Rotational instabilities in the FRC: Results of hybrid simulations
Abstract
Simulations of rotational instabilities in the field reversed configuration (FRC) using a quasineutral hybrid simulation code, AQUARIUS, show that m = 2 instabilities can occur for levels of ion rotation well below thresholds predicted by previous theory.
- Publication:
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Third Symposium on the Physics and Technology of Compact Toroids in the Magnetic Fusion Energy Program
- Pub Date:
- March 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ptct.symp...27H
- Keywords:
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- Fusion Reactors;
- Plasma Generators;
- Rotating Plasmas;
- Trapped Magnetic Fields;
- Computer Programs;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Nonequilibrium Plasmas;
- Reactor Technology;
- Rotary Stability;
- Plasma Physics