Critical design issues of the iter ECH front steering upper launcher

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-158

  Henderson, M A ^a   Chavan, R ^a   Bertizzolo, R ^a   Campbell, D ^b   Duron, J ^a   Dolizy, F ^a   Heidinger, R ^a   Landis, J D ^a   Saibene, G ^b   Sanchez, F ^a   Serikov, A ^c   Shidara, H ^a   Spaeh, P ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Section de Mathematiques Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron cyclotron current drive; Electron cyclotron resonance heating; Launcher

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE; REMOTE STEERING;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE;

EID: 38949098465     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST08-A1661     Document Type: Article

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