Tokamak magnetic field lines described by simple maps |
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Authors: | J SE Portela I L Caldas R L Viana |
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Institution: | 1. Instituto de Física, Universidade de S?o Paulo, Caixa Postal 66318, 05315-970, S?o Paulo, Brazil 2. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19081, 81531-990, Curitiba Paraná, Brazil
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Abstract: | The magnetic field line structure in a tokamak can be obtained by direct numerical integration of the field line equations.
However, this is a lengthy procedure and the analysis of the solution may be very time-consuming. Otherwise we can use simple
two-dimensional, area-preserving maps, obtained either by approximations of the magnetic field line equations, or from dynamical
considerations. These maps can be quickly iterated, furnishing solutions that mirror the ones obtained from direct numerical
integration, and which are useful when long-term studies of field line behavior are necessary (e.g. in diffusion calculations).
In this work we focus on a set of simple tokamak maps for which these advantages are specially pronounced. |
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