Mirnov oscillations (a.k.a. magnetic oscillations) are amplitude
perturbations of the
magnetic field in a
plasma. It is named after
Sergei V. Mirnov who designed a probe to measure these oscillations in 1965.[1] The probe name is Mirnov coil.
^Mirnov, S. V. (1965). "A probe method for measuring the displacement of the current channel in cylindrical and toroidal discharge vessels". Journal of Nuclear Energy C. 7 (3): 325–328.
doi:
10.1088/0368-3281/7/3/112.
ISSN0368-3281.
^Mirnov, S. V.; Semenov, I. B. (1971). "Investigation of the instabilities of the plasma string in the Tokamak-3 system by means of a correlation method". Soviet Atomic Energy. 30 (1): 22–29.
doi:
10.1007/BF01788387.
ISSN1573-8205.
S2CID124432349.