Plasma profile and shape optimization for the advanced tokamak power plant, ARIES-AT

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Kessel, C E ^a   Mau, T K ^b   Jardin, S C ^a   Najmabadi, F ^b  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced tokamak; Ideal MHD stability; Power plant studies

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT INTAKES; TUNGSTEN;

ADVANCED TOKAMAK; ELONGATION; IDEAL MHD STABILITY; POWER PLANT STUDIES;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA; POWER PLANTS; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 30544439129     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.350     Document Type: Article

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