Advances in understanding quiescent H-mode plasmas in DIII-D

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Burrell, K H ^a   West, W P ^a   Doyle, E J ^b   Austin, M E ^c   Casper, T A ^d   Gohil, P ^a   Greenfield, C M ^a   Groebner, R J ^a   Hyatt, A W ^a   Jayakumar, R J ^d   Kaplan, D H ^a   Lao, L L ^a   Leonard, A W ^a   Makowski, M A ^d   McKee, G R ^e   Osborne, T H ^a   Snyder, P B ^a   Solomon, W M ^f   Thomas, D M ^a   Rhodes, T L ^b   Strait, E J ^a   Wade, M R ^g   Wang, G ^b   Zeng, L ^b   more..

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE HARMONIC OSCILLATIONS (EHO); EDGE LOCALIZED MODES (ELM); EDGE STABILITY; EDGE TRANSPORT BARRIERS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 20944437009     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1894745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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