{"title":"Nonlinear self‐reinforced growth of tearing modes with multiple rational surfaces","authors":"M. Persson, R. Dewar, E. Maschke","doi":"10.1063/1.860606","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The nonlinear evolution of tearing modes with multiple rational surfaces is discussed. It is demonstrated that, in the presence of small differential rotation, the nonlinear growth might be faster than exponential. This growth occurs as the rotation frequencies of the plasma at the different rational surfaces equilibrate.","PeriodicalId":113346,"journal":{"name":"Physics of fluids. B, Plasma physics","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physics of fluids. B, Plasma physics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860606","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Abstract
The nonlinear evolution of tearing modes with multiple rational surfaces is discussed. It is demonstrated that, in the presence of small differential rotation, the nonlinear growth might be faster than exponential. This growth occurs as the rotation frequencies of the plasma at the different rational surfaces equilibrate.