Stabilization of kink instabilities by eddy currents in a segmented wall and comparison with ideal MHD theory

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1029-1042

  Garofalo, A M ^a,b   Eisner, E ^a   Ivers, T H ^a   Kombargi, R ^a   Mauel, M E ^a   Maurer, D ^a   Nadle, D ^a   Navratil, G A ^a   Vijaya Sankar, M K ^a   Taylor, E ^a   Xiao, Q ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA STABILITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

KINK INSTABILITY;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0032108067     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/38/7/306     Document Type: Article

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