Effect of sheared equilibrium plasma rotation on the classical tearing mode in a cylindrical geometry

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Coelho, R ^a   Lazzaro, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; PLASMA STABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

SHEARED EQUILIBRIUM; TEARING MODES; TOROIDAL DIRECTION; VISCOUS PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 34047190194     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2424427     Document Type: Article

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