A.I. Smolyakov et al 2009 Nucl. Fusion 49 125001 doi:10.1088/0029-5515/49/12/125001
A.I. Smolyakov1, X. Garbet and C. Bourdelle
Show affiliationsThis paper describes the structure of the parallel momentum balance in low pressure plasmas with an inhomogeneous magnetic field. The parallel momentum balance equation is derived from magnetohydrodynamic equations by an expansion in the inverse magnetic field 1/B as a small parameter. Contributions of the gyroviscosity and inertia terms are clarified. It is shown that magnetic field curvature leads to important coupling of parallel flow with fluctuations of the electric field and plasma pressure.
52.30.Cv Magnetohydrodynamics (including electron magnetohydrodynamics)
Issue 12 (December 2009)
Received 15 June 2009, accepted for publication 22 September 2009
Published 22 October 2009
A.I. Smolyakov et al 2009 Nucl. Fusion 49 125001
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