Published October 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

MHD stability of high-beta tokamak equilibria with pedestal and line-tying

  • 1. GA Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (USA)

Description

A high-beta circular tokamak equilibrium with a large pressure gradient near the plasma edge is examined with respect to magnetohydrodynamic stability including external kink, tearing, and ballooning modes with and without line-tying effects. As the edge pressure gradient increases, the linear growth rate decreases and the mode spectrum broadens with the perturbation increasingly localized near the edge. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Fusion
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
10
Series
Nucl. Fusion.
Journal Page Range
1360-1364
ISSN
0029-5515

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Notes
Letter-to-the-editor.