Physics and optimization of plasma startup in the RFP

Mao, W.; Chapman, B. E.; Ding, W. X.; Lin, L.; Almagri, A. F.; Anderson, J. K.; Den Hartog, D. J.; Duff, J.; Ko, J.; Kumar, S. T. A.; Morton, L.; Munaretto, S.; Parke, E.; Reusch, J. A.; Sarff, J. S.; Waksman, J.; Brower, D. L.; Liu, W.

doi:10.1088/0029-5515/55/5/053004

Title: Physics and optimization of plasma startup in the RFP

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Authors:: Mao, W.; Chapman, B. E.; Ding, W. X.; Lin, L.; Almagri, A. F.; Anderson, J. K.; Den Hartog, D. J.; Duff, J.; Ko, J.; Kumar, S. T. A.; Morton, L.; Munaretto, S.; Parke, E.; Reusch, J. A.; Sarff, J. S.; Waksman, J.; Brower, D. L.; Liu, W.

Publication Date:: Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1238864

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-05ER54814

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Fusion

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nuclear Fusion Journal Volume: 55 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: IAEA

Language:: English

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                    Mao, W., Chapman, B. E., Ding, W. X., Lin, L., Almagri, A. F., Anderson, J. K., Den Hartog, D. J., Duff, J., Ko, J., Kumar, S. T. A., Morton, L., Munaretto, S., Parke, E., Reusch, J. A., Sarff, J. S., Waksman, J., Brower, D. L., and Liu, W. Physics and optimization of plasma startup in the RFP.  IAEA: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Mao, W., Chapman, B. E., Ding, W. X., Lin, L., Almagri, A. F., Anderson, J. K., Den Hartog, D. J., Duff, J., Ko, J., Kumar, S. T. A., Morton, L., Munaretto, S., Parke, E., Reusch, J. A., Sarff, J. S., Waksman, J., Brower, D. L., & Liu, W. Physics and optimization of plasma startup in the RFP.  IAEA.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/5/053004

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                    Mao, W., Chapman, B. E., Ding, W. X., Lin, L., Almagri, A. F., Anderson, J. K., Den Hartog, D. J., Duff, J., Ko, J., Kumar, S. T. A., Morton, L., Munaretto, S., Parke, E., Reusch, J. A., Sarff, J. S., Waksman, J., Brower, D. L., and Liu, W. Thu .  
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@article{osti_1238864,

  title        = {Physics and optimization of plasma startup in the RFP},

  author       = {Mao, W. and Chapman, B. E. and Ding, W. X. and Lin, L. and Almagri, A. F. and Anderson, J. K. and Den Hartog, D. J. and Duff, J. and Ko, J. and Kumar, S. T. A. and Morton, L. and Munaretto, S. and Parke, E. and Reusch, J. A. and Sarff, J. S. and Waksman, J. and Brower, D. L. and Liu, W.},

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  doi          = {10.1088/0029-5515/55/5/053004},

  journal      = {Nuclear Fusion},

  number       = 5,

  volume       = 55,

  place        = {IAEA},

  year         = {Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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