Magnetoacoustic response of a plasma for determining magnetic field profiles
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Physics
- Vol. 24 (9), 1051-1064
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0032-1028/24/9/003
Abstract
A theoretical study was done to determine the plasma response to driven magnetoacoustic oscillations. The theoretical model includes a one-dimensional, linear MHD description of a diffuse (or screw) reversed-field pinch plasma, in cylindrical geometry, and the m=0, k=0 mode only. The linearized theory was applied to an experimental diffuse RFP profile as well as some analytical profiles. The results indicate that the magnetoacoustic resonances show a sensitivity to the field profiles as needed for the method to be viable.Keywords
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