Dynamo-free plasma in the reversed-field pinch: Advances in understanding the reversed-field pinch improved confinement mode

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Anderson, J K ^a,b   Adney, J ^a,b   Almagri, A ^a,b   Blair, A ^a,b   Brower, D L ^c   Cengher, M ^a,b   Chapman, B E ^a,b   Choi, S ^a,b   Craig, D ^a,b   Demers, D R ^e   Hartog, D J Den ^a,b   Deng, B ^c   Ding, W X ^c   Ebrahimi, F ^a,b   Ennis, D ^a,b   Fiksel, G ^a,b   Forest, C B ^a,b   Franz, P ^f   Goetz, J ^a,b   Harvey, R W ^d   Holly, D ^a,b   Hudson, B ^a,b   Kaufman, M ^a,b   Lovell, T ^a,b   Marrelli, L ^f   Martin, P ^f   McCollam, K ^a,b   Mirnov, V V ^a,b   Nonn, P ^a,b   O'Connell, R ^a,b   Oliva, S ^a,b   Piovesan, P ^f   Prager, S C ^a,b   Predebon, I ^f   Sarff, J S ^a,b   Spizzo, G ^f   Svidzinski, V ^a,b   Thomas, M ^a,b   Wyman, M D ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Center for Magnetic Self Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CompX ^*  (United States)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Associazione EURATOM ENEA sulla Fusione ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT MODES; DYNAMO-FREE PLASMA; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION; REVERSE-FIELD PINCH;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA DENSITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 20844451008     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1883666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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