Influence of equilibrium shear flow along the magnetic field on the resistive tearing instability
作者:
R. B. Paris,
W. N.‐C. Sy,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids(00319171)
(AIP Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 26,
issue 10
页码: 2966-2975
ISSN:0031-9171
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1063/1.864061
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The influence of shear plasma flow along the magnetic field on the resistive tearing instability has been investigated in plane geometry. It is shown that such flows, even at significantly sub‐Alfve´nic speeds, have a destabilizing effect. Moreover, in nonsymmetric cases, the well‐known threshold for tearing mode instability &Dgr;′ext=0 is removed. Thus, in magnetic configurations which would otherwise be stable in the absence of flow, a shear plasma flow can induce instability. Approximate growth rates have been obtained for tokamaks with significant equilibrium plasma rotation and an application to the ISX‐B experiments is briefly discussed.
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