FRC 2001: A white paper on FRC development in the next five years

Fusion Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 116-127

  Tarditi, A ^a,e   Tomita, Y ^b,e   Wessel, F ^c,e   Yamada, M ^d,e  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Texas Institute for Fusion Studies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMAS;

FIELD REVERSED CONFIGURATION; FUSION ENERGY; HIGH POWER DENSITY;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0030243538     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst96-a30769     Document Type: Article

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