Wilson, H.R., Snyder, P.B. and Huysmans, G.T.A. (2002) Numerical studies of edge localized instabilities in tokamaks. Physics of Plasmas, 9 (4). pp. 1277-1286. ISSN 1070-664X
Abstract
A new computational tool, edge localized instabilities in tokamaks equilibria (ELITE), has been developed to help our understanding of short wavelength instabilities close to the edge of tokamak plasmas. Such instabilities may be responsible for the edge localized modes observed in high confinement H-mode regimes, which are a serious concern for next step tokamaks because of the high transient power loads which they can impose on divertor target plates. ELITE uses physical insight gained from analytic studies of peeling and ballooning modes to provide an efficient way of calculating the edge ideal magnetohydrodynamic stability properties of tokamaks. This paper describes the theoretical formalism which forms the basis for the code.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2009 15:09 |
Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2009 15:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1459058 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
Identification Number: | 10.1063/1.1459058 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7255 |