Published January 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Rotational stabilization of drift tearing modes

Creators

  • 1. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012 (United States)

Description

Drift tearing modes have a threshold Δ' for instability, which is increased by sheared poloidal rotation. Sheared rotation becomes important for v'θ≥ω*. The critical Δ' is approximately linear in |v'θ|. The linear stability of tearing modes is relevant to tokamak edge conditions at the L- to H-mode transition

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Fluids B
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Fluids B.
Journal Page Range
3-5
ISSN
0899-8221
CODEN
PFBPE