Published April 1988
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Journal article
Experimental study of nonlinear M = 1 modes in the Tara tandem mirror
Creators
- 1. Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Description
The nature of a rigid, flutelike M = 1 instability as seen in the Tara tandem mirror [Nucl. Fusion 22, 549 (1982); Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion 1984 (IAEA, Vienna, 1985), Vol. 2, p. 285] is discussed. Radial density and light emission profiles obtained by inverting chord measurements are compared to end loss radial profiles during the evolution of the mode to its nonlinear saturated state. This final state is characterized by a coherent, flutelike motion of the plasma as a whole about the machine axis
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Fluids
- Journal Volume
- 31
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Phys. Fluids.
- Journal Page Range
- 902-907
- ISSN
- 0031-9171
- CODEN
- PFLDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19056779
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- FLUTE INSTABILITY; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OSCILLATION MODES; PHOTON EMISSION; PLASMA; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SATURATION; TANDEM MIRRORS; TARA DEVICES
- Descriptors DEC
- EMISSION; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES