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Title: Axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic equilibria in local polar coordinates

Journal Article · · Phys. Fluids; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863764· OSTI ID:5560806

The Grad--Shafranov equation for an ideal magnetohydrodynamic axisymmetric toroidal configuration is solved analytically in a local polar coordinate system using a novel method which produces solutions valid up to the second order in the inverse aspect ratio expansion.

Research Organization:
Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Departamento Prospectiva y Estudios Especiales, Division Fusion Nuclear, 1429 Buenos Aires, Argentina
OSTI ID:
5560806
Journal Information:
Phys. Fluids; (United States), Vol. 25:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English