Plasma current ramp-up assisted by outer vertical field coils in a high aspect ratio tokamak

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1257-1272

  Mitarai, Osamu ^a   Yoshino, Ryuji ^b   Ushigusa, Kenkichi ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FUSION REACTIONS; HEATING; IGNITION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

PLASMA CURRENTS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0036805759     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/42/10/310     Document Type: Article

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