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High-m ballooning stability of an axisymmetric E-ring-stabilized tandem mirror

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6309775
A paraxial (long-thin) model of an electron-ring-stabilized tandem mirror is described. The model is applied to study the high-m (azimuthal mode number) stability of this axisymmetric configuration to interchange-ballooning modes within the rigid ring approximation. Stability boundaries are computed for two ring profiles and the results compared with earlier analytic calculations.
Research Organization:
Science Applications, Inc., Boulder, CO (USA). Plasma Research Inst.
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76ET53057
OSTI ID:
6309775
Report Number(s):
SAI-254-81-156-LJ; PRI-27; ON: DE81027271
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English