Bellan, P. M. and Schalit, M. A. (1991) Can useful toroidal current be driven by classical viscoresistive Alfvén waves? Physics of Fluids B, 3 (2). pp. 423-427. ISSN 0899-8221 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BELpofb91
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Abstract
Simple, yet exact, analytic solutions for the shear and compressional Alfvén wave are obtained for helical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in cylindrical geometry with both resistivity and viscosity included. The current driven by all possible combinations of these waves is examined in the quasilinear regime (i.e., where the magnetic field produced by the driven current is not self-consistently included in the equilibrium where the wave equations are derived). It is found in all cases that it is not possible to drive significant bulk axial current with small amplitude wave fields. Thus, any useful low-frequency current drive scheme will have to be based on phenomena more complicated than those discussed here.
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| Additional Information: | Copyright © 1991 American Institute of Physics. Received 18 July 1990; accepted 12 October 1990. This work was supported by U.S. Department of Energy Grant DE-FG03-86ER53232. |
| Subject Keywords: | ALFVEN WAVES, ANALYTICAL SOLUTION, SHEAR, COMPRESSION, HELICITY, MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS, CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION, VISCOSITY, ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY, WAVE EQUATIONS, EQUILIBRIUM, PLASMA, AMPLITUDES, CURRENT−, DRIVE HEATING, TOKAMAK DEVICES |
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:BELpofb91 |
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| Alternative URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.859883 |
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| ID Code: | 9394 |
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| Deposited On: | 18 Dec 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2012 09:48 |
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