Axisymmetric instability in a noncircular tokamak [electronic resource] : experiment and theory
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- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1979.
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- Pages: 49 : digital, PDF file
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- University of Wisconsin--Madison and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- The stability of dee, inverse-dee and square cross section plasmas to axisymmetric modes has been investigated experimentally in Tokapole II, a tokamak with a four-null poloidal divertor. Experimental results are closely compared with predictions of two numerical stability codes -- the PEST code (ideal MHD, linear stability) adapted to tokapole geometry and a code which follows the nonlinear evolution of shapes similar to tokapole equilibria. Experimentally, the square is vertically stable and both dee's unstable to a vertical nonrigid axisymmetric shift. The central magnetic axis displacement grows exponentially with a growth time approximately 10/sup 3/ poloidal Alfven times plasma time. Proper initial positioning of the plasma on the midplane allows passive feedback to nonlinearly restore vertical motion to a small stable oscillation. Experimental poloidal flux plots are produced directly from internal magnetic probe measurements.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:coo-2387-116
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09/01/1979.
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Prager, S.C.; Lipschultz, B.; Todd, A.M.M.; Delucia, J. - Funding Information:
- EY-76-S-02-2387
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