A spinning plasma-tube model of a mirror machine shows that its two main sideways instabilities vanish below a critical length that is smallest near sound-speed rotation, with off-axis rotation doing most of the work.
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Macroscopic Stability of a Rapidly Rotating Theta Pinch
A spinning plasma-tube model of a mirror machine shows that its two main sideways instabilities vanish below a critical length that is smallest near sound-speed rotation, with off-axis rotation doing most of the work.