Ideal MHD stability limits of low aspect ratio tokamak plasmas

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 595-610

  Menard, J E ^a   Jardin, S C ^a   Kaye, S M ^a   Kessel, C E ^a   Manickam, J ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMAS; SAFETY FACTOR;

BOOTSTRAP CURRENT FRACTION; CYLINDRICAL SAFETY FACTORS; ELONGATIONS; LOW ASPECT RATIO TOKAMAK PLASMAS; NORMALIZED PLASMA PRESSURES;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0031139205     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/37/5/I03     Document Type: Article

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