HAMILTONIAN DESCRIPTION OF TOROIDAL MAGNETIC-FIELDS IN VACUUM

Authors
BATES JW LEWIS HR
Citation
Jw. Bates et Hr. Lewis, HAMILTONIAN DESCRIPTION OF TOROIDAL MAGNETIC-FIELDS IN VACUUM, Physics of plasmas, 4(7), 1997, pp. 2619-2630
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
4
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2619 - 2630
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1997)4:7<2619:HDOTMI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A Hamiltonian description of vacuum magnetic fields in toroidal geomet ry is presented. Using a magnetic scalar potential in conjunction with Boozer's canonical representation of a magnetic field [A. Boozer, Phy s. Fluids 26, 1288 (1983)], a field-line Hamiltonian for general nonax isymmetric vacuum fields has been derived. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.