Aspect ratio scaling of the Single Helical states in the Reversed Field Pinch plasmas

Abstract

In this paper a new idea is presented which is able to predict the scaling law with the aspect ratio for the toroidal mode number of the so called Single Helicity states in Reversed Field Pinch plasmas. The model starts considering the pure electromagnetic interaction of an helical current with a conductive toroidal shell. The stability properties of the plasma become then essential in determining the emergence of the observed dominant mode.