Plasma Physics
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Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC)
Plasma Physics
Dimensionless High Beta ⟨β⟩ ~ 0.9
A high-beta compact toroid magnetic confinement concept where a closed-poloidal-field plasma torus is sustained inside a simple linear solenoid magnet.
Average Beta ⟨β⟩ ≈ 1 (High-Beta Compact Toroid)
Fokker-Planck Equation for Plasmas
Plasma Physics
Kinetic Collision Operator
The kinetic equation describing the time evolution of a plasma velocity distribution function subject to small-angle Coulomb collisions.
(∂f / ∂t)_coll = -∇_v · (A f) + ½ ∇_v ∇_v : (B f)