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Title: Energy principle with global invariants

Abstract

A variational principle is proposed for constructing equilibria with low free energy in toroidal plasmas in which relaxation is dominated by a tearing mode of single helicity. States with current density vanishing on the boundary are constructed. Theoretical predictions are compared with experimental data from reversed field pinches and tokamaks.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5313880
Report Number(s):
PPPL-1659
TRN: 80-010305
DOE Contract Number:  
EY-76-C-02-3073
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA; VARIATIONAL METHODS; REVERSE-FIELD PINCH; TOKAMAK DEVICES; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CURRENT DENSITY; RELAXATION; TEARING INSTABILITY; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; INSTABILITY; LAYERS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; 700105* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Plasma Kinetics-Theoretical- (-1987)

Citation Formats

Bhattacharjee, A, Dewar, R L, and Monticello, D A. Energy principle with global invariants. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/5313880.
Bhattacharjee, A, Dewar, R L, & Monticello, D A. Energy principle with global invariants. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5313880
Bhattacharjee, A, Dewar, R L, and Monticello, D A. 1980. "Energy principle with global invariants". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5313880. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5313880.
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title = {Energy principle with global invariants},
author = {Bhattacharjee, A and Dewar, R L and Monticello, D A},
abstractNote = {A variational principle is proposed for constructing equilibria with low free energy in toroidal plasmas in which relaxation is dominated by a tearing mode of single helicity. States with current density vanishing on the boundary are constructed. Theoretical predictions are compared with experimental data from reversed field pinches and tokamaks.},
doi = {10.2172/5313880},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5313880}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
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