Spontaneous formation of closed-field torus equilibrium via current jump observed in an electron-cyclotron-heated plasma

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Yoshinaga, T ^a   Uchida, M ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Maekawa, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT JUMP MODEL; TOROIDAL FIELD; TOROIDAL PLASMAS;

ASPECT RATIO; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33645512967     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.125005     Document Type: Article

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