NCSX magnetic configuration flexibility and robustness

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-202

  Pomphrey, N ^a   Boozer, A ^b   Brooks, A ^a   Hatcher, R ^a   Hirshman, S P ^c   Hudson, S ^a   Ku, L P ^a   Lazarus, E A ^c   Mynick, H ^a   Monticello, D ^a   Redi, M ^a   Reiman, A ^a   Zarnstorff, M C ^a   Zatz, I ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Flexibility; Stellarator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA FLOW;

NATIONAL COMPACT STELLARATOR EXPERIMENT (NCSX); PLASMA CURRENTS; POLOIDAL FIELD COILS; STELLARATORS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33847750719     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST07-A1298     Document Type: Article

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