Beta limits in long-pulse tokamak discharges

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1654-1664

  Sauter, O ^a,b   La Haye, R J ^c   Chang, Z ^d   Gates, D A ^e   Kamada, Y ^f   Zohm, H ^g,l   Bondeson, A ^h   Bouchers, D ^b   Callen, J D ⁱ   Chu, M S ^c   Gianakon, T A ⁱ   Gruber, O ^g   Harvey, R W ^j   Hegna, C C ⁱ   Lao, L L ^c   Monticello, D A ^d   Perkins, F ^b   Pletzer, A ^a   Reiman, A H ^d   Rosenbluth, M ^b   Strait, E J ^c   Taylor, T S ^c   Turnbull, A D ^c   Waelbroeck, F ^k   Wesley, J C ^b   Wilson, H R ^e   Yoshino, R ^f   more..

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ITER San Diego Joint Work Site   (United States)

^c GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^d PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

^h CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j CompX ^*  (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LIMITS; BOOTSTRAP CURRENTS; COLLISIONALITY; EDGE-LOCALIZED MODES; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; ISLAND SIZES; LONG PULSE; MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC; NONIDEAL; NUCLEAR FUSIONS; PLASMA CONTROLS; PLASMA PHYSICS; QUALITATIVE BEHAVIORS; SAWTEETH; SHORT PULSE; STRONG CORRELATIONS; TEARING MODES; TOKAMAK DISCHARGES;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FUSION REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 5844249284     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872270     Document Type: Article

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