Operation of the negative ion-based neutral beam injection system during Large Helical Device experimental campaigns

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 56-57, Issue , 2001, Pages 533-537

  Oka, Y ^a   Kaneko, O ^a   Takeiri, Y ^a   Tsumori, K ^a   Osakabe, M ^a   Ikeda, K ^a   Asano, E ^a   Kawamoto, T ^a   Akiyama, R ^a   Hamabe, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large helical devices (LHD); Neutral beam injection (NBI); Tangential; Tokamak

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; NEGATIVE IONS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PLASMA HEATING; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

LARGE HELICAL DEVICES (LHD);

PARTICLE INJECTORS;

EID: 14344272326     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00344-1     Document Type: Article

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