Abstract
A report on the stability of magnetohydrodynamic plasmas was presented. The minimization of plasma energy, subject to given values of all constants of the motion, was studied. A better stability criterion was obtained by restricting perturbations, which obeyed the dynamic accessibility requirement. Dynamically accessible perturbations were considered as equivalent to Lagrangian perturbations for general equilibria.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2643-2648 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics