The control of tokamak configuration variable plasmas

Fusion Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-373

  Lister, Jonathan B ^a,b,c   Hofmann, Ferdinand ^a,d,e   Moret, Jean Marc ^a   Bühlmann, Felix ^a   Dutch, Michael J ^a,f   Fasel, Damien ^a   Favre, Alain ^a   Isoz, Pierre Francois ^a,g   Marletaz, Blaise ^a,h   Marmillod, Philippe ^a,h   Martin, Yves ^a   Perez, Albert ^a   Ward, David J ^a,i,j  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Yverdon Technical College   (Switzerland)

^h Lausanne Technical College   (Switzerland)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Plasma control; Shaping; Tokamak

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC COILS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

PLASMA PULSE LENGTH; POLOIDAL FIELD COIL CURRENTS; TOKAMAK CONFIGURATION VARIABLE (TCV) PLASMAS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0031272843     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST97-A1     Document Type: Article

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