A mechanism for tearing onset near ideal stability boundaries

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1643-1652

  Brennan, D P ^a   La Haye, R J ^a   Turnbull, A D ^a   Chu, M S ^a   Jensen, T H ^a   Lao, L L ^a   Luce, T C ^a   Politzer, P A ^a   Strait, E J ^a   Kruger, S E ^b   Schnack, D D ^b  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

TEARING MODES;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 0038413975     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1555830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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