Ideal MHD stability of the mega-ampere spherical tokamak

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 581-613

  Hole, M J ^a   Akers, R J ^b   Appel, L C ^b   Buttery, R J ^b   Brickley, C ^b   Conway, N J ^b   Gryaznevich, M ^b   Hender, T C ^b   Kwon, O J ^c   Valovic M ^b   Medvedev, S ^d   Patel, A ^b   Saarelma, S ^b   Taylor, D ^b   Wilson, H R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

^d KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; INDUCTANCE; STABILIZATION; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

BOOTSTRAP (BS) RECONSTRUCTION; KINETIC RECONSTRUCTIONS; MEGA-AMPERE SPHERICAL TOKAMAK (MAST); THERMAL PRESSURE PROFILES;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 24144443779     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/47/4/002     Document Type: Article

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