Response to 'Comment on 'Continuum modes in rotating plasmas: General equations and continuous spectra for large aspect ratio tokamaks' '[Phys. Plasmas 19, 064701 (2012)]

Journal Article · Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3694888· OSTI ID:22072514

Lakhin, V P ^[1]; Ilgisonis, V I ^[1]

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1. NRC 'Kurchatov Institute,' 1 Kurchatov Sq., Moscow 123182 (Russian Federation)

The equations for the continuous spectra derived in our paper [V. P. Lakhin and V. I. Ilgisonis, Phys. Plasmas 18, 092103 (2011)] can be reduced to the matrix form used by Goedbloed et al.[Phys. Plasmas 11, 28 (2004)]. It is shown that the assumptions made in our paper provide the elliptic flow regime and guarantee the existence of plasma equilibrium with nested magnetic surfaces of circular cross-section. The new results on magnetohydrodynamic instabilities of such tokamak equilibria obtained in our paper but absent in the paper by Goedbloed et al. are emphasized.

• OSTI ID: 22072514
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ASPECT RATIO
EQUATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
MAGNETIC SURFACES
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MATRICES
PLASMA INSTABILITY
ROTATING PLASMA
SPECTRA
TOKAMAK DEVICES