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Ballooning Modes in Axisymmetric Toroidal Configurations

G. Laval, Erich Maschke, R. Pellat

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The stability of ballooning modes is investigated in the neighborhood of the magnetic axis of an axisymmetric toroidal configuration of the Tokamak type. It is shown that the stability criterion for these modes is the same as that for localized modes.

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The stability of ballooning modes is investigated in the neighborhood of the magnetic axis of an axisymmetric toroidal configuration of the Tokamak type. It is shown that the stability criterion for these modes is the same as that for localized modes.

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The stability of ballooning modes is investigated in the neighborhood of the magnetic axis of an axisymmetric toroidal configuration of the Tokamak type. It is shown that the stability criterion for these modes is the same as that for localized modes.

Key concepts: Ballooning, Toroid, Rotational symmetry, Physics, Tokamak, Mechanics, Stability (learning theory), Instability

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