Rotation and Locking of Magnetic Islands
- 3 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 78 (9), 1703-1706
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1703
Abstract
The polarization drifts arising from the acceleration of plasma flowing alongside a magnetic island are shown to be destabilizing. A critical island width is found above which the polarization drifts (inertial forces) defeat the stabilizing effect of the viscous forces and prevent islands from being unlocked by increasing the plasma rotation.Keywords
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