Theory of perturbed equilibria for solving the Grad-Shafranov equation
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The theory of perturbed magnetohydrodynamic equilibria is presented for di erent formulations of the tokamak equilibrium problem. For numerical codes, it gives an explicit Newton scheme for solving the Grad-Shafranov equation subject to di erent constraints. The problem of stability of axisymmetric modes is shown to be a particular case of the equilibrium perturbation theory.
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