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Radial Structure of High-Mode-Number Toroidal Modes in General Equilibrium Profiles

J. Y. Kim, M. Wakatani

Physical Review Letters · 1994 · 57 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

The problem of global radial envelope structure of high-mode-number toroidal modes in general equilibrium profiles is studied using the coordinate transformation formalism. It is shown that there exists a continuum of toroidal eigenmodes with well-localized radial structure.

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