Three-dimensional equilibrium in quadrupole symmetric tandem mirrors in the paraxial limit (reduced MHD)

Conference · Mon Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5806946

Pearlstein, L D

Equilibrium in quadrupole symmetric mirrors is fully three dimensional; however, because axial scale lengths are long compared with radial scale lengths (equivalently weak curvature) it is possible to reduce the complexity of the equations by expanding in the appropriate smallness parameter. Such a procedure leads to set of reduced MHD equations. The general theory will be presented, numerical results discussed, modifications due to finite Larmor radius will be added, and an analytic solution for sharp boundary pressure models will be developed.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5806946
• Report Number(s): UCRL-89767; CONF-830909-7; ON: DE83017840
• Resource Relation: Conference: Course and workshop on mirror-based and field-reversed approaches to magnetic fusion, Varenna, Italy, 7 Sep 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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