Sustained fully non-inductive scenarios using pressure and current profile control with ECCD

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 53, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 289-299

  Sauter, O ^a   Goodman, T P ^a   Coda, S ^a   Henderson, M ^a   Hofmann, F ^a   Hogge, J P ^a   Peysson, Y ^b   Pietrzyk, Z A ^a   Pitts, R ^a   Reimerdes, H ^a   Weisen, H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Electron cyclotron current drive; Electron cyclotron heating; Steady state; Tokamak configuration variable

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA HEATING;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON HEATING;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0442322302     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00507-X     Document Type: Article

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