Conditions of improved stability to high-n ideal MHD modes are obtained with equilibria generated by flattening and raising the safety factor (q) profile. Flat q profiles shorten the connection length for high-n ballooning modes and diminish the destabilizing impact of the geodesic curvature. High values of q stabilize the residual interchange modes.
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