Plasma equilibrium with rational magnetic surfaces
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 24 (11) , 1999-2003
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863297
Abstract
The self‐consistent classical plasma equilibrium with diffusion is studied in a toroidal geometry having a sheared magnetic field. Near each rational surface it is found that the pressure gradient is zero unless the Fourier component of 1/B2, which resonates with that surface, vanishes. Despite the resonances, the overall plasma confinement is, in practice, only slightly modified by the rational surfaces.Keywords
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