Self-consistent equilibrium of a helical magnetic flux rope in a finite-pressure plasma

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Main Authors: Cheremnykh, Oleg K., Fedun, Viktor, Lashkin, Volodymyr M.
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Published: 2024
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author Cheremnykh, Oleg K.
Fedun, Viktor
Lashkin, Volodymyr M.
author_facet Cheremnykh, Oleg K.
Fedun, Viktor
Lashkin, Volodymyr M.
contents We present an analytical model of the self-consistent equilibrium of a magnetic flux rope which is obtained in cylindrical geometry. The equilibrium azimuthal magnetic field and plasma pressure are determined in a self-consistent way through the current density which is derived as a solution of a nonlinear equation. By minimizing the energy functional, it was shown that the constrained equilibrium state is stable. The obtained results are also applicable to the cylindrical tokamak magnetic configurations. It is shown that the analytically predicted radial profiles of equilibrium quantities are in good agreement with the experimental data.
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spellingShingle Self-consistent equilibrium of a helical magnetic flux rope in a finite-pressure plasma
Cheremnykh, Oleg K.
Fedun, Viktor
Lashkin, Volodymyr M.
Pattern Formation and Solitons
We present an analytical model of the self-consistent equilibrium of a magnetic flux rope which is obtained in cylindrical geometry. The equilibrium azimuthal magnetic field and plasma pressure are determined in a self-consistent way through the current density which is derived as a solution of a nonlinear equation. By minimizing the energy functional, it was shown that the constrained equilibrium state is stable. The obtained results are also applicable to the cylindrical tokamak magnetic configurations. It is shown that the analytically predicted radial profiles of equilibrium quantities are in good agreement with the experimental data.
title Self-consistent equilibrium of a helical magnetic flux rope in a finite-pressure plasma
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10804