Gyrofluid turbulence studies of the effect of the poloidal position of an axisymmetric Debye sheath

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ribeiro, T T ^a,b   Scott, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBYE TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY PLATES; DEBYE SHEATH; FIELD LINE CONNECTION;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 43049110196     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/50/5/055007     Document Type: Article

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