Physical Review Letters · 1970 · 11 citations · 5 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsPlasma PhysicsAstrophysical PlasmasMagnetized PlasmaMagnetohydrodynamicsPlasma ConfinementPlasma Kinetic TheoryIdeal MagnetohydrodynamicsMagnetic Axis PositionNon-ideal MagnetohydrodynamicsShock Waves In Magnetized PlasmasToroidal ConfinementToroidal Magnetic Fields
Critical rotational velocities about the magnetic axis in a toroidally confined plasma are derived from a kinematical condition for the formation of spatial discontinuities (steady shock waves) in ideal magnetohydrodynamics.
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