Published October 2009 | Version v1
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Orbit-averaged guiding-center Fokker-Planck operator

Creators

  • 1. Department of Chemistry and Physics, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont 05439 (United States)
  • 2. CEA, IRFM, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance F-13108 (France)

Description

A general orbit-averaged guiding-center Fokker-Planck operator suitable for the numerical analysis of transport processes in axisymmetric magnetized plasmas is presented. The orbit-averaged guiding-center operator describes transport processes in a three-dimensional guiding-center invariant space: the orbit-averaged magnetic-flux invariant ψ, the minimum-B pitch-angle coordinate ξ0, and the momentum magnitude p.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.3249627;
arXiv
arXiv:0906.4427v2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 102304-102304.9
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41021630
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
AXIAL SYMMETRY; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; MAGNETIC FLUX; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORBITS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SYMMETRY

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Notes
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