Tokamak plasma equilibria with n=1 toroidal asymmetry
A general approach of how to construct plasma equilibrium in a tokamak with n=1 violation of toroidal symmetry is proposed. For an arbitrary axisymmetric tokamak plasma equilibrium, there exists the small n=1 deformation of the initial magnetic configuration that keeps the nesting of the magnetic surfaces (as in the initial configuration) and provides plasma equilibrium; such deformation and final equilibrium configuration are calculated analytically. The asymmetric analogue of the Solov'ev's equilibrium with non-degenerated plasma pressure and current density profiles is presented as an example of the application of the developed algorithm.
Authors
- E. A. Sorokina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2735-6918)
Institutions
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RU)
- Kurchatov Institute (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics of Plasmas
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0237688
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.32