LINEAR-STABILITY OF THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE, DENSE Z-PINCH

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ARBER, TD [1 ]
RUSSELL, PGF [1 ]
COPPINS, M [1 ]
SCHEFFEL, J [1 ]
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[1] ROYAL INST TECHNOL,ALFVEN LAB,S-10044 STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2698
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O4 [物理学];
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Results are presented on the linear stability of the collisionless m=1 mode in a dense Z pinch. It is shown that a reduction in growth rate by a factor of about 10 (when compared to the zero Larmor radius result) is possible by initializing the Z pinch with a sufficiently low line density. With the completion of this work we conclude that linear, large Larmor radius effects cannot stabilize the high temperature, dense Z pinch. Such pinches will always exhibit linear m=0 or m=1 instabilities with growth times comparable to the radial Alfvén transit time. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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