Ideal magnetohydrodynamic theory of low-frequency Alfven waves in the H-1 heliac

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2012

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Bertram, Jason
Blackwell, Boyd
Hole, Matthew

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Institute of Physics Publishing

Abstract

A part analytical, part numerical ideal-MHD analysis of low-frequency Alfvén wave physics in the H-1 stellarator is given. The three-dimensional, compressible ideal spectrum for H-1 is presented and it is found that despite the low of H-1 plasmas (β ≈

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Keywords: Eigenmode solvers; Fluid displacement; Fourier harmonics; Frequency dependence; Local temperature; Low frequency; Magnetic geometry; N-waves; Numerical problems; Parallel component; Q profiles; Resonant surfaces; Wave motions; Aspect ratio; Magnetohydrody

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Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

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Journal article

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2037-12-31