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Structure in the Edge Plasma Profiles in Tokamaks
Author(s) -
Stacey W. M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.201410019
Subject(s) - tokamak , plasma , formalism (music) , physics , momentum (technical analysis) , transport theory , ion , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , inference , statistical physics , atomic physics , nuclear physics , computational physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , art , musical , telecommunications , finance , artificial intelligence , economics , visual arts
It is argued that the structure observed in radial profiles in the tokamak edge plasma is determined by the requirements of ion particle, momentum and energy conservation and the underlying transport mechanisms in the presence of sources and losses of particles, energy and momentum. The intent of this paper is to define a systematic formalism that can be employed for evaluating these transport coefficients from experimental inference and comparison with theory. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)