Plasma shape control: A general approach and its application to Alcator C-Mod

Fusion Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-150

  Hutchinson, Ian H ^a,b   Horne, Steve F ^a   Tinios, Gerasimos ^a,c   Wolfe, Stephen M ^a,b   Granetz, Robert S ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d MHD Group

Author keywords

Alcator C Mod; Plasma shape control; Tokamak

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006698297     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST96-A30746     Document Type: Article

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