Observations of the turbulence in the scrape-off-layer of Alcator C-Mod and comparisons with simulation

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1739-1747

  Terry, J L ^a   Zweben, S J ^b   Hallatschek, K ^c   LaBombard, B ^a   Maqueda, R J ^d   Bai, B ^a   Boswell, C J ^a   Greenwald, M ^a   Kopon, D ^a   Nevins, W M ^e   Pitcher, C S ^a   Rogers, B N ^f   Stotler, D P ^b   Xu, X Q ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLASMA DENSITY;

BALLOONING;

PLASMA TURBULENCE;

EID: 0038179868     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1564090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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