Radial Electric Field in Tokamak Plasmas as a Physical Consequence of Ehrenfest’s Paradox

Romannikov Alexander

ITER Domestic Agency—“ITER Project Center”, 123182, pl. Academician Kurchatov, 1, p. 3, Moscow, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2012.330201                

Abstract

A simplified form and some possible theoretical resolutions of the so-called Ehrenfest’s Paradox are described. A relation between physical consequences of this relativistic paradox and charge density ρ of tokamak plasma is shown. Plasma experiments which could resolve the Ehrenfest’s Paradox are presented.

Keywords

Tokamak; Ehrenfest’s Paradox

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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