Kink instability
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kink-instability-279-1012815
title:
Kink instability
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A kink instability is a current-driven plasma instability characterized by transverse displacements of a plasma column's cross-section from its center of mass without any change in the characteristics of the plasma. It typically develops in a thin plasma column carrying a strong axial current which exceeds the Kruskal–Shafranov limit and is sometimes known as the Kruskal–Shafranov (kink) instability, named after Martin David Kruskal and Vitaly Shafranov. The kink instability was first widely exp
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Current-driven plasma instability
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kink_instability
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2023-10-08T21:27:52Z
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