QPS transport physics flexibility using variable coil currents

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 215-223

  Spong, Donald A ^a   Strickler, Dennis J ^a   Hirshman, Steven P ^a   Lyon, James F ^a   Berry, Lee A ^a   Mikkelsen, David R ^b   Monticello, Donald A ^b   Ware, Andrew S ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic island; Neoclassical transport; Stellarator flexibility

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA STABILITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

MAGNETIC ISLANDS; PLASMA CURRENTS; STELLARATORS;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 4043146012     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST04-A558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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