Bifurcation of sharp boundary. beta. =1 multipole equilibria
Journal Article
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· Phys. Fluids; (United States)
OSTI ID:5157681
The bifurcation of sharp boundary magnetohydrodynamic equilibria in linear multipoles of arbitrary order is studied using the hodograph method. In the low pressure limit, simple formulae are obtained for the shapes of multipole cusp equilibria. In the high pressure limit the equilibria are found to bifurcate; two different equilibria may exist for the same values of the external parameters. It is conjectured that a similar bifurcation will be encountered in the calculation of diffuse multipole equilibria at high beta.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
- OSTI ID:
- 5157681
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 23:8; ISSN PFLDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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