Ion temperature profile measurements in ITER by means of neutron spectroscopy

Fusion Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 304-317

  Elevant, Thomas ^a,c,d   Brelén, Hans E ^a   Lindén, Per G ^b   Scheffel, Jan ^c  

^a CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetic fusion; Neutron diagnostics; Neutron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; IONS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ION TEMPERATURE;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0031237275     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst97-a19900     Document Type: Article

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