NONLINEAR QUENCHING OF DIAMAGNETIC AND GYROVISCOUS EFFECTS IN TEARING MODES

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作者
BISKAMP, D
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[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching bei München
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10.1088/0029-5515/19/6/007
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
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The non-linear behaviour of the drift-tearing instability is investigated within the two-fluid theory. It is shown analytically and verified in numerial computations that diamagnetic effects and ion gyroviscosity, which determine the frequency of the linear mode, are quenched at a magnetic-island size of the order of the resistive-layer width. For finite island width, growth and saturation of the mode depend only on resistivity and current profile, while its frequency is determined by the rotation of the plasma. © 1979 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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