Published March 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Finite β destabilization of skin size drift modes in Tokamaks

  • 1. Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (Canada). Plasma Physics Laboratory

Description

Analysis based on integral equation formalism in the ballooning space indicates that the skin size drift mode with kθ = ωpe/c are destabilized by finite β. The maximum growth rate is of the order of the ion transit frequency and the thermal diffusivity based on mixing length estimate exhibits favourable isotope effects

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica Scripta
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 257-260
ISSN
0031-8949

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Notes
7 refs, 3 figs