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Stabilization of external modes in tokamaks by resistive walls and plasma rotation

Abstract

It is shown that low-n pressure driven external modes in tokamaks can be fully stabilized by resistive walls in combination with sonic rotation of the plasma. The stabilization depends on the excitation of sound waves by the toroidal coupling to Alfven waves and is affected by ion Landau damping. Two-dimensional stability calculations are presented to show the gains in the beta limit resulting from this wall stabilization. (author) 4 figs., 13 refs.
Authors:
Bondeson, A; Ward, D J [1] 
  1. Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne (Switzerland). Centre de Recherche en Physique des Plasma (CRPP)
Publication Date:
Dec 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
LRP-488/93
Reference Number:
SCA: 700340; PA: AIX-25:027007; EDB-94:060789; NTS-94:016825; SN: 94001175495
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1993
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; BETA RATIO; LIMITING VALUES; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; FIRST WALL; ROTATING PLASMA; TOKAMAK DEVICES; ALFVEN WAVES; COUPLING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDAU DAMPING; PLASMA PRESSURE; SOUND WAVES; STABILITY; THEORETICAL DATA; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; 700340; PLASMA WAVES, OSCILLATIONS, AND INSTABILITIES
OSTI ID:
10138545
Research Organizations:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne (Switzerland). Centre de Recherche en Physique des Plasma (CRPP)
Country of Origin:
Switzerland
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94620130; TRN: CH9400052027007
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; INIS
Submitting Site:
CHN
Size:
12 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Bondeson, A, and Ward, D J. Stabilization of external modes in tokamaks by resistive walls and plasma rotation. Switzerland: N. p., 1993. Web.
Bondeson, A, & Ward, D J. Stabilization of external modes in tokamaks by resistive walls and plasma rotation. Switzerland.
Bondeson, A, and Ward, D J. 1993. "Stabilization of external modes in tokamaks by resistive walls and plasma rotation." Switzerland.
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title = {Stabilization of external modes in tokamaks by resistive walls and plasma rotation}
author = {Bondeson, A, and Ward, D J}
abstractNote = {It is shown that low-n pressure driven external modes in tokamaks can be fully stabilized by resistive walls in combination with sonic rotation of the plasma. The stabilization depends on the excitation of sound waves by the toroidal coupling to Alfven waves and is affected by ion Landau damping. Two-dimensional stability calculations are presented to show the gains in the beta limit resulting from this wall stabilization. (author) 4 figs., 13 refs.}
place = {Switzerland}
year = {1993}
month = {Dec}
}