Observation of Collisionless Drift Waves in a Toroidal Hexapole
- 9 July 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 31 (2) , 82-86
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.31.82
Abstract
We have done an experimental study of low-frequency waves in a low- plasma confined in a hexapole with and without toroidal field. The identification of the waves and the interpretation of mode transition in poloidal mode number are made in comparison with the results predicted from linear theory with slab geometry.
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