Analytical equilibrium and interchange stability of single- and double-axis field-reversed configurations inside a cylindrical cavity

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 1411-1423

  Parks, P B ^a   Schaffer, M J ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

FIELD REVERSED CONFIGURATION (FRC);

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037619197     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1566025     Document Type: Article

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