Aspect ratio scaling of ideal no-wall stability limits in high bootstrap fraction tokamak plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 639-646

  Menard, J E ^a   Bell, M G ^a   Bell, R E ^a   Gates, D A ^a   Kaye, S M ^a   LeBlanc, B P ^a   Maingi, R ^b   Sabbagh, S A ^c   Soukhanovskii, V ^a   Stutman, D ^d  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CURRENT DENSITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

BOOTSTRAP CURRENT; PLASMA PRESSURE;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 10744229453     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1640623     Document Type: Article

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