PINCH WITH ROTATING PLASMA
Journal Article
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· Physics of Fluids (U.S.)
OSTI ID:4105547
The magnetohydrodynamic stability of an infinitely conducting incompressible plasma, in the shape of an infinitely long circular cylinder within an external conductor, compressed by external B/sub o/ and B/sub z/ against internal B/sub z/, was investigated for the circumstance in which the plasma has an angular velocity about the z axis of the cylinder. Two different cases are examined in detail: arbitrarily large constant angular velocity, in which case the differential equation for the perturbed total (magnetic plus hydrodynamic) pressure inside the plasma is solved exactly in terms of Bessel functions; and nonconstant but small angular velocity, in which event perturbation theory can be employed. For both these cases the rotating plasma is less stable than the nonrotating plasma. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- General Atomics Div., General Dynamics Corp., San Diego, Calif.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-006966
- OSTI ID:
- 4105547
- Report Number(s):
- GA-1353; 0031-9171
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Fluids (U.S.) , Journal Name: Physics of Fluids (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 4; ISSN PFLDA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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