Axisymmetric instability in a noncircular tokamak
Description:
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.
Date:
October 1, 1979
Creator:
Lipschultz, B.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department