Plasma transport, heating, and MHD theory : proceedings of the workshop, Varenna, Italy, 12-16 September 1977

Plasma Transport, Heating and MHD Theory provides information pertinent to the theory of plasma transport, heating, and MHD. This book describes the resistive steady states of elliptical cross-section plasmas. Organized into five parts encompassing 28 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the effects due to instabilities excited in the low-density regime of tokamaks by runaway electrons via the cyclotron resonance. This text then examines the formulation of transport theory, which is applied to transport in tokamak due to trapped-particle instabilities in the quasi-linear stage. Other chapters consider the stability of the boundary regions of gas insulated plasmas. This book discusses as well the zero-dimensional or point model of the Elmo Bumpy Torus (EBT) experiment in which spatial dependences are eliminated by replacing all plasma gradients by characteristic scale lengths equal to the plasma minor radius. The final chapter deals with anomalous transport theory. This book is a valuable resource for plasma physicists. Content: MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv FOREWORD , Page 1 INTRODUCTORY TALK , Pages 3-4 , PIERO CALDIROLA ELECTRONS OF HIGH PERPENDICULAR ENERGY IN THE LOW-DENSITY REGIME OF TOKAMAKS , Pages 7-31 , M. Bornatici, F. Engelmann, C.S. Liu, Y. Mok, K. Papadopoulos MODULATION INSTABILITY IN A MAGNETIC FIELD , Pages 33-40 , R. Pozzoli, D.D. Ryutov NON-THERMAL EMISSION AT THE PLASMA FREQUENCY , Pages 41-48 , G. Ramponi, P. Brossier, I. Fidone ASYMPTOTIC THEORY OF DISSIPATIVE TRAPPED ELECTRON MODE OVERLAPPING MANY RATIONAL SURFACES , Pages 49-60 , A. Rogister, G. Hasselberg NONLINEAR STABILIZATION OF DRIFT WAVES , Pages 61-74 , A. Rogister, G. Hasselberg, A. El-Nadi THE MAKOKOT SIMULATION CODE , Pages 77-101 , C. Mercier THEORY OF ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT DUE TO ELECTROSTATIC FLUCTUATIONS , Pages 103-128 , T.E. Stringer QUASI-LINEAR THEORY OF HEAT FLOW AND DIFFUSION IN A TOKAMAK , Pages 129-147 , N.A. Krall, J.B. McBride QUASI-LINEAR THEORY OF A TOROIDAL PLASMA IN THE SLIDE-AWAY REGIME , Pages 149-160 , A. Orefice, A. Airoldi-Crescentini, R. Pozzoli RESISTIVE STEADY STATES OF ELLIPTICAL CROSS-SECTION PLASMAS , Pages 161-178 , J.J. Field INTEGRAL INVARIANTS AND QUASI-MHD NONLINEAR DISSIPATION , Pages 179-189 , E. Minardi MHD STABILITY FOR A SPHERATOR WITH A PURELY POLOIDAL MAGNETIC FIELD , Pages 191-201 , T. Hellsten RF-HEATING IN STATIONARY SYSTEMS , Pages 205-212 , A.D. Piliya LOWER HYBRID RESONANCE HEATING , Pages 213-222 , H. Momota MAGNETO-ACOUSTIC RESONANCE HEATING IN THE ION-CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY DOMAIN , Pages 223-242 , R.R. Weynants, V.P. Bhatnagar, A.M. Messiaen, P.E. Vandenplas WAVE PROPAGATION AND ABSORPTION NEAR THE ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON LAYER IN THE “THOR” DEVICE , Pages 243-261 , C. Maroli, M. Bornatici STOCHASTIC HEATING OF AN ION BEAM BY LOWER HYBRID WAVES , Pages 263-279 , E. Lazzaro HEATING OF THERMONUCLEAR TOROIDAL PLASMAS , Page 281 , E. Canobbio CONCLUSIONS ON RF HEATING CONTRIBUTIONS PRESENTED AT THE VARENNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PLASMA PHYSICS 1977 , Pages 283-285 , R. Weynants ON THE STABILITY OF LOW FREQUENCY CURRENT DRIVEN MODES IN THE BOUNDARY LAYERS OF GAS INSULATED PLASMAS , Pages 289-301 , D. Ohlsson EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ON THE ERASMUS TOKAMAK , Pages 305-318 , A.M. Messiaen, V.P. Bhatnagar, G. Bosia, Cl. Piret, G. Telesca, P.E. Vandenplas, R.R. Weynants EXPERIMENTS IN THE FOM-INSTITUUT VOOR PLASMAFYSICA AT JUTPHAAS, THE NETHERLANDS , Pages 319-327 , L.C.J.M. de Kock PREVISION OF THE PLASMA PARAMETERS AND REGIMES IN THE THOR TOKAMAK , Pages 329-338 , G. Lampis, E. Lazzaro JOULE CURRENT INHIBITION IN THE HELIOTRON D DEVICE , Pages 339-355 , O. Motojima, A. Iiyoshi, K. Uo HELIOTRON E PROJECT , Pages 357-369 , O. Motojima, Heliotron E Group PLASMA PHYSICS RESEARCH AT THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY , Pages 371-378 , L.F. Peterson POINT MODEL CALCULATIONS OF EBT PERFORMANCE , Pages 379-404 , J.B. McBride, N.A. Krall, A.L. Sulton Jr. STATUS REPORT ON THE FT TOKAMAK , Pages 405-414 , L. Pieroni CONCLUDING DISCUSSIONS ON WORKSHOP , Pages 415-419 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS , Pages 421-425 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 427-432