Resistive instabilities of a weakly collisional tokamak plasma

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5373293

Krymskii, A M; Suramlishvili, G I

The resistive modes (the g and tearing modes) of a weakly collisional tokamak plasma are analyzed. At low electron--ion collision rates, the passing-particle effects are the most important. The ranges of the parameter eta = d lnT/sub 0//d lnn/sub 0/ (T/sub 0/ and n/sub 0/ are the plasma temperature and density, respectively) in which an instability can occur are very different from those predicted by the model of a cylindrical plasma column.

• Research Organization: Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, Tbilisi
• OSTI ID: 5373293
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 9:3; ISSN SJPPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700107* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Instabilities
ANNULAR SPACE
BALLOONING INSTABILITY
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
COLLISIONAL PLASMA
COLLISIONS
CONFIGURATION
DRIFT INSTABILITY
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-ION COLLISIONS
INSTABILITY
ION COLLISIONS
PLASMA
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES
SPACE
TEARING INSTABILITY
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION