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Internal Kink Modes in Toroidal Plasmas with Circular Cross Sections

M. N. Bussac, R. Pellat, D. Edery, J. L. Soulé

Physical Review Letters · 1975 · 445 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

The stability criterion of the internal kink mode is given in toroidal geometry for plasmas with circular cross sections. Contrary to known results in cylindrical geometry, the internal kink mode can be stable if the pressure gradient is sufficiently low.

References

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Nonlinear properties of the internal m = 1 kink instability in the cylindrical tokamak

M. N. Rosenbluth, R. Y. Dagazian, P. H. Rutherford · The Physics of Fluids · 1973 · 273 citations

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Tokamak Equilibrium

J. M. Greene, John L. Johnson, K. E. Weimer · The Physics of Fluids · 1971 · 139 citations

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Hydromagnetic stability of a current-carrying pinch with noncircular cross section

G. Laval, R. Pellat, J. Soule · The Physics of Fluids · 1974 · 115 citations · Full text

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Stability of a Circular Toroidal Plasma under Average Magnetic Well Conditions

A. A. Ware, F. A. Haas · The Physics of Fluids · 1966 · 69 citations

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Two-dimensional calculation of tokamak stability

A. Sykes, John Wesson · Nuclear Fusion · 1974 · 38 citations

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