Understanding and predicting the dynamics of tokamak discharges during startup and rampdown

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Jackson, G L ^a   Politzer, P A ^a   Humphreys, D A ^a   Casper, T A ^b,d   Hyatt, A W ^a   Leuer, J A ^a   Lohr, J ^a   Luce, T C ^a   Van Zeeland, M A ^a   Yu, J H ^c  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ITER ORGANIZATION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN-THROUGH; BURNING PLASMAS; CHARGE STATE; COIL SYSTEMS; CORSICA; DENSITY LIMIT; DIII-D TOKAMAK; ELECTRON CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRON ENERGY TRANSPORT; FLUX CONSUMPTION; FRAMING CAMERA; INDUCTIVE VOLTAGES; INTERNAL INDUCTANCE; KEY ISSUES; LARGE APERTURE; LOW-Z IMPURITIES; PLASMA INITIATION; PLASMA START-UP; PREDICTIVE MODELING; SECOND HARMONICS; TECHNICAL LIMITS; TOKAMAK DISCHARGE; TRANSPORT MODELS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FUSION REACTORS; PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77952960987     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3374242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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