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Observation of tearing mode deceleration and locking due to eddy currents induced in a conducting shell

Phys. Plasmas 11, 2156 (2004); doi:10.1063/1.1689353

Published 16 April 2004 | See: Erratum

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B. E. Chapman
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

R. Fitzpatrick
Institute for Fusion Studies, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

D. Craig
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

P. Martin
Consorzio RFX, Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy
Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia, INFM, Padova, Italy

G. Spizzo
Consorzio RFX, Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy
Growth to large amplitude of a single core-resonant tearing mode in the Madison Symmetric Torus [R. N. Dexter et al., Fusion Technol. 19, 131 (1991)] reversed-field pinch is accompanied by braking and eventual cessation of mode rotation. There is also a concurrent deceleration of bulk plasma rotation. The mode deceleration is shown to be well described by a time-dependent version of a magnetohydrodynamical model [R. Fitzpatrick et al., Phys. Plasmas 6, 3878 (1999)] in which a braking torque originates from eddy currents induced by the rotating mode in the conducting shell surrounding the plasma. According to the model, the electromagnetic braking torque is localized to the plasma in the immediate vicinity of the mode's resonant surface, but viscosity transfers the torque to the rest of the plasma. Parametrizing the plasma viscous momentum diffusivity in terms of the global momentum confinement time, the model is used to predict both the momentum confinement time and the time evolution of the decelerating mode velocity. In both respects, the model is quite consistent with experimental data. ©2004 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 29 October 2003; accepted 30 January 2004; published 16 April 2004
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ERRATUM

  1. Erratum: "Observation of tearing mode deceleration and locking due to eddy currents induced in a conducting shell" [Phys. Plasmas 11, 2156 (2004)]
    B. E. Chapman et al.
    Phys. Plasmas 11, 4884 (2004)

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 52.35.Py
    Plasma macroinstabilities (hydromagnetic) e.g., kink, fire-hose, mirror, ballooning, tearing, trapped-particle, flute, Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, etc
  • 52.30.Cv
    Plasma magnetohydrodynamics including electron magnetohydrodynamics
  • 52.58.Lq
    Z-pinches, plasma focus, and other pinch devices
  • 52.55.Fa
    Tokamaks
  • 52.25.Fi
    Plasma transport properties
  • YEAR: 2004

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