Abstract
Quasilinear theory is used to calculate contributions to the bootstrap current, Ware pinch, and parallel resistivity due to drift-wave fluctuations. It is shown that drift-wave oscillations can produce large anomalous cross-field fluxes, but have little effect on parallel transport. Specifically, the anomaly in the bootstrap current and Ware pinch is proportional to the spectral average of k⊥ k||, which vanishes because of the parity properties of the drift-wave eigenfunction. Implications for recent perturbative experiments on tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 421 (1990)] are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3263-3270 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Physics of Fluids B |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1991 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computational Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes