Development in the DIII-D tokamak of advanced operating scenarios and associated control techniques for ITER

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Wade, M R ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FUSION REACTIONS; PLASMA STABILITY; TRITIUM; TURBULENCE MODELS;

FAST ION INSTABILITIES; NONINDUCTIVE OPERATION; PLASMA FACING SURFACES;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 34748891340     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/47/10/S05     Document Type: Article

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