Magnetic islands at the field reversal surface in reversed field pinches

R. I. Pinsker; A. H. Reiman

doi:10.1063/1.865933

Magnetic islands at the field reversal surface in reversed field pinches

R. I. Pinsker
, A. H. Reiman

PPPL Theory

Princeton University

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Abstract

In the reversed field pinch (RFP), magnetic field perturbations having zero poloidal mode number and any toroidal mode number are resonant at the field reversal surface. Such perturbations are a particular threat to the RFP because of their weak radial dependence at low toroidal mode number, and because the toroidal field ripple is essentially of this type. The widths of the resulting islands are calculated in this paper. The self-consistent plasma response is included through the assumption that the plasma relaxes to a Taylor force-free state. The connection with linear tearing mode theory is established for those limits where arbitrarily large islands result from infinitesimal perturbations. Toroidal effects are considered, and application of the theory to RFP experiments is discussed.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	782-789
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics of Fluids
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865933
State	Published - Mar 1 1986

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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