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". 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). "Analysis of Mirnov oscillations on PDX". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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" (PDF). IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 14 (3): 279–281. Bibcode:1986ITPS...14..279T. doi:10.1109/TPS.1986.4316542. ISSN 0093-3813. S2CID 12920335.
  4. Kikuchi, M. (1986). "A note on the Mirnov signal analysis in tokamaks". Nuclear Fusion. 26 (1): 101–107. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/26/1/009. ISSN 0029-5515. S2CID 122502537.
  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". Pramana. 55 (5): 727–732. Bibcode:2000Prama..55..727R. doi:10.1007/s12043-000-0039-8. ISSN 0973-7111. S2CID 120615200.
  6. Glasser, A. H.; Greene, J. M.; Johnson, J. L. (1975). "Resistive instabilities in a tokamak". doi:10.2172/4183368. OSTI 4183368. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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". Soviet Atomic Energy. 30 (1): 22–29. doi:10.1007/BF01788387. ISSN 1573-8205. S2CID 124432349.
  8. Schittenhelm, M.; Zohm, H. (1997). "Analysis of coupled MHD modes with Mirnov probes in ASDEX Upgrade". Nuclear Fusion. 37 (9): 1255–1270. Bibcode:1997NucFu..37.1255S. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/37/9/I06. ISSN 0029-5515. S2CID 250784804.


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