Linear Ideal Modes

The following sections are included:

• INTRODUCTION

• PLASMA KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY

• SELF ADJOINTNESS OF THE POTENTIAL ENERGY

• THE ENERGY PRINCIPLE

• CONVENIENT FORM FOR δW

• THE ENERGY PRINCIPLE IN CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY

• MHD INSTABILITIES IN LOW β TOKAMAKS

• KINK MODE

• THE M=1 EXTERNAL KINK

• THE INTERNAL KINK MODE

• BALLOONING INSTABILITIES

• MAGNETIC WELL

• BALLOONING, SIMPLE EQUILIBRIA

• MERCIER, SUYDAM CRITERIA

• MODIFICATION OF THE BALLOONING EQUATION

• TAE MODES

• AXISYMMETRIC MODES

• NUMERICAL MHD SPECTRUM

• SHAPE AND ASPECT RATIO

• Problems

• References