Effect of neoclassical transport optimization on electron heat transport in low-collisionality LHD plasmas

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-121

  Murakami, S ^a   Yamada, H ^b   Wakasa, A ^c   Inagaki, H ^b   Tanaka, K ^b   Narihara, K ^b   Kubo, S ^b   Shimozuma, T ^b   Funaba, H ^b   Miyazawa, J ^b   Morita, S ^b   Ida, K ^b   Sakakibara, S ^b   Watanabe, K Y ^b   Yokoyama, M ^b   Maassberg, H ^d   Beidler, C D ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

LHD; Neoclassical transport; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; HEAT FLUX; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA HEATING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON HEAT TRANSPORT; LARGE HELICAL DEVICE (LHD); NEOCLASSICAL TRANSPORT; THERMAL PLASMA;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33846888091     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST07-A1292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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