Applications of high-power millimeter waves in fusion energy research

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 734-754

  Luce, Timothy C ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Current drive; Electron cyclotron resonance; Fusion; Heating; Millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER WAVES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLASMA DENSITY; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

FUSION ENERGY;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0036627331     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.802147     Document Type: Article

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