Lower hybrid current drive experiments on Alcator C-Mod: Comparison with theory and simulation

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bonoli, P T ^a   Ko, J ^a   Parker, R ^a   Schmidt, A E ^a   Wallace, G ^a   Wright, J C ^a   Fiore, C L ^a   Hubbard, A E ^a   Irby, J ^a   Marmar, E ^a   Porkolab, M ^a   Terry, D ^a   Wolfe, S M ^a   Wukitch, S J ^a   Wilson, J R ^b   Scott, S ^b   Valeo, E ^b   Phillips, C K ^b   Harvey, R W ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CompX ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RAY TRACING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CURRENT DRIVE EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRON POPULATION; ZERO LOOP VOLTAGE;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 44649103801     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2904569     Document Type: Article

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