Physical Review Letters · 1992 · 146 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsNuclear PhysicsPlasma PhysicsAstrophysical PlasmasMagnetohydrodynamicsNonlinear Plasma DynamicsPlasma InstabilitiesPlasma StabilityPlasma WavesAlfven WavesAlfvén WavesAsymptotic TheoryDampingDamping ProcessesTokamak PhysicsTokamak Plasmas
An asymptotic theory is developed to determine the continuum damping of short-wavelength toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmodes, which is essential for ascertaining thresholds for alpha-particle-driven instability in ignited tokamaks.
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Excitation of toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes in TFTR
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An investigation of beam driven Alfvén instabilities in the DIII-D tokamak
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