Abstract
The role of polarization current in the problem of rotating magnetic islands in the absence of drift effects is discussed for the case of nonregularized and regularized velocity profiles governed by the perpendicular viscosity. The polarization current is calculated taking into account the finite ion Larmor radius effects. It is shown that, in correspondence with the general rule by Waelbroeck and Fitzpatrick [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1703 (1997)], this current is destabilizing. The destabilizing contribution of the polarization current into the generalized Rutherford equation for the magnetic island width does not depend on whether the profile function is regularized or not. It is shown that the Larmor corrections to the current consist of the sum of two oppositely directed currents and do not contribute into the generalized Rutherford equation.
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