High density physics in reversed field pinches: Comparison with tokamaks and stellarators

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Puiatti, M E ^a   Scarin, P ^a   Spizzo, G ^a   Valisa, M ^a   Agostini, M ^a   Alfier, A ^a   Canton, A ^a   Carraro, L ^a   Gazza, E ^a   Lorenzini, R ^a   Paccagnella, R ^a   Predebon, I ^a   Terranova, D ^a   Bonfiglio, D ^a   Cappello, S ^a   Cavazzana, R ^a   Dal Bello, S ^a   Innocente, P ^a   Marrelli, L ^a   Piovan, R ^a   Piovesan, P ^a   Sattin, F ^a   Zanca, P ^a   more..

^a Associazione Euratom ENEA sulla Fusione ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY LEVELS; DENSITY LIMIT; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGH DENSITY; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MAGNETIC TOPOLOGIES; MAXIMUM VALUES; PLASMA BOUNDARY; PLASMA COLUMNS; PLASMA COOLING; PLASMA DETACHMENTS; PLASMA DISCHARGE; RADIATING REGIONS; REVERSED FIELD PINCH; SOFT LANDING; TEARING MODES; UPPER LIMITS;

FUSION REACTORS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 67649398932     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/49/4/045012     Document Type: Article

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