A steady-state plasma, confined by a cold-gas blanket in a toroidal magnetic field, is stable against magnetohydrodynamic instabilities. A ring whirl will help to define the equilibrium position, to stabilize against deviations from the steady-state, and to allow a poloidal field component.
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R. Braams (1966) studied this question.
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