The research on the transport properties of magnetically
confined plasmas plays an essential role towards the achievement of
practical nuclear fusion energy. An economically viable fusion
reactor is expected to operate at high plasma pressure. This implies
that the detailed study of the impact of electromagnetic effects,
whose strength increases with increasing pressure, is of critical
importance. In the present work, the electromagnetic effects on the
particle, momentum and heat transport channels have been
investigated, with both analytical and numerical calculations.
Transport processes due to a finite plasma pressure have been
identified, their physical mechanisms have been explained, and
their contributions have been quantified, showing that they can be
significant under experimentally relevant conditions.
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The research on the transport properties of magnetically
confined plasmas plays an essential role towards the achievement of
practical nuclear fusion energy. An economically viable fusion
reactor is expected to operate at high plasma pressure. This implies
that the detailed study of the impact of electromagnetic effects,
whose strength increases with increasing pressure, is of critical
importance. In the present work, the electromagnetic effects on the
particle, momentum and heat transpor...
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