Computational images of internal-transport-barrier oscillations in tokamak plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1090-1091

  Bizarro, João P S ^a   Litaudon, Xavier L ^b   Tala, Tuomas J J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Association Euratom CEA   (France)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benchmark testing; Bootstrap (BS) current; Current density; Current drive (CD); Foot; Internal transport barriers (ITBs); Oscillators; Physics; Plasma transport; Plasmas; Tokamaks

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOTION ESTIMATION; PLASMAS;

ADVANCED TOKAMAK SCENARIOS; BENCHMARK TESTING; BOOTSTRAP (BS) CURRENT; BOOTSTRAP CURRENTS; CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT DRIVE (CD); EMPIRICAL SCALING; FOOT; INTERNAL TRANSPORT BARRIERS; INTERNAL TRANSPORT BARRIERS (ITBS); OSCILLATORS; PHYSICS; PLASMA SCIENCE; PLASMA TRANSPORT; TOKAMAK PLASMAS; TOKAMAKS; TRANSPORT MODELLING;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 50249085187     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.924493     Document Type: Article

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