Effects of the parallel acceleration on heavy impurity transport in turbulent tokamak plasmas
arXiv:2008.10948 · doi:10.1088/1361-6587/abd226
Abstract
A process specific to the dynamics of the heavy impurities in turbulent tokamak plasmas is found and analysed. We show that the parallel stochastic acceleration is strongly coupled to the perpendicular transport and generates a radial pinch velocity. The interaction is produced with the hidden drifts, a quasi-coherent component of the motion that consists of a pair of average radial velocities in opposite directions. The parallel acceleration breaks this symmetry and yields a radial average velocity that can be in the inward or outward direction. The transport of the tungsten ions in three-dimensional turbulence is analysed in the frame of a test particle model using numerical simulations. The results show that the acceleration induced pinch can be important for W impurity transport in present days tokamaks and in ITER.
arXiv commentLatex 22 pages 34 EPS figures included
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