Negative shear effect on toroidal ion temperature gradient mode
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- letter
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 2 (3) , 1012-1014
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871407
Abstract
A study of the effect of negative shear on the toroidal ion temperature gradient mode is given. It is shown that the negative shear can give a substantial stabilizing effect on the mode when the safety factor q is small.Keywords
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