Ideal magnetohydrodynamic stability of high-beta, high-current tokamak equilibria
1981; IOP Publishing; Volume: 21; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1088/0029-5515/21/11/003
ISSN1741-4326
AutoresW. Kerner, P. Gautier, K. Lackner, W. Schneider, R. Gruber, F. Troyon,
Tópico(s)Superconducting Materials and Applications
ResumoThe ideal-MHD stability of a class of tokamak equilibria is analysed numerically by using a spectral code. This class is characterized by flat current distribution in the plasma core and vanishing current at the edge. Both circular and D-shaped plasmas are considered for varying current width, safety factor on axis, βp and aspect ratio. The introduction of a pressureless and current-free plasma layer at the edge stabilizes the residual kink instabilities caused by the non-vanishing current gradient at the surface. The optimum value of β is found to occur at low values of βp (0.25 to 0.4 times the aspect ratio) and reaches 6% for JET.
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