Abstract
Through the principal use of the reduced magnetohydrodynamic version of the finite aspect ratio code [L. A. Charlton et al., J. Comput. Phys. 86, 270 (1990)]. an m/n = 1/1 resistive kink mode was poloidally rotated with the accompanying rotational shear. It was observed that the growth rate of this unstable mode can either decrease or increase as the applied equilibrium rotation is increased to near poloidal sonic speeds. Shear in the poloidal rotation profile is stabilizing, but only if the destabilizing effects of bulk rotation can be overcome. Therefore, the mode's stability was sensitive to the location of the rotation's peak relative to the eigenmode's spatial extent. The destabilizing effects of bulk rotation are apparently a rotationally enhanced beta, and the stabilizing effects appear to be caused by exceeding a critical rotational shear spatially averaged over the eigenmode structure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 174-179 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics