Finite-n ballooning mode theory for axisymmetric toroidal plasmas
Abstract
Ballooning mode theory for finite toroidal mode number n is derived for shearfree and sheared axisymmetric toroidal plasmas. The resulting finite-n theory is applicable for both compressible and incompressible perturbations. The inclusion of finite compressibility changes the ballooning mode eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, but not the form of the finite-n correction.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- August 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377800000106
- Bibcode:
- 1982JPlPh..28..103M