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Stability of short-axial-wavelength internal kink modes of an anisotropic plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. Faghihi
Affiliation:
The Royal Institute of Technology, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
J. Scheffel
Affiliation:
The Royal Institute of Technology, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

The double adiabatic equations are used to study the stability of a cylindrical Z-pinch with respect to small axial wavelength, internal kink (m ≥ 1) modes. It is found that marginally (ideally) unstable, isotropic equilibria are stabilized. Also, constant-current-density equilibria can be stabilized for P > P and large β

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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