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Title: Effect of magnetic shear on dissipative drift instabilities

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5139115· OSTI ID:5139115

In this letter we report the results of a linear radial eigenmode analysis of dissipative drift waves in a plasma with magnetic shear and spatially varying density gradient. The results of the analysis are shown to be consistent with a recent experiment on the study of dissipative drift instabilities in a toroidal stellarator.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-02-3073
OSTI ID:
5139115
Report Number(s):
PPPL-1426; TRN: 78-008879
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English