The role of the current profile in the improved H-mode scenario in ASDEX Upgrade

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 728-737

  Stober, J ^a   Sips, A C C ^a   Angioni, C ^a   Forest, C B ^b   Gruber, O ^a   Hobirk, J ^a   Horton, L D ^a   Maggi, C F ^a   Maraschek, M ^a   Martin, P ^c   Mc Carthy, P J ^d   Mertens, V ^a   Na, Y S ^e   Reich, M ^a   Stabler A ^a   Tardini, G ^a   Zohm, H ^a  

^a EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c Associazione Euratom ENEA sulla Fusione ^*  (Italy)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^e National Fusion Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMAS; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ASDEX UPGRADE; H-MODE; PLASMA CURRENT;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 34547441534     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/47/8/002     Document Type: Article

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