Dynamical processes in the reversed-field pinch

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6838749

Caramana, E; Cayton, T; Dagazian, R

This paper presents a review of recent theoretical work on the Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A wide variety of topics are discussed. These include: nonlinear, two-dimensional, helical, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of current-driven modes; a statistical model of plasma turbulence in the RFP; analytic and numerical calculations of resistive ballooning modes in toroidal geometry; work on coherent m = 0 excitations observed in the ZT-40M device; finite Larmor radius effects on the tearing mode; destabilization of MHD modes by kinetic effects; and, possible plasma heating by means of magnetoacoustic oscillations.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (France)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6838749
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-82-2340; CONF-820930-13; ON: DE82021771
• Resource Relation: Conference: 9. international conference on plasma physics and controlled nulcear fusion research, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1 Sep 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
ZT-40 DEVICES
BALLOONING INSTABILITY
HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING
LARMOR RADIUS
MAGNETOACOUSTIC WAVES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
STATISTICS
TURBULENCE
HEATING
HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES
INSTABILITY
MATHEMATICS
PINCH EFFECT
PLASMA HEATING
PLASMA INSTABILITY
700107* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Instabilities