Influence of Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity on the MHD Stability of a Cylindrical Current - Carrying Plasma

摘要

The stability of a cylindrical plasma, limited by fixed boundaries and having a constant current distribution and constant density, is considered. For parallel wave number K=0 non-ideal effects are important. Solutions of the linearized equations including viscosity and thermal conductivity are obtained, and it is shown that a marginal mode with K=0 exists when a critical pressure gradient is attained. (Atomindex citation 10:471646)