Strategies for Advantageous Differential Transport of Ions in Magnetic Fusion Devices
arXiv:1801.06591 · doi:10.1063/1.5023931
Abstract
In a variety of magnetized plasma geometries, it has long been known that highly charged impurities tend to accumulate in regions of higher density. Here, we examine how this "collisional pinch" changes in the presence of additional forces, such as might be found in systems with gravity, fast rotation, or non-negligible space charge. In the case of a rotating, cylindrical plasma, we describe a regime in which the radially outermost ion species is intermediate in both mass and charge. We discuss implications for fusion devices and plasma mass filters.
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