Some lessons from long pulse operation of negative ion sources and accelerators

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Hemsworth, R S ^a   Boilson, D ^b   De Esch, H P L ^a   Krylov, A ^a   Massmann, P ^a   Svensson, L ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST)   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ION BEAMS; NEGATIVE IONS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ITER PULSE; NEUTRAL BEAM SYSTEMS; PULSE LENGTH; REDUCED PLASMA GRID TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 33744810309     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/46/6/S04     Document Type: Article

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