Wave-driven rotation in supersonically rotating mirrors

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Fetterman, Abraham J ^a   Fisch, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic mirrors; Radio frequency waves; Rotation

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; MIRRORS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIO WAVES;

COUPLED DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION PATHS; ISOTOPE SEPARATION; POPULATION INVERSIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY WAVES; ROTATING MIRRORS; ROTATION ENERGY; SUPERSONIC ROTATION;

ROTATION;

EID: 77952341273     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST10-A9496     Document Type: Article

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