Theoretical aspects of the use of pulsed reflectometry in a spheromak plasma

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1407-1415

  Cohen, Bruce I ^a   Hooper, E Bickford ^a   Spang, M C ^b   Domier, C W ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS;

LINEAR MODE CONVERSION; MAGNETIC SHEAR; PULSED REFLECTOMETRY; SPHEROMAK PLASMA;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0033070967     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1149578     Document Type: Article

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