Minimum energy state of a toroidal discharge
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 23 (1) , 230-231
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.862857
Abstract
Previous analysis of the relaxation of a toroidal discharge used an incorrect expression for the energy of a force-free state. Although the primary conclusions remain essentially unchanged, the analysis using the correct expression is considerably different in some respects.Keywords
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