Optimal choice of the geometrical descriptors for tokamak plasma shape control

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-127

  Pironti, A ^a   Portone, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ITER Joint Central Team   (Japan)

Author keywords

ITER; Poloidal fields; Tokamak

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345870220     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(98)00386-X     Document Type: Article

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