Characteristics of the H-mode pedestal in improved confinement scenarios in ASDEX upgrade, DIII-D, JET and JT-60U

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 535-551

  Maggi, C F ^a   Groebner, R J ^b   Oyama, N ^c   Sartori, R ^d   Horton, L D ^a   Sips, A C C ^a   Suttrop, W ^a   Leonard, A ^b   Luce, T C ^b   Wade, M R ^b   Kamada, Y ^c   Urano, H ^c   Andrew, Y ^e   Giroud, C ^e   Joffrin, E ^f   De La Luna, E ^g  

^a EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^e CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f Association Euratom CEA   (France)

^g CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY STORAGE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EDGE STABILITY; ION PEDESTAL PRESSURES; PLASMA PARAMETERS;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 34547399547     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/47/7/005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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