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A drift-kinetic analytical model for scrape-off layer plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality

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Jorge, R.; Ricci, P.; Gomes Loureiro, Nuno F
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A drift-kinetic analytical model for scrape-off layer plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality
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Abstract
A drift-kinetic model to describe the plasma dynamics in the scrape-off layer region of tokamak devices at arbitrary collisionality is derived. Our formulation is based on a gyroaveraged Lagrangian description of the charged particle motion, and the corresponding drift-kinetic Boltzmann equation that includes a full Coulomb collision operator. Using a Hermite–Laguerre velocity space decomposition of the gyroaveraged distribution function, a set of equations to evolve the coefficients of the expansion is presented. By evaluating explicitly the moments of the Coulomb collision operator, distribution functions arbitrarily far from equilibrium can be studied at arbitrary collisionalities. A fluid closure in the high-collisionality limit is presented, and the corresponding fluid equations are compared with previously derived fluid models.
Date issued
2017-11
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117067
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Journal
Journal of Plasma Physics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Citation
Jorge, R. et al. “A Drift-Kinetic Analytical Model for Scrape-Off Layer Plasma Dynamics at Arbitrary Collisionality.” Journal of Plasma Physics 83, 6 (November 2017): 905830606 © 2017 Cambridge University Press
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0022-3778
1469-7807

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