A zero-dimensional transport model for field-reversed configurations

A zero‐dimensional theoretical model is developed to study energy, particle, and magnetic flux confinement during the equilibrium phase in field‐reversed configurations. The plasma is heated by adiabatic compression from the external magnetic field and by ohmic dissipation. Energy is lost from lower‐hybrid‐drift induced particle transport, classical and anomalous thermal conduction, and impurity line radiation. As an example, the model is used to analyze data measured in the FRX‐C experiment.

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