Current drive by coaxial helicity injection in a spherical torus

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2679-2687

  Tang, X Z ^a   Boozer, A H ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL HELICITY INJECTION (CHI); NONLINEAR SATURATION; PLASMA CURRENTS; SPHERICAL TORUS (ST);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FARADAY EFFECT; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 2942546075     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1707028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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