Transitionless enhanced confinement and the role of radial electric field shear

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 615-625

  Ernst, D R ^a   Bell, R E ^a   Bell, M G ^a   Budny, R V ^a   Coppi, B ^a,b   Hammett, G W ^a   Hawryluk, R J ^a   Hill, K W ^a   Mansfield, D K ^a   Mikkelsen, D R ^a   Park, H K ^a   Porkolab, M ^a,b   Scott, S D ^a   Schmidt, G L ^a   Synakowski, E J ^a   Zarnstorff, M C ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000159486     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873867     Document Type: Article

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