Effect of the radial potential profile on the transport of the bounced ions by the plug potential and radial potential control in the tandem mirror

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2005, Pages 78-83

  Ishii, K ^a   Kojima, A ^a   Miyata, Y ^a   Takemura, Y ^a   Hagisawa, K ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Fujimoto, S ^a   Masuda, Y ^a   Saito, T ^a   Katanuma, I ^a   Yoshikawa, M ^a   Ichimura, M ^a   Cho, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLASMAS;

BOUNCE IONS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; RADIAL TRANSPORT;

IONS;

EID: 28144434794     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST05-A612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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