Quasi-single helicity states in the reversed field pinch: Beyond the standard paradigm

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1984-1992

  Martin, P ^a,b,c   Buffa, A ^a,b,c   Cappello, S ^a   D'Angelo, F ^a   Escande, D F ^a,d   Franz, P ^a,b,c   Marrelli, L ^a   Martines, E ^a   Ortolani, S ^a   Spizzo, G ^a,b,c   Bilato, R ^a   Bolzonella, T ^a   Costa, S ^a   Murari, A ^a   Paccagnella, R ^a   Pasqualotto, R ^a   Terranova, D ^a,b,c   Zanca, P ^a  

^a Consorzio RFX Corso Stati Uniti ^*  (Italy)

^b Ist Nazionale Fisica della Materia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PINCH EFFECT;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; HELICAL STRUCTURES; HELICITIES; PLASMA CORE; QUASI-SINGLE-HELICITY; REVERSED FIELD PINCH;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84993986256     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: 10897674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.874054     Document Type: Article

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