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Title: Tearing Modes in Tokamaks

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2939042· OSTI ID:21143432
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  1. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)

This lecture gives a basic introduction to magnetic pound elds, magnetic surface destruction, toroidal equilibrium and tearing modes in a tokamak, including the linear and nonlinear development of these modes and their modi pound cation by current drive and bootstrap current, and sawtooth oscillations and disruptions.

OSTI ID:
21143432
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1013, Issue 1; Conference: 1. ITER international summer school on turbulent transport in fusion plasmas, Aix en Provence (France), 16-20 Jul 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2939042; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English