The influence of the circulating energetic ions on the quasi-interchange (QI) mode in tokamak plasmas with a wide shearless core and the central safety factor close to unity is considered. It is found that these ions tend to stabilize the QI mode in the case of co-injection and balanced injection, whereas the influence of counter-circulating ions is typically destabilizing because of finite-orbit-width effects. Specific examples relevant to tokamaks with large and small aspect ratio of the torus are considered.
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