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Resistive Drift Waves in a Bumpy Torus
Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski
Date of PPPL Report: January 2004
Submitted to: Journal of Physical Society of Japan
A computational study of resistive drift waves in the edge plasma of a bumpy torus is presented. The magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium is obtained from a three-dimensional local equilibrium model. The use of a local magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium model allows for a computationally efficient systematic study of the impact of the magnetic field structure on drift wave stability.