Stability of Field-Reversed, Force-Free, Plasma Equilibria with Mass Flow
- 7 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 42 (19), 1277-1281
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.42.1277
Abstract
The existence of a special set of cusp-shaped, stable, force-free plasma equilibria with finite pressure and flow velocity is demonstrated. They are confined by surface currents.Keywords
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