On the stability of the internal kink mode in the banana regime
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 2 (1) , 227-240
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871094
Abstract
The stability of the internal kink mode is investigated taking into account the kinetic response associated to the trapped thermal ions. Ion–ion collisions and diamagnetic effects in the layer are also considered. A significant stabilizing contribution is obtained, even at low-β values, on the mode, which might be stable, on present experiments, even though predicted unstable according to the Bussac criterion [Bussac et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 1638 (1975)]. In addition, a trapped-ion instability is found, characterized by mode frequency of the order of the trapped-ion bounce-averaged magnetic drift frequency.Keywords
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