Helicity injection with moving vacuum--plasma boundary with arbitrary flux surfaces

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Phys. Fluids; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.866571· OSTI ID:5639248

Bellan, P M

If a toroidal plasma has arbitrary nested magnetic flux surfaces and a moving plasma--vacuum interface, then any helicity injected by modulating the magnetic fields is simply consumed by an increase in helicity dissipation due to the modulated fields.

• Research Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
• OSTI ID: 5639248
• Journal Information: Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 31:1; ISSN PFLDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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