Design and operation of a passively switched repetitive compact toroid plasma accelerator

Fusion Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 252-271

  McLean, Harry S ^a,d,e   Hwang, David Q ^a   Horton, Robert D ^a   Evans, Russell W ^a   Terry, Stephen D ^a   Thomas, John C ^b   Raman, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Can Fusion Fuels Technology Project   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

SCT plasma; Toroid plasma accelerator

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

SPHEROMAK-LIKE COMPACT TOROIDS (SCT);

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0032075677     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst98-a31     Document Type: Article

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