Comparison of a Low- to High-Confinement Transition Theory with Experimental Data from DIII-D

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2002, Pages

  Guzdar, P N ^a   Kleva, R G ^a   Groebner, R J ^b   Gohil, P ^b  

^a The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA THEORY; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

CONFINEMENT TRANSITION THEORY; DENSITY SCALE LENGTH; ELECTRON ION COLLISION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 0037164992     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.265004     Document Type: Article

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