Stabilizing Effect of Finite-Gyroradius Beam Particles on the Tilting Mode of Spheromaks
- 24 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 47 (8), 575-578
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.575
Abstract
The equilibrium shape of a low-pressure spheromak plasma with a small component of toroidal current carried by finite-gyroradius particles is computed. The stabilizing influence of this current on the tilting mode is determined by employing an energy principle that includes gyroscopic and finite-gyroradius effects.Keywords
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