Physics of Open-Field Line Plasmas 3.Radial Transport of Open-Field-Line Plasmas

Abstract

This article describes the following basic mechanisms concerning the radial plasma transport in the open magnetic configuration: 1)derivation of standard mapping for the coupled dynamics of magnetic moment and gyration angle, 2)radial transport due to drift and bounce frequency resonances, 3)relationship between the intrinsic ambipolarity of the radial fluxes of each species and symmetry property, and 4)selective control of the radial fluxes of each species using rotating RF field, and its application to the profile control of electrostatic potential.