Nonlinear Theory of theMode in Hot Tokamak Plasmas
- 8 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 46 (23), 1522-1525
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.46.1522
Abstract
The nonlinear behavior of the instability is investigated within two-fluid theory. In contrast to the purely resistive case, the mode is found to saturate at a finite amplitude if diamagnetic effects are sufficiently strong. The main stabilizing process is a nonlinear azimuthal shear flow.
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