@techreport{oai:nifs-repository.repo.nii.ac.jp:00009611, author = {"Hayashi, T. and Sato, T. and Nakajima, N. and Ichiguchi, K. and Merkel, P. and Nuhrenberg, J. and Schwenn, U. and Gardner, H. and Bhattacharjee, A. and Hegna, C.C."}, month = {Sep}, note = {Magnetic island formation in three-dimensional finite-beta equilibria in the H-1 Heliac is studied by using the HINT code. It is found that the size of a dangerous island should increase with beta but that a destruction of the equilibrium at low beta is avoided because the rotational transform evolves to exclude the rational surface concerned. At higher beta there is evidence of near-resonant flux surface deformations which may lead to an equilibrium limit. A reconnected equilibrium at still higher beta exhibits a double island structure which is similar to homoclinic phase portraits which have been observed after separatrix reconnection in Hamiltonian systems. Physical mechanism of the island formation in finite-beta helical equilibria is investigated to confirm there are cases where the global effect of the Pfirsch-Schluter currents is important. The earlier theory is extended to elucidate the occurrence of the complete self-healing of island when the resistive interchange criterion satisfied.}, title = {Behavior of Magnetic Islands in 3D MHD Equilibria of Helical Devices}, year = {1994} }