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Plasma physics

self-generated toroidal current in a tokamak driven by pressure gradients through trapped-particle effects.

In plasma physics, bootstrap current refers to self-generated toroidal current in a tokamak driven by pressure gradients through trapped-particle effects. This meaning comes from Bickerton (1971) in Nature Physical Science.[1]

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References

Bickerton, R. J., Connor, J. W., & Taylor, J. B. (1971). Diffusion Driven Plasma Currents and Bootstrap Tokamak. Nature Physical Science, 229(4), 110-112. https://doi.org/10.1038/physci229110a0

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