Progress towards achieving profile control in the recently upgraded DIII-D plasma control system

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 659-664

  Penaflor, B G ^a   Ferron, J R ^a   Piglowski, D A ^a   Johnson, R D ^a   Baker, D R ^a   Wade, M R ^b   Austin, M E ^c  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron cyclotron emission (ECE); Plasma control system (PCS); Tokamak

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON EMISSION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PLASMAS; PROFILOMETRY; SCATTERING; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

BEAM POWER; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON EMISSION (ECE); ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; PLASMA CONTROL SYSTEMS (PCS);

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 27844510578     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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