NUMERICAL STUDY OF DRIFT-ALFVEN WAVES IN A SHEARED MAGNETIC-FIELD

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TSANG, KT
WHITSON, JC
SMITH, J
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[1] Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge
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10.1063/1.862804
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O3 [力学];
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08 ; 0801 ;
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The coupled radial eigenmode equations for electromagnetic drift waves in a sheared magnetic field are solved numerically. In addition to the familiar drift eigenmodes, a different set of eigenmodes was found which is the analog of the sheared Alfvén waves of local theory in a sheared magnetic field. The drift mode is mainly electrostatic, and the shear Alfvén mode is mainly electromagnetic and closely related to the high-order tearing modes. © 1979 American Institute of Physics.
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