Relaxation Instability in Tokamaks
- 19 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 37 (3) , 140-143
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.37.140
Abstract
A three-dimensional, nonlinear, numerical simulation is described in which saw-tooth oscillations occur as a result of a hydromagnetic relaxation instability. The time evolution of the magnetic topology demonstrates the essential validity of the model suggested by Kadomtsev to explain the saw-tooth oscillations observed in tokamak experiments.Keywords
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