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Below is a list of instabilities relevant to fusion plasmas (to be completed). | Below is a list of instabilities relevant to fusion plasmas (to be completed). | ||
Instabilities are often referred to as 'modes' | Instabilities are often referred to as 'modes', while noting that these terms correspond to different concepts: | ||
the existence of an instability is determined by calculating the growth rate of an infinitesimal perturbation, while a mode is a (global) solution of a (linear) (wave) equation. | |||
* Alfvén eigenmode | * Alfvén eigenmode | ||
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* Sausage instability | * Sausage instability | ||
* Tearing mode instability, see also [[Magnetic island]] | * Tearing mode instability, see also [[Magnetic island]] | ||
* Whistler | * Whistler mode | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[:Wikipedia:Plasma stability]] | * [[:Wikipedia:Plasma stability]] | ||