Showing papers in "Plasma Physics in 1989"
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose replacing the thick shell with an intelligent shell which provides active flux freezing on much longer time scales, but only for times shorter than the shell's resistive diffusion time.
Abstract: Reversed field pinches are conventionally stabilised by surrounding the plasma with a thick metallic shell. This suppresses flux penetration but only for times shorter than the shell’s resistive diffusion time. To improve on this we propose replacing the thick shell with an intelligent shell which provides active flux freezing on much longer time scales.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that in a thermonuclear plasma the magnetosonic wave propagating normal to the magnetic field can be unstable, however, the growth rate is small and the wave is easily stabilized by perpendicular thermal conduction.
Abstract: We show that in a thermonuclear plasma the magnetosonic wave propagating normal to the magnetic field can be unstable. The growth rate is small, however, and the wave is easily stabilized by perpendicular thermal conduction.