Design of the ITER upper port electron cyclotron heating and current drive system based on remote steering

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-219

  Graswinckel, M F ^a   Van Den Berg, M A ^a   Bongers, W A ^a   Donne A J H ^a   Goede, A P H ^a   Cardozo, N Lopes ^a   Ronden, D M S ^a   Verhoeven, A G A ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electron cyclotron heating and current drive; ITER; Remote steering

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; MILLIMETER WAVES; NEUTRON FLUX; OPTICAL DESIGN; WAVEGUIDES;

CURRENT DRIVE SYSTEM; NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODE (NTM); PORT LAUNCHERS; REMOTE STEERING;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE;

EID: 38949175715     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST08-A1666     Document Type: Article

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