Design, construction and the first plasma experiments in the large helical device

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 46, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 323-335

  Iiyoshi, A ^a   Imagawa, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA HEATING;

FIRST PLASMA; HELICAL SYSTEM; LARGE HELICAL DEVICE; SUPERCONDUCTING COIL SYSTEM;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0033225117     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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