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Comment on “Derivation of paleoclassical key hypothesis” [Phys. Plasmas 14, 040701 (2007)]

Phys. Plasmas 15, 014703 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.2828096

Published 16 January 2008

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A. Thyagaraja and C. M. Roach
EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom

R. D. Hazeltine
Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
The paleoclassical hypothesis, derived in Callen [Phys. Plasmas 14, 040701 (2007)], proposes that electron guiding centers experience additional diffusion which is absent from neoclassical theory. This is claimed to be associated with the diffusion of poloidal magnetic flux, and to be most significant in cold resistive plasmas. In this comment we explain why the paleoclassical hypothesis contradicts electrodynamics.
History: Received 21 August 2007; accepted 30 November 2007; published 16 January 2008
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