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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