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(THP1/28) Poloidal Plasma Rotation in the Presence of RF Waves in Tokamaks

B. Weyssow¹⁾, Caigen Liu^1)
 
1) Physique Théorique and Mathématique, Unité de Physique des Plasmas, Association Euratom-Etat Belge, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, CP 231, Bvd du Triomphe, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Abstract.  It is well known that one of the consequences of strong RF heating is the deformation of the equilibrium distribution function that induces a change in plasma transport and plasma rotation. The poloidal plasma rotation during RF wave heating in tokamaks is investigated using a moment approach. A set of closed, self-consistent transport and rotation equations is derived and reduced to a single equation for the poloidal particle flux. The formulas are sufficiently general to apply to heating schemes that can be represented by a quasilinear operator.

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