Toroidal rotation and momentum transport

J. W. Connor, S. C. Cowley, R. J. Hastie, L. R. Pan

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Abstract

The authors re-examine the transport of momentum in a collisional plasma rotating at sonic speeds. The slowing down rate due to collisional transport is found to be classical ( tau m-1 approximately nu ii rho i2/a2) and the presence of impurities does not change the order of magnitude of this theoretical result. Thus collisional transport theory cannot explain the anomalously high loss rates observed experimentally. Some existing theories of collisional momentum loss are discussed in detail.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number009
Pages (from-to)919-931
Number of pages13
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume29
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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