Low to high confinement transition theory of finite-beta drift-wave driven shear flow and its comparison with data from DIII-D

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1109-1117

  Guzdar, P N ^a   Kleva, R G ^a   Groebner, R J ^b   Gohil, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONING MODES; DENSITY GRADIENTS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURES; PELLET INJECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHEAR FLOW; STABILIZATION; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 2142770387     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1638381     Document Type: Article

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