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Resistive effects on Alfvén wave heating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. M. Kappraff  and
J. A. Tataronis
J. M. Kappraff
Affiliation:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey
J. A. Tataronis
Affiliation:
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, N.Y. 10012
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Abstract

We consider the effects of resistive dissipation on energy absorption by spatially localized Alfvén waves which form a part of the continuous spectrum of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We demonstrate that the strong absorption rate found in ideal MHD is unaltered for plasma resistivities of the order found in tokamaks, thus implying the possibility of effective heating of these machines by Alfvén waves.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , October 1977 , pp. 209 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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