Spherical Tokamak Development in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 848-859

  Ludwig, G O ^a   Del Bosco, E ^a   Ferreira, J G ^a   Berni, L A ^a   Oliveira, R M ^a   Andrade, M C R ^a   Shibata, C S ^a   Ueda, M ^a   Barbosa, L F W ^a,b   Barroso, J J ^a   Castro, P J ^a   Patire Jr , H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0346399765     PISSN: 01039733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-97332003000400041     Document Type: Article

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