The Theory of the Kink Mode during the Vertical Disruption Events in Tokamaks

Leonid E. Zakharov

关键词: PLASMA;    SAFETY;    PHYSICS Kink Instability;    Disruptions;    Tokamaks;   

DOI  :  10.2172/960425
RP-ID  :  PPPL-4277
PID  :  OSTI ID: 960425
Others  :  TRN: US0904425

学科分类：原子、分子光学和等离子物理

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This paper explains the locked m/n = 1/1 kink mode during the vertical disruption event when the plasma has an electrical contact with the plasma facing conducting surfaces. It is shown that the kink perturbation can be in equilibrium state even with a stable safety factor q > 1, if the halo currents, excited by the kink mode, can flow through the conducting structure. This suggests a new explanation of the so-called sideway forces on the tokamak in-vessel components during the disruption event. __________________________________________________