Linear instability analysis for toroidal plasma flow equilibria

DOI10.1006/JCPH.1996.0034MaRDI QIDQ1913722zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. Varadarajan, G. H. Miley

Publication date 2 July 1996

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.1996.0034

zbMATH Keywords

axisymmetric tokamak geometryFourier modesideal magnetohydrodynamic modesnon-self-adjoint Frieman-Rotenberg equationself-adjoint force operatorsubsonic regimetoroidal rotational velocity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

Review text

The non-self-adjoint Frieman-Rotenberg equation for the linear ideal magnetohydrodynamic modes in flow equilibria is numerically solved in shaped finite-aspect ratio axisymmetric tokamak geometry. A quadratic form is derived from this equation, and, in particular, the self-adjoint force operator with finite toroidal rotation is cast into a manifestly self-adjoint form. The toroidal rotational velocities in the subsonic regime are considered. The quadratic form is discretized by a mixed finite element procedure in the radial direction and by Fourier modes in the periodic directions. The analysis takes into account the plasma rotation.

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