Shear Alfven waves in tokamaks

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6758941

Kieras, C E

Shear Alfven waves in an axisymmetric tokamak are examined within the framework of the linearized ideal MHD equations. Properties of the shear Alfven continuous spectrum are studied both analytically and numerically. Implications of these results in regards to low frequency rf heating of toroidally confined plasmas are discussed. The structure of the spatial singularities associated with these waves is determined. A reduced set of ideal MHD equations is derived to describe these waves in a very low beta plasma.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ET53051
• OSTI ID: 6758941
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/53051-48; ON: DE83007194
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Heating
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ALFVEN WAVES
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION
ASPECT RATIO
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
FLUID MECHANICS
HEATING
HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING
HYDRODYNAMICS
HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES
INTERNAL RING DEVICES
LOW-BETA PLASMA
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MECHANICS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
PLASMA
PLASMA HEATING
SHEAR
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TOKAPOLE DEVICES