Published May 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Coalescence instability in the electron magnetohydrodynamics

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent'eva 6, Novosibirsk, 630090 (Russian Federation)

Description

The relaxation of a magnetic field perturbation periodic in two directions is studied in the electron magnetohydrodynamic approximation. It is shown that the relaxation is accompanied by the coalescence of magnetic cells. When transport coefficients are sufficiently low, the nonlinear stage of the coalescence process is independent of their values. This effect may help to explain why the duration of the crash phase of sawtooth oscillations in tokamaks is anomalously short

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Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Plasma Physics Reports
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 411-422
ISSN
1063-780X
CODEN
PPHREM

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35017623
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Translation
Descriptors DEI
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA WAVES; SAWTOOTH OSCILLATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION
Descriptors DEC
FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; OSCILLATIONS

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Notes
Translated from Fizika Plazmy, ISSN 0367-2921, 28, 451-461 (No. 5, 2002); (c) 2002 MAIK ''Nauka / Interperiodica''.