Discrepancy between modelled and measured radial electric fields in the scrape-off layer of divertor tokamaks: A challenge for 2D fluid codes?

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-489

  Chankin, A V ^a   Coster, D P ^a   Asakura, N ^b   Bonnin, X ^c   Conway, G D ^a   Corrigan, G ^d   Erents, S K ^d   Fundamenski, W ^d   Horacek, J ^e   Kallenbach, A ^a   Kaufmann, M ^a   Konz, C ^a   Lackner, K ^a   Muller H W ^a   Neuhauser, J ^a   Pitts, R A ^f   Wischmeier, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D FLUID CODE; ASDEX UPGRADE; COLLISIONALITY; DEBYE SHEATH; DIVERTORS; FAST ELECTRONS; FLUID CODES; ION FLOW; KINETIC EFFECT; KINETIC TREATMENT; LOW FIELD; NONLOCALITIES; PARALLEL TRANSPORT; PLASMA EDGES; PLASMA POTENTIAL; PROBE MEASUREMENTS; RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELD; SCRAPE-OFF LAYER; TOROIDAL FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; FLUIDS; FUSION REACTORS; IONS; JETS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; PROBES; SOLS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ELECTRIC CODES;

EID: 34547753199     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/47/5/013     Document Type: Article

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