Experimental and numerical characterization of ion-cyclotron heated protons on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 873-904

  Tang, V ^a,d   Parker, R R ^a   Bonoli, P T ^a   Wright, J C ^a   Granetz, R S ^a   Harvey, R W ^b   Jaeger, E F ^c   Liptac, J ^a   Fiore, C L ^a   Greenwald, M ^a   Irby, J H ^a   Lin, Y ^a   Wukitch, S J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CompX Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; HYDROGEN; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PROTONS;

ALCATOR C-MOD TOKAMAK; COMPACT NEUTRAL PARTICLE ANALYZER (CNPA); MINORITY DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION PACKAGES;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 34249688160     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/49/6/013     Document Type: Article

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