title: Momentum transport from current-driven reconnection in the reversed field pinch.
abstract: We calculate momentum transport from tearing fluctuations in a reversed field pinch with sheared flow, considering both the effect of a single tearing mode (through quasilinear theory and MHD computation) and multiple tearing modes (through nonlinear MHD computation). A single tearing mode transports momentum, via Maxwell and Reynolds stresses, more rapidly than classical viscous forces. Moreover, the transport is enhanced by nonlinear coupling of multiple modes.
authors.affiliation: Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mirnov
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Prager
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Sovinec