Long pulse operation of 170 GHz ITER gyrotron by beam current control

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 2791-2796

  Kasugai, A ^a   Minami, R ^a   Takahashi, K ^a   Kobayashi, N ^a   Sakamoto, K ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam current control; Gyrotron; ITER; Plasma heating; RF; Steady state

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLASMA HEATING; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

BEAM CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRON BEAM EXTRACTION; ITER; STEADY STATE;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 33845980229     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2006.07.077     Document Type: Article

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