Dynamic identification of plasma magnetic contour in fusion machines

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Bettini, P ^a   Cavinato, M ^b   Trevisan, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Assoc EURATOM ENEA Sulla Fusione ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

FUSION MACHINES; MAGNETIC CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETIC MULTIPOLES; PLASMA MAGNETIC CONTOURS;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 12944265103     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/45/1/001     Document Type: Article

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