Bootstrap current and quasi-symmetry in reactor-size stellarators

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-53

  Ferrando i Margalet, Sergi ^a   Cooper, Wilfred Anthony ^a   Allfrey, Simon J ^a   Popovitch, Pavel ^a   Isaev, Maxim Yu ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bootstrap current; MHD stability; Quasi symmetric stellarators

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REACTOR CORES; ROTATION; STABILITY; TOPOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BOOTSTRAP CURRENT; MAGNETIC GEOMETRY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY; QUASI-SYMMETRIC STELLARATORS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS;

EID: 4043150246     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst04-a539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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