Stability of the resistive wall mode in HBT-EP plasmas
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A relatively simple model of the resistive wall mode RWM is derived for a large aspect ratio, low , circular cross section, tokamak plasma, surrounded by a concentric, thin, uniform resistive wall. The model employs uniform toroidal plasma rotation, and includes the following realistic edge dissipation mechanisms: dissipation due to charge-exchange with cold neutrals, and dissipation due to neoclassical flow damping. The model is applied to the HBT-EP tokamak T. Ivers, E. Eisner, A. Garofalo et al., Phys. Plasmas 3, 1926 1996 , with the wall parameters determined by fitting to output from the VALEN code J. Bialek, A. H. Boozer, M. E. Mauel, and G. A. Navratil, Phys. Plasmas 8, 217
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