MHD WORKSHOP 1999
A Critical Assessment of MHD issues in the MFE program The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton NJ
February 24 - 26 1999


The goal of this workshop is to identify critical MHD issues for the sucess of a magnetic fusion reactor, assess the present scientific understanding of these issues, and outline research activities that will lead to technical solutions for the unresolved issues. This workshop is intended to cover other leading alternate concepts as well as tokamaks. A summary of the workshop will be written.
In order to provide a framework for the discussion we offer the following guidance.
Issues of MHD equilibrium and stability should be considered in the context of a high-beta, reactor-regime steady-state plasma.
Possible topics for consideration include (but are not limited to): performance limits and disruptions, beta limits, the role of geometric effects, ion gyroradius and collisionality, Z_eff, neoclassical tearing modes, edge stability, wall stabilization and resistive wall modes, active and passive stabilization methods, profile control, self-consistency of bootstrap currents with optimized stability. Scientific issues related to theory computation and modelling are also included. Diagnostics requirements and models for cross-institutional coordination should also be addressed.
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