Internal Kink Modes in Toroidal Plasmas with Circular Cross Sections
- 15 December 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 35 (24) , 1638-1641
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.35.1638
Abstract
The stability criterion of the internal kink mode is given in toroidal geometry for plasmas with circular cross sections. Contrary to known results in cylindrical geometry, the internal kink mode can be stable if the pressure gradient is sufficiently low.Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Internal Kink Mode in a Diffuse Pinch with a Noncircular Cross SectionPhysical Review Letters, 1975
- Studies of Internal Disruptions andOscillations in Tokamak Discharges with Soft—X-Ray TecniquesPhysical Review Letters, 1974
- Two-dimensional calculation of tokamak stabilityNuclear Fusion, 1974
- Hydromagnetic stability of a current-carrying pinch with noncircular cross sectionPhysics of Fluids, 1974
- Nonlinear properties of the internal m = 1 kink instability in the cylindrical tokamakPhysics of Fluids, 1973
- Toroidal Contributions to the Shear and the-Kink Instability in the Tokamak and Screw PinchPhysical Review Letters, 1971
- Tokamak EquilibriumPhysics of Fluids, 1971
- Stability of a Circular Toroidal Plasma under Average Magnetic Well ConditionsPhysics of Fluids, 1966