Plasma Transport Theory, Fall 2003
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- Author:
- Molvig, Kim
- Subject:
- Science and Technology
- Institution:
- M.I.T.
- Collection:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Level:
- Post-secondary
- Abstract:
Description of the processes by which mass, momentum, and energy are transported in plasmas, with special reference to magnetic confinement fusion applications. The Fokker-Planck collision operator and its limiting forms, as well as collisional relaxation and equilibrium, are considered in detail. Special applications include a Lorentz gas, Brownian motion, alpha particles, and runaway electrons. The Braginskii formulation of classical collisional transport in general geometry based on the Fokker-Planck equation is presented. Neoclassical transport in tokamaks, which is sensitive to the details of the magnetic geometry, is considered in the high (Pfirsch-Schluter), low (banana) and intermediate (plateau) regimes of collisionality.
- Language:
- English
- Material Type:
- Assessments, Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Syllabi
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Text/HTML
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