Theory of Alfven wave heating in general toroidal geometry

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5328799

Tataronis, J A; Salat, A

A general treatment of Alfven wave heating based on the linearized equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is given. The conclusion of this study is that the geometry of the plasma equilium could play an important role on the effectiveness of this heating mechanism, and for certain geometries the fundamental equations may not possess solutions which satisfy prescribed boundary conditions.

• Research Organization: New York Univ., NY (USA). Courant Inst. of Mathematical Sciences; Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, Garching (Germany, F.R.)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER03077
• OSTI ID: 5328799
• Report Number(s): CONF-800932-29; ON: DE82011415; TRN: 82-011944
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. joint Grenoble-Varenna international symposium on heating in toroidal plasmas, Como, Italy, 3 Sep 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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