Gyrokinetic Theory of Turbulent Acceleration of Parallel Rotation in Tokamak Plasmas

Wang, Lu; Diamond, P. H.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.265006

Title: Gyrokinetic Theory of Turbulent Acceleration of Parallel Rotation in Tokamak Plasmas

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Authors:: Wang, Lu; Diamond, P. H.

Publication Date:: Thu Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1104389

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 110; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Wang, Lu, and Diamond, P. H. Gyrokinetic Theory of Turbulent Acceleration of Parallel Rotation in Tokamak Plasmas.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.265006.

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                    Wang, Lu, & Diamond, P. H. Gyrokinetic Theory of Turbulent Acceleration of Parallel Rotation in Tokamak Plasmas.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.265006

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  title        = {Gyrokinetic Theory of Turbulent Acceleration of Parallel Rotation in Tokamak Plasmas},

  author       = {Wang, Lu and Diamond, P. H.},

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