Temperature in the RTP tokamak under feedback control by regulating the output of a 110-GHz gyrotron

Fusion Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-179

  Lok, Jaap ^a   Dam, Ronald ^a,b   De Groot, Bart ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^b Traxis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PLASMAS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON HEATING; FEEDBACK TEMPERATURE CONTROL; PLASMA TEMPERATURE;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 0034274849     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST00-A140     Document Type: Article

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