Published March 3, 2006
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Journal article
Impurity Pinch from a Ratchet Process
Creators
- 1. Association EURATOM-MEdC Romania, NILPRP, MG-36, Magurele, Bucharest (Romania)
- 2. Equipe Dynamique des Systemes Complexes, Universite de Provence, Marseille (France)
Description
A ratchet-type average velocity is shown to appear for test particles moving in a stochastic potential and a magnetic field that is space dependent. This is a possible explanation for impurity behavior in tokamak plasmas
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 96
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Journal Page Range
- p. 085001-085001.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37081267
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA IMPURITIES; SPACE DEPENDENCE; TEST PARTICLES; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TURBULENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONFINEMENT; IMPURITIES; RADIATION TRANSPORT; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 The American Physical Society