Matching to ELMy plasmas in the ICRF domain

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Noterdaeme, J M ^a,b   Bobkov, Vl V ^a   Bremond S ^c   Parisot, A ^f   Monakhov, I ^e   Beaumont, B ^c   Lamalle, Ph ^d   Durodie F ^d   Nightingale, M ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^e CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate T; Hybrid couplers; ICRF; ITER; JET; Matching; RF generators

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE-T; HYBRID COUPLERS; ITER; JET; OPTIMAL POWER TRANSFER; RF GENERATORS;

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; POWER TRANSMISSION;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 27844453967     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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