Hall Current Effects on Tearing Modes in Rotating Reverse Field Plasmas.
Abstract
The effect of rigid body rotation, Hall effect, and position of the outer retaining wall on the growth rates of tearing modes has been investigated for a family of reversed field Theta pinch equilibria. Parameters sensitive to the physics of a boundary line surrounding the neutral surface of the plasma are identified and used to show how stability to tearing modes is enhanced by rotation of the plasma column in a preferred direction. Stabilization of the tearing modes is also found to be sensitive to well position and particle density and it is found that the tearing modes may even be quenched at critical values of the angular velocity for outer wall positions sufficiently close to the plasma vacuum interface. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA068636
Entities
People
- Jay Kappraff
- Michael Kress
- William Grossman
Organizations
- New Jersey Institute of Technology