Stability of a quasi-flute mode under the Bernstein-Kadomtsev condition in a toroidal confinement system |
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Authors: | A V Zvonkov A A Skovoroda |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Nuclear Fusion, Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia |
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Abstract: | It is shown that the growth rate of the MHD instability in toroidal configurations is slower in a situation in which the Bernstein-Kadomtsev condition is satisfied while the Mercier stability criterion is not. Under the Bernstein-Kadomtsev condition, Alfvénic Mercier modes are not excited, but quasi-flute acoustic Mercier modes develop instead. In confinement systems with closed magnetic field lines, the Bernstein-Kadomtsev condition ensures MHD stability; however, a small rotational transform produced by magnetic perturbations can give rise to a quasi-flute acoustic instability whose growth rate is proportional to the perturbation amplitude, in which case the fastest growing oscillations are those with the shortest wavelengths. |
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