Global properties of high pressure flux conserving tokamak equilibria

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7147044· OSTI ID:7147044

Clarke, J. F.; Sigmar, D. J.

An approximate analytic theory is developed to calculate the poloidal beta ..beta../sub I/ and the diamagnetic parameter ..mu../sub I/ for a sequence of axisymmetric toroidal MHD equilibria confining high pressure plasmas (..beta.. approximately theta(a/R)) under the constraint of flux conservation. To satisfy the equilibrium equations, the plasma current must be increased with pressure as p/sup 1/3/ and previously calculated equilibrium limits on poloidal beta are avoided.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 7147044
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-5599
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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