Journal of Plasma Physics

Table of Contents - 1978 - Volume 19, Issue 02  

Research Article

Low frequency response of a resistive plasma to axially independent or axisymmetric perturbations

Torkil H. Jensena1 and W. B. Thompsona1†

a1 General Atomic Company, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Abstract

A formalism is described which permits calculation of the low frequency response of a resistive plasma with non-circular cross-section in magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium to an externally imposed current field in the direction of the ignorable co-ordinate. This formalism is limited to slow variations on the resistive penetration or ‘skin’ time-scale and eliminates rapid motions at the hydrodynamic rate. It is useful for calculating the effectiveness of low frequency Ohmic heating and for the study of feedback stabilization. It also determines stability criteria and gives estimates of growth rates. The presence of a hyperbolic axis in the Doublet configuration makes the incorporation of a finite resistivity in the treatment important.

(Received June 03 1977)

(Revised October 26 1977)

Footnotes

† Permanent address: Department of Physics, University of California, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.