Blob birth and transport in the tokamak edge plasma: Analysis of imaging data

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Myra, J R ^a   D'Ippolito, D A ^a   Stotler, D P ^b   Zweben, S J ^b   LeBlanc, B P ^b   Menard, J E ^b   Maqueda, R J ^c   Boedo, J ^d  

^a LODESTAR RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Nova Photonics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOB CONVECTION; ELECTROSTATIC EDGE TURBULENCE; GAS PUFF IMAGING (GPI); LINEAR EDGE DRIFT-CURVATURE;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTROSTATICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; PLASMAS; VELOCITY;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 33749406065     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2355668     Document Type: Article

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