Comparison of electron cyclotron heating results in the helically symmetric experiment with and without quasi-symmetry

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 45, Issue 12 A, 2003, Pages

  Likin, K M ^a   Abdou, A ^a   Almagri, A F ^a   Anderson, D T ^a   Anderson, F S B ^a   Brower, D ^b   Canik, J ^a   Deng, C ^b   Gerhardt, S P ^a   Guttenfelder, W ^a   Oh, S ^a   Radder, J ^a   Sakaguchi, V ^a   Schmitt, J ^a   Tabora, J ^a   Talmadge, J N ^a   Zhai, K ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; RAY TRACING; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE DETECTORS; MIRROR CONFIGURATION; QUASI-HELICALLY SYMMETRIC CONFIGURATION; THOMSON SCATTERING;

PLASMA HEATING;

EID: 9144273772     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/45/12A/010     Document Type: Article

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