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Turbulent momentum pinch of diamagnetic flows in a tokamak

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arxiv 1301.4260 v1 pith:MVIQMAFJ submitted 2013-01-17 physics.plasm-ph

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keywords flowmomentumpinchflowsradialrotationcoriolisdiamagnetic
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The ion toroidal rotation in a tokamak consists of an $E\times B$ flow due to the radial electric field and a diamagnetic flow due to the radial pressure gradient. The turbulent pinch of toroidal angular momentum due to the Coriolis force studied in previous work is only applicable to the $E\times B$ flow. In this Letter, the momentum pinch for the rotation generated by the radial pressure gradient is calculated and is compared with the Coriolis pinch. This distinction is important for subsonic flows or the flow in the pedestal where the two types of flows are similar in size and opposite in direction. In the edge, the different pinches due to the opposite rotations can result in intrinsic momentum transport that gives significant rotation peaking.

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