K-SURF, A COMPUTER CODE FOR CALCULATING A STABILITY CONDITION AGAINST INTERCHANGE MODES.

Abstract

The existence of a set of surfaces, called K-Surfaces, which define the containment volume of energetic charged particles in space in the presence of a magnetic field is reviewed. Reviewed also is a sufficient criterion for which an equilibrium distribution in a plasma may be stable against interchange modes. A numerical technique by which the action integral may be solved to yield K-surface contours is explained. A computer code, called K-SURF, and examples of its use are given. The code is written in Fortran 4 language for the IBM 7044-94 high-speed computer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0810234

Entities

People

  • Elmer White

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Computers
  • Integrals
  • Language
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Particles
  • Stability Conditions

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster