Effect of energy and momentum conservation on fluid resonances for resonant magnetic perturbations in a tokamak

Peter Leitner, Martin Heyn, Ivan Borisovich Ivanov, Sergei Kasilov, Winfried Kernbichler

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Abstract

In this paper, the impact of momentum and energy conservation of the collision operator in the kinetic description for Resonant Magnetic Perturbations (RMPs) in a tokamak is studied. The particle conserving differential collision operator of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type is supplemented with integral parts such that energy and momentum are conserved. The application to RMP penetration in a tokamak shows that energy conservation in the electron collision operator is important for the quantitative description of plasma shielding effects at the resonant surface. On the other hand, momentum conservation in the ion collision operator does not significantly change the results.
Original languageEnglish
Article number062508
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume21
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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  • Information, Communication & Computing

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  • Basic - Fundamental (Grundlagenforschung)

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