Inductive field-reversed configuration accelerator for tokamak fueling

Fusion Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-125

  Hoffman, Alan L ^a   Gurevich, Pete ^a   Grossnickle, Jim ^a   Slough, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS;

COMPACT TOROIDAL; FIELD REVERSED CONFIGURATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY DENSITY; TOKAMAK REFUELING BY ACCELERATED PLASMOIDS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0032590968     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST99-A96     Document Type: Article

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