NONCIRCULAR, FINITE ASPECT RATIO, LOCAL EQUILIBRIUM-MODEL

Authors
MILLER RL CHU MS GREENE JM LINLIU YR WALTZ RE
Citation
Rl. Miller et al., NONCIRCULAR, FINITE ASPECT RATIO, LOCAL EQUILIBRIUM-MODEL, Physics of plasmas, 5(4), 1998, pp. 973-978
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
973 - 978
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1998)5:4<973:NFARLE>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A tokamak equilibrium model, local to a flux surface, is introduced wh ich is completely described in terms of nine parameters including aspe ct ratio, elongation, triangularity, and safety factor. By allowing co ntrolled variation of each of these nine parameters, the model is part icularly suitable for localized stability studies such as those carrie d out using the ballooning mode representation of the gyrokinetic equa tions. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.