Ohmic flux consumption during initial operation of the NSTX spherical torus

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1197-1206

  Menard, J E ^a   LeBlanc, B P ^a   Sabbagh, S A ^b   Bell, M G ^a   Bell, R E ^a   Fredrickson, E D ^a   Gates, D A ^a   Jardin, S C ^a   Johnson, D W ^a   Kaye, S M ^a   Kugel, H W ^a   Maingi, R ^c   Maqueda, R J ^d   Mueller, D ^a   Ono, M ^a   Paoletti, F ^b   Paul, S F ^a   Skinnera, C H ^a   Stutman, D ^e  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

SPHERICAL TOKAMAK (ST) PLASMAS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0035470101     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/41/9/308     Document Type: Article

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