Velocity shear stabilization of centrifugally confined plasma

Yi Min Huang; A. B. Hassam

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.235002

Velocity shear stabilization of centrifugally confined plasma

Yi Min Huang, A. B. Hassam

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A magnetized, centrifugally confined plasma is subjected to a 3D MHD stability test. Ordinarily, the system is expected to be grossly unstable to “flute” interchanges of field lines. Numerical simulation shows though that the system is stable on account of velocity shear. This allows consideration of a magnetically confined plasma for thermonuclear fusion that has a particularly simple coil configuration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	235002-1-235002-4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	87
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.235002
State	Published - Dec 3 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Velocity shear stabilization of centrifugally confined plasma

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