A theory for the pressure pedestal in high (H) mode tokamak discharges

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Guzdar, P N ^a   Mahajan, S M ^b   Yoshida, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAMEWORK; MAGNETIC SHEAR; PRESSURE PEDESTAL; TOKAMAL PLASMAS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA STABILITY; SET THEORY;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 17144416434     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1852468     Document Type: Article

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