Numerical Model of Plasma Confinement
J. C. Sprott and E. J. Strait
Department of Physics, University
of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
(Received February 3, 1975)
ABSTRACT
A time-dependent, zero-dimensional computer model with no adjustable
parameters,
for magnetically confined plasmas, is described. It predicts
spatially
averaged values of plasma density and electron and ion temperatures,
and
its predictions compare well with volume averaged measurements made
in
the Wisconsin Levitated Toroidal Octupole. The model is easily
adaptable
to predict scaling in other devices.
Ref: J. C. Sprott and E. J. Strait,
IEEE Transactions
on Plasma Science PS-4, 6-10 (1975)
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