Enhancement of neoclassical impurity density up/down asymmetry and Pfirsch–Schlüter transport due to the plasma elongation in the tokamak plasmas

Abstract

The standard neoclassical theory of the impurity transport in tokamak plasma is improved by including the plasma elongation effect. The neoclassical up/down asymmetry of the impurity density is largely enhanced by the plasma elongation and is under-predicted by the neoclassical theory with the circular cross section assumption. Accordingly, the impurity Pfirsch–Schlüter neoclassical transport is also enhanced by the plasma elongation.

Keywords

• up/down asymmetry
• plasma elongation
• impurity neoclassical transport