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Author(s):
O. Motojima, A.A. Shishkin, S. Inagaki and K.Y. Watanabe
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Title:
Possible Control Scenario of Radial Electric Field by Loss-Cone-Particle Injection into Helical Device
Date of publication:
Aug. 1999
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Key words:
helical system, loss cone, article orbit, electric field, bifurcation, confinement improvement
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Abstract:
The possibility of controlling the radial electric field of toroidal plasmas by injecting high energy electrons along the reversible loss cone orbit of the helical magnetic traps is investigated. It is well known that the radial electric field plays an important role in the confinement improvement scenario especially in the low collisional regime under the physics picture of neoclassical theory. For this purpose, it is made clear that the most suitable particles are transit particles, which show a transition from helically trapped orbits to blocked ones. It is also found that a parallel AC electric field launched from outside assists this transition and makes it possible for particles to penetrate deeply into the plasma. In addition we clarify that the viscosity of the plasma coupled with the helical field configuration provide a bifurcation of plasma states and its stable solution results in confinement improvement.
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