1980•Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)Requires access
Hydromagnetic stability of a finite-pressure axisymmetric rotating plasma
T.I. Gutkin, V. S. Tsypin, G. I. Boleslavskaia
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Abstract
The stability of a rotating plasma column in a longitudinal magnetic field is studied by means of ideal single-fluid magnetohydrodynamics. The boundary-value problem is a self-adjoint problem for axisymmetric perturbations. The effect of a finite pressure on the stability of the system is studied when the initial radial plasma pressure and rotation frequency profiles are finite. At small values of ..cap omega.. >a..cap omega.., the rotating plasma is stable.