Theoretical and experimental considerations suggest that axisymmetric perturbations that are resonant at the X-point(s) of a magnetic divertor separatrix may play a role in the understanding of Edge Localized Modes in tokamak experiments and their active control via so-called vertical kicks. With this motivation in mind, the first step in the development of an analytical model for resistive axisymmetric X-point modes is presented, i.e., finding an adequate, but at the same time relatively simple analytical magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium for a plasma column with a noncircular cross section bound by a magnetic separatrix. An early example is Gajewski's equilibrium solution [R. Gajewski, Phys. Fluids 15, 70 (1972)], which, however, has the shortcoming that infinite external currents placed at an infinite distance from the X-points produce the elliptical elongation of the plasma column. In this article, Gajewski's solution is extended to the case where external currents are located at a finite distance from the boundary of the plasma current density and the latter is distributed uniformly over a domain bound by a nearly elliptical magnetic flux surface.
Analytic equilibrium of "straight tokamak" plasma bounded by a magnetic separatrix / Porcelli, F.; Yolbarsop, A.. - In: PHYSICS OF PLASMAS. - ISSN 1070-664X. - 26:5(2019), p. 054501. [10.1063/1.5096838]
Analytic equilibrium of "straight tokamak" plasma bounded by a magnetic separatrix
Porcelli F.;
2019
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Theoretical and experimental considerations suggest that axisymmetric perturbations that are resonant at the X-point(s) of a magnetic divertor separatrix may play a role in the understanding of Edge Localized Modes in tokamak experiments and their active control via so-called vertical kicks. With this motivation in mind, the first step in the development of an analytical model for resistive axisymmetric X-point modes is presented, i.e., finding an adequate, but at the same time relatively simple analytical magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium for a plasma column with a noncircular cross section bound by a magnetic separatrix. An early example is Gajewski's equilibrium solution [R. Gajewski, Phys. Fluids 15, 70 (1972)], which, however, has the shortcoming that infinite external currents placed at an infinite distance from the X-points produce the elliptical elongation of the plasma column. In this article, Gajewski's solution is extended to the case where external currents are located at a finite distance from the boundary of the plasma current density and the latter is distributed uniformly over a domain bound by a nearly elliptical magnetic flux surface.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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