Published May 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Stable equilibria having arbitrary q profile

  • 1. Laboratory for Plasma and Fusion Energy Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Description

It is shown that minimum energy equilibria can be constructed with any q (inverse rotational transform) profile such that 1/q is continuous. These equilibria are stable to both ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and tearing modes. In particular, explicit equilibria are presented which have a local minimum in q but are nevertheless stable

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
1292-1294
ISSN
0031-9171