Disruption control on FTU and ASDEX upgrade with ECRH

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Esposito, B ^a   Granucci, G ^b   Nowak, S ^b   Martin Solis, J R ^c   Gabellieri, L ^a   Lazzaro, E ^b   Smeulders, P ^a   Maraschek, M ^d   Pautasso, G ^d   Stober, J ^d   Treutterer, W ^d   Urso, L ^d   Volpe, F ^d   Zohm, H ^d  

^a ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

^b IFP CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASDEX UPGRADE; COUPLED MODE; DEUTERIUM GAS; DIRECT HEATING; FTU EXPERIMENTS; INJECTED POWER; L-MODE PLASMAS; LASER BLOW-OFF; LOOP VOLTAGES; MAGNETIC ISLAND; PLASMA CURRENTS; POWER DEPOSITION; TEARING MODES; TOROIDAL MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; EXPERIMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLYBDENUM; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMAS;

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE;

EID: 67649510992     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/49/6/065014     Document Type: Article

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