Suppression of rotating external kink instabilities using optimized mode control feedback

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Klein, Alexander J ^a   Maurer, David A ^a   Sunn Pedersen, Thomas ^a   Mauel, Michael E ^a   Navratil, Gerald A ^a   Cates, Cory ^a   Shilov, Mikhail ^a   Liu, Yuhong ^a   Stillits, Nikolai ^a   Bialek, Jim ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINK INSTABILITIES; MAGNETIC COILS; MODE CONTROL FEEDBACK; PHASE TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FEEDBACK; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 20844446842     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1868732     Document Type: Article

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