Published 1996 | Version v1
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Ideal stability limits of reverse shear equilibria

Creators

  • 1. Northrop Grumman Corp., Princeton, NJ (United States)

Description

The dependence on various plasma parameters of the ideal stability limit of reverse shear current profiles in TFTR and other tokamaks has been thoroughly explored. Profiles with reverse shear allow core access to the second ballooning stability region. In addition, for sufficient shear reversal, modes with n = 2 and greater are also stabilized. The n = 1 stability threshold is only slightly affected by reverse shear and becomes the limiting instability. The mode is predominately an infernal mode with a significant external contribution. Particular emphasis will be on analysis of recent experimental results of enhanced reverse shear (ERS) profiles in TFTR and a study of those profile characteristics which optimize TFTR performance

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
University of Texas.
Imprint Place
Austin, TX (United States)
Imprint Title
1996 international Sherwood fusion theory conference
Imprint Pagination
244 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 3C32.

Conference

Title
International Sherwood fusion theory conference.
Dates
18-20 Mar 1996.
Place
Philadelphia, PA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28066178
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BALLOONING INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; MHD EQUILIBRIUM; TFTR TOKAMAK
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; EQUILIBRIUM; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract FG02-89ER51124
Secondary number(s)
CONF-960354--.