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HYDROMAGNETIC STABILITY OF A DIFFUSE LINEAR PINCH

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4197153

The hydromagnetic energy principle is applied to the derivation of necessary and sufficient conditions for the hydromagnetic stability of a linear pinch with distributed plasma current (a diffuse linear pinch). The results are quite general in that the axial and azimuthal componerts of the magnetic field, which deteremine the structure of the pinch completely, are treated as arbitrary functions of distance from the axis. For purposes of illustration, the general results are applied to the limiting case of a pinch with the plasma currert confined to an infinitely thin layer (a sharp pinch). (auth)

Research Organization:
California. Univ., Livermore. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
NSA Number:
NSA-14-004067
OSTI ID:
4197153
Report Number(s):
UCRL-5447
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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