A hypothesis of inductive drive to explain the sawtooth measurements of tokamak experiment for technology oriented research (TEXTOR)

A hypothesis, based on the current density profile determined from the principle of minimum dissipation of magnetic energy, is applied to explain the measurement of q(0) and current variation in a sawtooth cycle in tokomak experiment for technology oriented research (TEXTOR) [Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research (IAEA, Vienna, 1985), Vol. I, p. 193]. A sawtooth oscillation is triggered when the on-axis current density in a configuration with m=0 and n=0 symmetry is driven inductively to a limit.