High resolution numerical studies of separatrix splitting due to non-axisymmetric perturbation in DIII-D

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Wingen, A ^a   Evans, T E ^b   Spatschek, K H ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; CONTOUR PLOT; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DIVERTOR; FIELD LINES; FLUX TUBES; FOOTPRINT PATTERNS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNAL RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MAGNETIC PERTURBATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PENETRATION DEPTH; PLASMA REGION; SEPARATRIX; SEPARATRIX SPLITTING; TARGET PLATES; VACUUM FIELD; X-POINT;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 67649529425     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/49/5/055027     Document Type: Article

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