

*This work was supported by Cornell NNSA 83228-10966 [Prime No. DOE (NNSA) DE-NA0003764] and by NSF-PHY-1805316.

Presenters

  • Tal Rubin

    • Princeton University

Authors

  • Tal Rubin

    • Princeton University
  • Elijah J Kolmes

    • Princeton University
  • Ian E Ochs

    • Princeton University
  • Mikhail Mlodik

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  • Nathaniel J Fisch

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory