Island formation and destruction of flux surfaces in three-dimensional MHD equilibria

A. H. Reiman, A. H. Boozer

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Abstract

The physics involved in the appearance of islands caused by resonant pressure driven currents in three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equilibria is described. Estimates of island widths are obtained by an expansion in β, with an auxiliary expansion about the magnetic axis. The theory is applied to Princeton's heliac reference design.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2446-2454
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume27
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1984

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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