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MHD stability of a collisionless anisotropic plasma in a system with an internal conductor

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics Reports
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  1. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute (Russian Federation)
A study is made of the MHD stability of a collisionless anisotropic-pressure plasma in a nonparaxial magnetic configuration with an internal conductor in cylindrical geometry. A stability criterion for flutelike modes is obtained, and the families of marginally stable profiles of the longitudinal and transverse plasma pressures are calculated by using the Chew-Goldberger-Low anisotropic MHD equations. Possible marginally stable plasma states are considered with allowance for the expected turbulent relaxation and self-organization processes, on the one hand, and isotropization processes, on the other. A stability criterion for Alfven modes is also derived in the Chew-Goldberger-Low model.
OSTI ID:
21100152
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 33; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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