An Expression for the Temperature Gradient in Chaotic Fields
Authors: S.R. Hudson
Abstract:
A coordinate system adapted to the invariant structures of chaotic magnetic fields is constructed. The coordinates are based on a set of ghost-surfaces, defined via an action-gradient flow between the minimax and minimizing periodic orbits. The construction of the chaotic coordinates allows an expression describing the temperature gradient across a chaotic magnetic field to be derived. The results are in close agreement with a numerical calculation.
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Accepted to: Physics of Plasmas (November 2008)
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