Transport simulations of the oscillating field current drive experiment in the ZT-40M reversed field pinch
Abstract
Oscillating Field Current Drive (OFCD) is based on the premise that in order to sustain a relaxing Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) plasma, one needs only to supply magnetic helicity at the same rate it is consumed. The purpose of this work is to try to better understand the possible mechanisms underlying these relaxations within the context of different kinds of resistive MHD instabilities.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Course and Workshop on Physics of Mirrors
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987pmrf.work.....S
- Keywords:
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- Magnetohydrodynamic Stability;
- Reverse Field Pinch;
- Simulation;
- Toroidal Plasmas;
- Transport Theory;
- Oscillations;
- Plasma Heating;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Plasma Physics