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Microscopic origins and macroscopic uses of plasma rotation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

David Montgomery  and
Xiaowen Shan
David Montgomery
Affiliation:
Center for Nonlinear Studies and T-13, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, U.S.A.
Xiaowen Shan
Affiliation:
Center for Nonlinear Studies and T-13, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, U.S.A.
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Abstract

We consider the microscopic sources of toroidal and poloidal flow in confined magnetoplasmas and the effects of such flows on macroscopic stability. The central difficulty is satisfactory modelling of kinetic theory effects so as to permit their robust introduction into magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) codes. It is tentatively concluded that poloidal rotation, but not toroidal, is responsible for the computed stabilization and return to axisymmetry.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , August 1995 , pp. 1 - 10
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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