Finite-aspect-ratio effects on the bootstrap current in tokamaks

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S. P. Hirshman · Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Abstract

The bootstrap current in tokamaks is determined in the low collision frequency regime for arbitrary values of the aspect ratio and effect charge. The resulting expression should be useful for a quantitative analysis of currents in tokamaks.

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Magnetic confinement fusion research Superconducting Materials and Applications Particle accelerators and beam dynamics

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Published in: The Physics of Fluids

Volume 31, Issue 10, pp. 3150-3152

DOI: 10.1063/1.866973

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 3.07

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Finite-aspect-ratio effects on the bootstrap current in tokamaks

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