The periodically oscillating plasma sphere

Fusion Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-45

  Nebel, Richard A ^a   Barnes, Daniel C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic confinement; Fusion reactors; Penning traps

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

INERTIAL ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT (IEC); PENNING TRAP REACTORS; THERMAL CLOUDS;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0032142116     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST98-A51     Document Type: Article

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