Classical transport coefficients in a field-reversed configuration

Abstract

A Hill's Vortex equilibrium model is utilized to calculate the classical transport properties of a plasma confined in a field-reversed magnetic configuration. Consistent with zero dimensional steady state conservation of particles and energy the authors compute the corresponding fluxes at the separatrix using volume-averaged values for the density and conductivity. They find that the confinement times scale directly with the size of the Vortex and conductivity at that point, and inversely with a function of the profile parameter.