Plasma inductance and stability metrics on Alcator C-Mod

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Ferrara, M ^a   Hutchinson, I H ^a   Wolfe, S M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETISM; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA (HUMAN); PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS;

ALCATOR C MOD; INTERNAL INDUCTANCE; LARGE DATABASES; PLASMA INDUCTANCE; STABILITY METRICS; UPPER LIMITS;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 44949161950     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/48/6/065002     Document Type: Article

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