Compact toroids with Alfvenic flows

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作者
Wang, ZH [1 ]
Tang, XZ
机构
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Phys, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[2] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Theoret, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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10.1063/1.1755707
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The Chandrasekhar equilibria form a class of stationary ideal magnetohydrodynamics equilibria stabilized by magnetic-field-aligned Alfvenic flows. Analytic solutions of the Chandrasekhar equilibria are explicitly constructed for both field-reversed configurations and spheromaks. Favorable confinement property of nested closed flux surfaces and the ideal magnetohydrodynamic stability of the compact toroids are of interest for both magnetic trapping of high energy electrons in astrophysics and confinement of high temperature plasmas in laboratory. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:3502 / 3509
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