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Low-m ballooning stability of an axisymmetric sharp-boundary tandem mirror

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6180003
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A simple model of an axisymmetric tandem mirror is employed to study the stability of global (low-m) ballooning modes in the central cell. The presence of a perfectly conducting wall in the model gives an estimate of the effect of wall stabilization. The scaling of the critical ..beta.. (= 2p/B/sup 2/) with mode number m, connection length L/sub c/ to the end plug, and wall position w is computed for several magnetic field profiles.
Research Organization:
Science Applications, Inc., Boulder, CO (USA). Plasma Research Inst.
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76ET53057
OSTI ID:
6180003
Report Number(s):
SAI-254-81-155-LJ; PRI-26; ON: DE81027284
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700107* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Instabilities
BALLOONING INSTABILITY
BETA RATIO
INSTABILITY
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
STABILIZATION
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TMX DEVICES
WALL EFFECTS