Published December 10, 1984
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Journal article
Magnetic curvature-drift instability
Creators
- 1. Laboratory for Plasma and Fusion Energy Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Description
A new fluid instability has been discovered which arises from the coupling of the drift-tearing mode at the diamagnetic frequency with a mode with a velocity just below the curvature drift velocity. This mode, which can also be destabilized by cross field transport, is unstable over a wide range of conditions and mode numbers for reversed-field pinches or spheromaks
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 53
- Journal Issue
- 24
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 2308-2311
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16047762
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING; CTX SPHEROMAK; DRIFT INSTABILITY; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; OSCILLATION MODES; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; REVERSE-FIELD PINCH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL DATA
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; DATA; DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION; INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL DATA; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES; SPHEROMAK DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES