Title: Beta enhancement of tokamak plasma with nearly circular cross-section
Abstract: Access to the second stability region of the ballooning modes is obtained by optimizing the profiles of plasma pressure and safety factor in a conventional tokamak plasma. It is shown that access becomes easier at low shear and nearly circular cross-section. This result indicates the possibility of improving the beta limit of a tokamak without increasing the total plasma current or the elongation.
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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