PPPL-4173 is available in <a href="PPPL-4173.pdf">pdf</a> format (1.1 MB).

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<b>A Hypothesis of Inductive Drive to Explain TEXTOR's Sawtooth Measurements</b>
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<b>Author:</b> T.K. Chu
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<b>Date of PPPL Report:</b> June 2006
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<b>Accepted for publication in:</b> Physics of Plasmas <b>13</b>:7 (July 2006)</p>


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A hypothesis, based on the current density profile determined from the principle of minimum dissipation of magnetic energy, is applied to explain the measurement of <i>q</i>(0) and current variation in a sawtooth cycle in TEXTOR [Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research (IAEA, Vienna, 1985), Vol. I, p. 193]. A sawtooth oscillation in triggered when the on-axis current density in a configuration with <i>m</i>=0 and <i>n</i>=0 symmetry is driven inductively to a limit.






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