Abstract
The effect of sheared poloidal flow on the toroidal branch of the ion temperature gradient driven mode of magnetized nonuniform plasma is studied. A novel "nonmodal" calculation is used to analyze the problem. It is shown that the transverse shear flow considerably reduced the growth of the instability. A small but finite amount of viscosity and/or diffusion enhanced the stabilization process. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 7 |
Pages (from-to) | 074501 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISSN | 1070-664X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |