Chapter 7: Radio-frequency wave physics in the FTU

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-401

  Granucci, G ^a   Airoldi, A ^a   Barbato, E ^a   Bruschi, A ^a   Cardinali, A ^a   Castaldo, C ^a   Cesario, R ^a   Cirant, S ^a   Esposito, B ^a   Farina, D ^a   Gandini, F ^a   Giruzzi, G ^b   Gormezano, C ^a   Leigheb, M ^a   Marinucci, M ^a   Mirizzi, F ^a   Nowak, S ^a   Panaccione, L ^a   Pericoli Ridolfini, V ^a   Podda, S ^a   Ramponi, G ^a   Ravera, G L ^a   Saveliev, A N ^c   Simonetto, A ^a   Sozzi, C ^a   Tuccillo, A A ^a   Zonca, F ^a   more..

^a ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

^b Dept de Rech sur la Fusion Contr   (France)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ECRF physics; IBW physics; LHCD physics

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WAVEGUIDES;

CURRENT DRIVE (CD); ION BERNSTEIN WAVE (IBW) PHYSICS; LOWER HYBRID CURRENT DRIVE (LHCD) PHYSICS; RADIO FREQUENCY;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 2642588331     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST04-A521     Document Type: Article

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