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Magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability studies of field-reversed configurations are presented. Experimentally realistic equilibria are calculated numerically for a plasma inside a conducting cylinder. Stability studies indicate that equilibria ranging from elliptical to highly racetrack-shaped are all unstable to the internal tilting mode.
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Schwarzmeier et al. (1983) studied this question.
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