Abstract
Configurations with nearby multiple resonant surfaces have broad spectra of linearly unstable coupled tearing modes with dominant high poloidal mode numbers m. This was recently shown for the case of multiple q=1 resonances [Bierwage et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 65001 (2005)]. In the present work, similar behavior is found for double tearing modes (DTM) on resonant surfaces with q⩾1. A detailed analysis of linear instability characteristics of DTMs with various mode numbers m is performed using numerical simulations. The mode structures and dispersion relations for linearly unstable modes are calculated. Comparisons between low- and higher-m modes are carried out, and the roles of the inter-resonance distance and of the magnetic Reynolds number SHp are investigated. High-m modes are found to be destabilized when the distance between the resonant surfaces is small. They dominate over low-m modes in a wide range of SHp, including regimes relevant for tokamak operation. These results may be readily applied to configurations with more than two resonant surfaces.
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