Recent progress of MHD study in high-beta plasmas of LHD

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-185

  Sakakibara, S ^a   Watanabe, K Y ^a   Yamada, H ^a   Narushima, Y ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^b   Toi, K ^a   Ohdachi, S ^a   Weller, A ^c   Tanaka, K ^a   Narihara, K ^a   Ida, K ^a   Tokuzawa, T ^a   Kawahata, K ^a   Komori, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large Helical Device; MHD equilibrium; MHD instability

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLASMAS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRENGTH;

LARGE HELICAL DEVICE; MHD EQUILIBRIUM; MHD INSTABILITY;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33748462127     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST06-A1233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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