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Boundary conditions for plasma fluid models at the magnetic presheath entrance

Loizu, J.
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Ricci, P.
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Halpern, F. D.
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2012
Physics of Plasmas

The proper boundary conditions at the magnetic presheath entrance for plasma fluid turbulence models based on the drift approximation are derived, focusing on a weakly collisional plasma sheath with Ti≪Te and a magnetic field oblique to a totally absorbing wall. First, the location of the magnetic presheath entrance is rigorously derived. Then boundary conditions at the magnetic presheath entrance are analytically deduced for v||i, v||e, n, ϕ, Te, and for the vorticity ω = ∇⊥2ϕ. The effects of E × B and diamagnetic drifts on the boundary conditions are also investigated. Kinetic simulations are performed that confirm the analytical results. Finally, the new set of boundary conditions is implemented in a three-dimensional global fluid code for the simulation of plasma turbulence and, as an example, the results of a tokamak scrape-off layer simulation are discussed. The framework presented can be generalized to obtain boundary conditions at the magnetic presheath entrance in more complex scenarios.

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research article
DOI
10.1063/1.4771573
Web of Science ID

WOS:000312834000023

Author(s)
Loizu, J.
Ricci, P.
Halpern, F. D.
Jolliet, S.
Date Issued

2012

Publisher

American Institute of Physics

Published in
Physics of Plasmas
Volume

19

Issue

12

Article Number

122307

Subjects

CRPP_EDGE

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TORPEX

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REVIEWED

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December 14, 2012
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