Transient Growth in a Current-Carrying Plasma
- 19 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 42 (12) , 779-781
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.42.779
Abstract
It is shown that sheared Alfvén waves in a current-carrying plasma, such as that in a tokamak or in a pinch, may grow linearly in time at a rapid rate. These waves may attain a large amplitude before they eventually decay. The implication of this result is discussed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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