Low- to high-confinement mode transitions in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3953-3960

  Kaye, S M ^a   Bush, C E ^b   Fredrickson, E ^a   LeBlanc, B ^a   Maingi, R ^b   Sabbagh, S A ^c  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION BEAMS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

MODE TRANSITIONS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0142188771     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1608934     Document Type: Article

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