Sheared flows and transition to improved confinement regime in the TJ-II stellarator

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Estrada, T ^a   Happel, T ^a   Eliseev, L ^b   Lopez Bruna D ^a   Ascasibar E ^a   Blanco, E ^a   Cupido, L ^c   Fontdecaba, J M ^a   Hidalgo, C ^a   Jimenez Gomez R ^a   Krupnik, L ^d   Liniers, M ^a   Manso, M E ^c   McCarthy, K J ^a   Medina, F ^a   Melnikov, A ^b   Van Milligen, B ^a   Ochando, M A ^a   Pastor, I ^a   Pedrosa, M A ^a   Tabares F L ^a   Tafalla, D ^a   more..

^a LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE FUSIÓN   (Spain)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING POWER; HIGH DENSITY; IMPROVED CONFINEMENT; L-H TRANSITION; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-ORDER RATIONAL SURFACES; MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION; NEGATIVE RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELD; OSCILLATING FLOWS; PLASMA EDGES; RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELD; SHEARED FLOW; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TJ-II STELLARATORS; TURBULENCE LEVEL; TURBULENCE REDUCTION; TURBULENCE SUPPRESSION; VELOCITY SHEAR LAYERS; ZONAL FLOWS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMA TURBULENCE; PLASMAS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 70449707354     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/51/12/124015     Document Type: Article

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