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Phys. Plasmas 16, 112505 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3227812

Published 6 November 2009

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Ryan White,1 Emila R. Solano,2 and R. D. Hazeltine1
1Department of Physics and Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
2Asociaciòn EURATOM-CIEMAT para Fusiòn, Av. Complutense 22, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
It is well-known from scaling arguments that action-based field theories do not possess localized solutions in spaces of more than one dimension. The same scaling argument, modified to account for external forces, is applied to magnetic plasma confinement in an axisymmetric torus. It yields an integral solvability condition of some interest. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 6 May 2009; accepted 7 August 2009; published 6 November 2009
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 52.55.Hc
    Stellarators, torsatrons, heliacs, bumpy tori, and other toroidal confinement devices
  • 52.25.Fi
    Plasma transport properties
  • 02.30.Sa
    Functional analysis
  • YEAR: 2009

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1070-664X (print)   1089-7674 (online)
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