Evidence for electromagnetic fluid drift turbulence controlling the edge plasma state in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1658-1675

  LaBombard, B ^a   Hughes, J W ^a   Mossessian, D ^a   Greenwald, M ^a   Lipschultz, B ^a   Terry, J L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA DENSITY; TURBULENCE;

EDGE PLASMAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLUID DRIFT TUBULENCE (EMFDT); L-MODE DISCHARGES; SCRAPE-OFF-LAYERS (SOL);

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 28944435950     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/45/12/022     Document Type: Article

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