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Introductory Research Poster
Introductory Research Poster
Introductory Research Poster
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Plasma rotation is helpful Up-down asymmetric tokamaks tokamaks to confine the plasma
• Rotation of the plasma around the axis of
symmetry stabilizes certain plasma instabilities
• By noting a symmetry of the equations that θE Amount of energy transport
govern plasma turbulence, we can show that
+ Allows a given device to confine more fuel
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tokamaks that have mirror symmetric about 2
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• Gradient in rotation can shear apart turbulent
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