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Momentum transport from current-driven reconnection in the reversed field pinch
F Ebrahimi1, V V Mirnov, S C Prager
1Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Abstract:
We calculate momentum transport from tearing fluctuations in a reversed field pinch with sheared flow, considering both the effect of a single tearing mode (through quasilinear theory and MHD computation) and multiple tearing modes (through nonlinear MHD computation). A single tearing mode transports momentum, via Maxwell and Reynolds stresses, more rapidly than classical viscous forces. Moreover, the transport is enhanced by nonlinear coupling of multiple modes.
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