These phenomena occur at a local level when Suydam's criterion is not met.
These phenomena occur at a local level when Suydam's criterion is not met. These phenomena occur less when q is above 1, a value known as the Kruskal-Shafranov limit. A phenomenon of this type that occurs in H-mode plasmas is modelled by a "peeling-ballooning" mechanism. The presence of these phenomena is decreased with higher magnetic shear. The field-reversed configuration is oddly resilient to these phenomena despite (*) MHD predictions. These phenomena are typically categorized by their m and n modes. These phenomena should not occur in theta pinches, but occur in z-pinches, primarily as "sausage" and "kink" varieties. These phenomena are more likely to occur when magnetic field lines curve towards the plasma, and their presence makes it difficult to run a reactor at high beta. The "flute" form of this phenomenon is a pressure-driven analogue of one that occurs when a fluid lies on top of a less dense fluid named for Rayleigh and Taylor. For 10 points, name these phenomena in plasmas in which they are greatly affected by perturbations.
These phenomena occur at a local level when Suydam's criterion is not met.
plasma instability [or magnetohydrodynamic instability; prompt on perturbation before mention]