Equilibria and stability in partially relaxed plasma-vacuum systems

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 746-753

  Hole, M J ^a   Hudson, S R ^b   Dewar, R L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FIELD STRENGTH; INTERFACE VARIATIONAL MODEL; ROTATIONAL TRANSFORM;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 34547775298     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/47/8/004     Document Type: Article

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