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Kinetic and finite beta effects on the m=1 tearing instability

Journal Article · · Phys. Fluids; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.862319· OSTI ID:6774740
Tearing instabilities with poloidal mode number m=1 are examined by means of a kinetic description of the electron response. At very low beta, the use of a frequency dependent Ohm's law permits investigation of colllisionless regimes, and new modes are found. At finite beta, variational solution of the eigenmode equation shows that one of these modes remains unstable for quite large beta.
Research Organization:
Fusion Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
OSTI ID:
6774740
Journal Information:
Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 21:6; ISSN PFLDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English