Stabilization of electron-scale turbulence by electron density gradient in national spherical torus experiment

Ruiz Ruiz, J.; Ren, Y.; Guttenfelder, W.; White, A. E.; Kaye, S. M.; Leblanc, B. P.; Mazzucato, E.; Lee, K. C.; Domier, C. W.; Smith, D. R.; Yuh, H.

doi:10.1063/1.4936110

Title: Stabilization of electron-scale turbulence by electron density gradient in national spherical torus experiment

Journal Article · Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936110· OSTI ID:1230065

Ruiz Ruiz, J. ^[1]; Ren, Y. ^[2]; Guttenfelder, W. ^[2]; White, A. E. ^[1]; Kaye, S. M. ^[2]; Leblanc, B. P. ^[2]; Mazzucato, E. ^[2]; Lee, K. C. ^[3];

^[4]; Smith, D. R. ^[5]; Yuh, H. ^[6]

MIT-Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
National Fusion Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
Nova Photonics, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA

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