Role of the mean curvature in the geometry of magnetic confinement configurations

Autor:	Skovoroda, A. A., Taimanov, I. A.
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Physics - Plasma Physics Mathematics - Differential Geometry
Zdroj:	Plasma Physics Reports 36 (2010), 819-823
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1134/S1063780X10090096
Popis:	Examples are presented of how the geometric notion of the mean curvature is used for general magnetic field configurations and magnetic surfaces. It is shown that the mean magnetic curvature is related to the variation of the absolute value of the magnetic field along its lines. Magnetic surfaces of constant mean curvature are optimum for plasma confinement in multimirror open confinement systems and rippled tori. Comment: PDFLaTeX, 10 pages, 5 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.1567 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv