Three-dimensional magnetized and rotating hot plasma equilibrium in a gravitational field

POSTER

Abstract

We present analytic and numerical solutions for three-dimensional magnetized axisymmetric equilibria confining rotating hot plasma in a gravitational field. Our solution to the full Shafranov-Grad equation can exhibit strong equatorial plane localization of the plasma density and current, resulting in disk equilibria for the plasma density. We find that a toriodal magnetic field is sometimes necessary to find a equilibrium in the presence of gravity for many cases of interest.

Authors

  • Peter J. Catto

    Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC-MIT), MIT Plasma science \& Fusion Center, Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC-MIT), Cambridge, USA

  • Sergei Krasheninnikov

    UCSD, University of California at San Diego

  • Istvan Pusztai

    Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Chalmers University of Technology, Applied Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology