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On the stability of small-scale ballooning modes in axisymmetric mirror traps. / Kotelnikov, Igor; Lizunov, Andrej; ZENG, Qiusun.
In: Plasma Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 1, 015102, 01.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - On the stability of small-scale ballooning modes in axisymmetric mirror traps
AU - Kotelnikov, Igor
AU - Lizunov, Andrej
AU - ZENG, Qiusun
N1 - The work was financially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. This study was also supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidents International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) under Grant No. 2022VMA0007 and Chinese Academy of Sciences International Partnership Program under Grant No. 116134KYSB20200001. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - It is shown that a steepening of the radial plasma pressure profile leads to a decrease in the critical value of beta, above which, small-scale balloon-type perturbations in a mirror trap become unstable. This may mean that small-scale ballooning instability leads to a smoothing of the radial plasma profile. The critical beta values for the real magnetic field of the gas-dynamic trap and various plasma pressure radial profiles was also calculated. For a plasma with a parabolic profile critical beta is evaluated at the level of 0.72. A previous theoretical prediction for this trap was almost two times lower than maximal beta 0.6 achieved experimentally.
AB - It is shown that a steepening of the radial plasma pressure profile leads to a decrease in the critical value of beta, above which, small-scale balloon-type perturbations in a mirror trap become unstable. This may mean that small-scale ballooning instability leads to a smoothing of the radial plasma profile. The critical beta values for the real magnetic field of the gas-dynamic trap and various plasma pressure radial profiles was also calculated. For a plasma with a parabolic profile critical beta is evaluated at the level of 0.72. A previous theoretical prediction for this trap was almost two times lower than maximal beta 0.6 achieved experimentally.
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U2 - 10.1088/2058-6272/ac32b2
DO - 10.1088/2058-6272/ac32b2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122545688
VL - 24
JO - Plasma Science and Technology
JF - Plasma Science and Technology
SN - 1009-0630
IS - 1
M1 - 015102
ER -
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