Effect of Toroidicity and Temperature Profiles on Synchrotron Losses in a Tokamak Plasma

In this paper, we analyze the qualitative and quantitative effects of formulating the transfer of synchrotron radiation in a toroidal geometry, and modeling the e lectron temperature with an advanced p rofile with respect t o a generalized p arabolic one, u sing the e xact m ethod for the calculation of the absorption coefficient. 2. General formulation of global synchrotron losses With no reflecting walls, the solution of the equation of transfer of radiation over a ray path of length s is given by (3),