V. P. Zhukov, G. Fuchs, “Influence of the Hall effect on plasma compressibility in a strong toroidal magnetic field”, Prikl. Mekh. Tekh. Fiz., 1998, Volume 39, Issue 2,Pages <nobr>3

Influence of the Hall effect on plasma compressibility in a strong toroidal magnetic field

V. P. Zhukov^a, G. Fuchs^b

^a Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk
^b Institute for Plasma Physics, Juelich, Germany

Abstract: The development of the tearing instability is studied in the presence of a high toroidal magnetic field and a high plasma conductivity. The variation of the plasma density is shown to be significant in this case.

UDC: 533.951

Received: 24.05.1996
Accepted: 09.07.1996