Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 055003 (2006) [4 pages]Stability of Highly Shifted Equilibria in a Large-Aspect-Ratio TokamakReceived 6 May 2006; published 4 August 2006 High beta poloidal tokamaks can confine plasma pressures an order of magnitude higher than their low beta poloidal counterparts. The theoretical stability of these high beta poloidal magnetohydrodynamics equilibria was left unresolved for many years. Using modern computational tools, such configurations are now found stable to Mercier, resistive and high-n (ideal and resistive) ballooning criteria as well as fixed and free-boundary modes for a wide range of current density profiles in the framework of a low field large-aspect-ratio machine. © 2006 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.055003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.055003
PACS:
52.55.Tn, 52.30.Cv, 52.55.Fa
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