Drift modes with differential rotation and passing electrons
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 30 (2), 467-477
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.866397
Abstract
Differential rotation characteristic of the tandem mirror central cell is shown to have a significant stabilizing effect on the rotation and unfavorable curvature driven drift modes. Stability boundaries and parametric dependence of the growth rate and frequency of the m=1 and m=2 modes are given as a function of the passing electron density fraction, wall‐to‐plasma radius, and rotation speed.Keywords
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