Stability Study of Kelvin-Helmholtz Modes due to Radial Electric Field Shear
Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 51 / Number 2T / February 2007 / Pages 307-309
Technical Paper / Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1384
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The Kelvin-Helmholtz mode instability driven by an equilibrium radial electric field in a cold plasma is studied numerically in cylindrical geometry. The numerical analysis is applicable to both toroidal and mirror plasmas. The growth rate and a threshold in the radial gradient scale length and also the magnitude of the E × B drift frequency for instability are obtained.
