Physics:Mirnov oscillations

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Short description: Magnetic field fluctuations in an ionised gas

Mirnov oscillations (a.k.a. magnetic oscillations) are amplitude perturbations of the magnetic field in a plasma. It is named after Sergei V. Mirnov who designed a probe to measure these oscillations in 1965.[1] The probe name is Mirnov coil.

Mirnov oscillations have been extensively studied in tokamaks[2][3][4][5] as they provide information about the plasma instabilities that occur within the system.[6][7][8] The instabilities create local fluctuations in the current which induce a varying magnetic flux density, and are picked up by the coils due to Faraday's law of induction.

References

  1. Mirnov, S. V. (1965). "A probe method for measuring the displacement of the current channel in cylindrical and toroidal discharge vessels" (in en). Journal of Nuclear Energy C 7 (3): 325–328. doi:10.1088/0368-3281/7/3/112. ISSN 0368-3281. 
  2. McGuire, K.; Hammett, G. (1982) (in en). Analysis of Mirnov oscillations on PDX. http://inis.iaea.org/Search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:13701258. 
  3. Tan, I. H.; Caldas, I. L.; Nascimento, I. C.; Silva, R. P. Da; Sanada, E. K.; Bruha, R. (1986). "Mirnov Oscillations in a Small Tokamak". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 14 (3): 279–281. doi:10.1109/TPS.1986.4316542. ISSN 0093-3813. Bibcode1986ITPS...14..279T. 
  4. Kikuchi, M. (1986). "A note on the Mirnov signal analysis in tokamaks" (in en). Nuclear Fusion 26 (1): 101–107. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/26/1/009. ISSN 0029-5515. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1085941/. 
  5. Raju, D.; Jha, R.; Kaw, P. K.; Mattoo, S. K.; Saxena, Y. C.; Team, Aditya (2000-11-01). "Mirnov coil data analysis for tokamak ADITYA" (in en). Pramana 55 (5): 727–732. doi:10.1007/s12043-000-0039-8. ISSN 0973-7111. Bibcode2000Prama..55..727R. 
  6. Glasser, A. H.; Greene, J. M.; Johnson, J. L. (1975) (in en). Resistive instabilities in a tokamak. doi:10.2172/4183368. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc865177/. 
  7. Mirnov, S. V.; Semenov, I. B. (1971). "Investigation of the instabilities of the plasma string in the Tokamak-3 system by means of a correlation method" (in en). Soviet Atomic Energy 30 (1): 22–29. doi:10.1007/BF01788387. ISSN 1573-8205. 
  8. Schittenhelm, M.; Zohm, H. (1997). "Analysis of coupled MHD modes with Mirnov probes in ASDEX Upgrade" (in en). Nuclear Fusion 37 (9): 1255–1270. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/37/9/I06. ISSN 0029-5515. Bibcode1997NucFu..37.1255S.