W7-AS: One step of the Wendelstein stellarator line

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Wagner, F ^a   Baumel S ^a   Baldzuhn, J ^a   Basse, N ^a,c   Brakel, R ^a   Burhenn, R ^a   Dinklage, A ^a   Dorst, D ^a   Ehmler, H ^a   Endler, M ^a   Erckmann, V ^a   Feng, Y ^a   Gadelmeier, F ^a   Geiger, J ^a   Giannone, L ^a   Grigull, P ^a   Hartfuss, H J ^a   Hartmann, D ^a   Hildebrandt, D ^a   Hirsch, M ^a   Holzhauer, E ^a,d   Igitkhanov, Y ^a   Janicke R ^a   Kick, M ^a   Kislyakov, A ^a,e   Kisslinger, J ^a   Klinger, T ^a   Klose, S ^a   Knauer, J P ^a   Konig R ^a   Kuhner G ^a   Laqua, H P ^a   Maassberg, H ^a   McCormick, K ^a   Niedermeyer, H ^a   Nuhrenberg C ^a   Pasch, E ^a   Ramasubramanian, N ^a   Ruhs, N ^a   Rust, N ^a   Sallander, E ^a   Sardei, F ^a   Schubert, M ^a   Speth, E ^a   Thomsen, H ^a   Volpe, F ^a   Weller, A ^a   Werner, A ^a   Wobig, H ^a   Wursching E ^a   Zarnstorff, M ^a,f   Zoletnik, S ^a,b   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT ISSUES; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE HEATING (ECRH); IMPURITY CONFINEMENT; WENDELSTEIN STELLARATOR LINE;

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRIC COILS; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA WAVES;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 24344446225     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1927100     Document Type: Article

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