Intrinsically steady state tokamaks

Citation
Kc. Shaing et al., Intrinsically steady state tokamaks, NUCL FUSION, 39(11Y), 1999, pp. 2103-2105
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR FUSION
ISSN journal
00295515 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
11Y
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2103 - 2105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5515(199911)39:11Y<2103:ISST>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
It is shown that tokamaks can be intrinsically steady state without seed cu rrents by coupling potato bootstrap current in the region close to the magn etic axis to the banana bootstrap current away from the axis. The equilibri a found are highly elongated (e.g. kappa = 3) and have naturally reversed s hear profiles. The vertical instability of elongated tokamaks and the theor y of the enhanced reversed shear mode for this class of equilibria are also developed.