Possible nature of nonideal perturbations limiting plasma pressure in Tokamaks

Mikhailovskii, A. B.*; Churikov, A. P.*; Konovalov, S. V.; Shirokov, M. S.*; Tsypin, V. S.*

Doklady Physics, 48(4), p.159 - 162, 2003/04

https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1574369

It is shown that there is a new class of perturbations, limiting the pressure of ideally stable plasma in the conditions of fusion reactors of tokamak type. localization of such modes includes three characteristic regions: large-scale (MHD), Larmor and sub-Larmor ones. It is suggested that these modes can be responsible for spontaneous generation of neoclassical tearing modes observed experimentally.