Magnetohydrodynamic stability in a levitated dipole

@article{Garnier1999MagnetohydrodynamicSI,
  title={Magnetohydrodynamic stability in a levitated dipole},
  author={D. Garnier and J. W. Kesner and M. Mauel},
  journal={Physics of Plasmas},
  year={1999},
  volume={6},
  pages={3431-3434}
}
  • D. Garnier, J. W. Kesner, M. Mauel
  • Published 1999
  • Physics
  • Physics of Plasmas
    • Plasma confined by a magnetic dipole is stabilized, at low beta, by magnetic compressibility. The ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) requirements for stability against interchange and high-n ballooning modes are derived at arbitrary beta for a fusion grade laboratory plasma confined by a levitated dipole. A high beta MHD equilibrium is found numerically with a pressure profile near marginal stability for interchange modes, a peak local beta of β∼10, and volume averaged beta of β∼0.5. This… CONTINUE READING
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