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| author | Guinchard, S. Sengupta, W. Hudson, S. R. |
| author_facet | Guinchard, S. Sengupta, W. Hudson, S. R. |
| contents | The Floquet exponents of periodic field lines are studied through the variations of the magnetic action on the magnetic axis, which is assumed to be elliptical. The near-axis formalism developed by Mercier, Solov'ev and Shafranov is combined with a Lagrangian approach. The on-axis Floquet exponent is shown to coincide with the on-axis rotational transform, and this is a coordinate-independent result. A discrete solution suitable for numerical implementation is introduced, which gives the Floquet exponents as solutions to an eigenvalue problem. This discrete formalism expresses the exponents as the eigenvalues of a $6\times 6$ matrix. |
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| spellingShingle | Application of Lagrangian techniques for calculating the on-axis rotational transform Guinchard, S. Sengupta, W. Hudson, S. R. Plasma Physics The Floquet exponents of periodic field lines are studied through the variations of the magnetic action on the magnetic axis, which is assumed to be elliptical. The near-axis formalism developed by Mercier, Solov'ev and Shafranov is combined with a Lagrangian approach. The on-axis Floquet exponent is shown to coincide with the on-axis rotational transform, and this is a coordinate-independent result. A discrete solution suitable for numerical implementation is introduced, which gives the Floquet exponents as solutions to an eigenvalue problem. This discrete formalism expresses the exponents as the eigenvalues of a $6\times 6$ matrix. |
| title | Application of Lagrangian techniques for calculating the on-axis rotational transform |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17531 |