Transport analysis of high-beta plasmas on LHD

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-137

  Funaba, Hisamichi ^a   Watanabe, Kiyomasa ^a   Sakakibara, Satoru ^a   Yamada, Ichihiro ^a   Tanaka, Kenji ^a   Tokuzawa, Tokihiko ^a   Osakabe, Masaki ^a   Narushima, Yoshiro ^a   Nakajima, Noriyoshi ^a   Yokoyama, Masayuki ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Kaneko, Osamu ^a   Kawahata, Kazuo ^a   Murakami, Sadayoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High beta plasma; Local transport analysis; Resistive pressure gradient driven turbulence

Indexed keywords

PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HIGH-BETA PLASMAS; LARGE HELICAL DEVICE (LHD); LOCAL TRANSPORT ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33846864930     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST07-A1294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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