Strongly-localized ballooning modes in a tandem mirror

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5152129

D'Ippolito, D A; Myra, J R

A simple model of a tandem mirror without thermal barriers is employed to study the stability of ballooning modes which are confined to the central mirror cell. The central cell is treated as axisymmetric and long-thin with isotropic pressure, while the end plug is modeled by a stabilizing boundary condition. The scaling of ..beta../sub c/ with the mirror ratio, R, and the connection length, L/sub c/, is computed, and the sensitivity of these results to the magnetic field profile chosen is discussed.

• Research Organization: Science Applications, Inc., Boulder, CO (USA). Plasma Research Inst.
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76ET53057
• OSTI ID: 5152129
• Report Number(s): SAI-254-80-493-LJ; PRI-12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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