Instabilities in a Confined Plasma

Mikhailovskii, A.B

• EQUILIBRIUM OF A PLASMA IN TOROIDAL CONFINEMENT SYSTEMSGeneral results of equilibrium theoryEquilibrium of a plasma in axisymmetric systemsEquilibrium of a plasma in systems without axial symmetryINTERNAL MHD MODES IN THE CYLINDRICAL APPROXIMATIONDescription of MHD perturbations in a cylindrical plasmaIdeal MHD internal modesResistive MHD modes in a cylindrical plasmaSMALL-SCALE MHD INSTABILITIES IN TOROIDAL CONFINEMENT SYSTEMSDescription of marginally-stable small-scale ideal perturbationsSmall-scale MHD stability of a plasma in tokamaksSmall-scale MHD stability of a plasma in complex magnetic systemsGrowth rates of ideal small-scale modesResistive small-scale MHD modes in a toroidal geometryMHD INTERNAL KINK MODES IN TOROIDAL GEOMETRYDescription of ideal kink modes in toroidal geometryIdeal internal kink modes in toroidal confinement systems with low- and finite-pressure plasmaIdeal internal kink modes in toroidal systems with high-pressure plasmaResistive internal kink modes in toroidal systemsMHD MODES IN COLLISIONLESS AND NEOCLASSICAL REGIMESDescription of equilibrium and perturbations in collisionless and neoclassical plasmasEffects of plasma pressure anisotropy on MHD stabilityEffect of trapped particles on MHD stabilityDescription of longitudinal viscosity in the MHD modesMHD modes in a viscous plasmaDRIFT-MHD MODESIdeal drift-MHD modesResistive drift-MHD modesNeoclassical resistive drift-MHD modesSemicollisional drift-MHD modesInteraction of energetic trapped particles with MHD modesEXTERNAL KINK MODESIdeal external kink modesResistive-wall mode instabilityStabilization of resistive-wall mode instability in a tokamak with rotating plasmaALFVEN EIGENMODES AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH ENERGETIC PARTICLESToroidicity-induced Alfven eigenmodesKinetic toroidicity-induced Alfven eigenmodes