Strategies for Advantageous Differential Transport of Ions in Magnetic Fusion Devices

Publication Year
2018

Type

Journal Article
Abstract
In a variety of magnetized plasma geometries, it has long been known that highly charged impurities tend to accumulate in regions of higher density. This "collisional pinch" is modified in the presence of additional forces, such as those might be found in systems with gravity, fast rotation, or non-negligible space charge. In the case of a rotating, cylindrical plasma, there is a regime in which the radially outermost ion species is intermediate in both mass and charge. This could have implications for fusion devices and plasma mass filters.
Journal
Physics of Plasmas
Volume
25
Pages
032508
Date Published
mar
ISSN Number
1070-664X