Electronic Resource
New York, NY
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Physics of Fluids
1 (1989), S. 68-71
ISSN:
1089-7666
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Plasma flow to an obstacle is examined using the two-fluid equations. In this model the obstacle is assumed to be a two-dimensional strip that extends to infinity in the y direction (slab geometry). An obstacle inserted into a magnetized plasma will cast a "shadow'' along the magnetic field lines. The natural collection length of such an obstacle is a measure of the length of its shadow. This study shows that in a typical fusion tokamak, where cs/Ωcid(very-much-less-than)1 (Ωci, cs are the ion cyclotron frequency and the ion acoustic speed, respectively, d is the half-width of the strip), the particle collection length of an obstacle can be approximated as L(parallel)=0.23csd2/ D⊥, if D⊥/ csd (very-much-less-than)1; or 0.30d, if D⊥/ csd (very-much-greater-than)1. For the cases examined in this study, the inclusion of the electron–ion collisional drag parallel to B0 changes the solution only by an insignificant amount.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.859106
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