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Title

Non-Resistive Analysis of Rotational Instabilities in FRC and the Unicamp TC-1 m=4 Results
Authors

M. Santiago
A. S. Assis
C. A. Azevedo
P. Sakanaka
M. Machida
E. Aramaki
L. A. Berni
D. O. Campos
R. T. Farias
Journal / Anthology

Brazilian Journal of Physics
Year: 1998
Volume: 28
Issue: 1
Page range: 52-56
Description

Ideal one dimensional MHS (non-resistive) equations are used to study the rotational instability in field reversed configuration plasmas. Instead of using resistive boundary layer analysis, the eigenmode non hermitian equations are solved on the complex w-plane using a numerical code constructed using "Mathematica". We take into account the plasma compressibility and compare our results with the Compact Torus (TC-1) experiment of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), which is presented here. The m=4 rotational mode observed in TC-1 is used to verify the consistency of our model.
Subject

*Science > Physics > Plasma Physics