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Numerical analysis of current-driven collisional drift and Alfven instabilities in a sheared magnetic field

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5540244
Collisional drift eigenmode, coupled to shear Alfven mode, is studied numerically in a current-carrying slab with finite magnetic shear. It is shown that, due to finite-beta effects, in the presence of current, a drift mode becomes unstable.
Research Organization:
Nagoya Univ. (Japan). Inst. of Plasma Physics
OSTI ID:
5540244
Report Number(s):
N-79-20867
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English