Suppression of magnetic islands by rf driven currents

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Abstract

The quasilinear theory for the saturation of nonlinear tearing modes is modified to include rf driven currents. It is shown that the presence of lower hybrid driven currents can strongly suppress the growth of magnetic islands.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1338-1340
Number of pages3
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume26
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983

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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