Enhancement of the Bootstrap Current in a Tokamak Pedestal
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Catto, Peter J.
Kagan, Grigory Alexandrovich
Date Issued
July 2010
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Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Kagan, Grigory, and Peter J. Catto. “Enhancement of the Bootstrap Current in a Tokamak Pedestal.” Physical Review Letters 105.4 (2010): 045002. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
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Abstract
The strong radial electric field in a subsonic tokamak pedestal modifies the neoclassical ion parallel flow velocity, as well as the radial ion heat flux. Existing experimental evidence of the resulting alteration in the poloidal flow of a trace impurity is discussed. We then demonstrate that the modified parallel ion flow can noticeably enhance the pedestal bootstrap current when the background ions are in the banana regime. Only the coefficient of the ion temperature gradient drive term is affected. The revised expression for the pedestal bootstrap current is presented. The prescription for inserting the modification into any existing banana regime bootstrap current expression is given.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.045002
