Published March 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Finite Larmor radius and wall effects on the M = 1 ballooning mode at arbitrary beta in axisymmetric tandem mirrors

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550

Description

The equation for the m = 1 ballooning mode is derived; the dominant finite Larmor radius terms force the mode to be rigid. A dispersion relation with the wall near the plasma is obtained for arbitrary β, and it is also shown that with the wall at infinity only the vacuum curvature contributes to all orders in β

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
1003-1005
ISSN
0031-9171