Drift Waves and Plasma Diffusion in a Shear-StabilizedMachine
- 12 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 25 (15) , 996-999
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.25.996
Abstract
The effects of magnetic shear on unstable drift waves are studied in a straight stellarator. Increasing the shear reduces the amplitude of the instability and also the cross-field diffusion coefficient.
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