Linear instability analysis for toroidal plasma flow equilibria (Q1913722)
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Linear instability analysis for toroidal plasma flow equilibria (English)
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2 July 1996
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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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non-self-adjoint Frieman-Rotenberg equation
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ideal magnetohydrodynamic modes
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axisymmetric tokamak geometry
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self-adjoint force operator
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toroidal rotational velocity
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subsonic regime
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Fourier modes
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