Limitations on the stabilization of resistive tearing modes

Autor: T. A. Gianakon
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Physics of Plasmas. 8:4105-4110
ISSN: 1089-7674
1070-664X
DOI: 10.1063/1.1391447
Popis: A study of the passive stabilization of resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) tearing modes is presented in the context of zero β full-MHD equations with the NIMROD [A. H. Glasser et al., Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 41, A747 (1999)] code. The stabilization effect of the current is modeled by a source term in the Ohm’s law. This source term is evaluated based on a diffusive model with anisotropic diffusivities parallel and perpendicular to the perturbed magnetic field lines and driven by a spatially localized source. The effects of spatial localization of the current source are explored that illustrate stabilization down to a combination of source current channel width and parallel and perpendicular diffusion scale lengths.
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