Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3652 - 3655 (1997)Steady State Tokamak Equilibria without Current Drive |
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K. C. Shaing and A. Y. Aydemir
Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
Y. R. Lin-Liu and R. L. Miller
General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-9784
Received 26 June 1997
Steady state tokamak equilibria without current drive are found. This is made possible by including the potato bootstrap current close to the magnetic axis. Tokamaks with this class of equilibria do not need seed current or current drive, and are intrinsically steady state.
©1997 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v79/p3652
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3652
PACS: 52.55.Fa, 52.30.Bt
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