Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Maingi, R.; Kaye, S. M.; Skinner, C. H.; Boyle, D. P.; Canik, J. M.; Bell, M. G.; Bell, R. E.; Gray, T. K.; Jaworski, M. A.; Kaita, R.; Kugel, H. W.; LeBlanc, B. P.; Mansfield, D. K.; Osborne, T. H.; Sabbagh, S. A.; Soukhanovskii, V. A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.145004

Title: Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

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Authors:: Maingi, R.; Kaye, S. M.; Skinner, C. H.; Boyle, D. P.; Canik, J. M.; Bell, M. G.; Bell, R. E.; Gray, T. K.; Jaworski, M. A.; Kaita, R.; Kugel, H. W.; LeBlanc, B. P.; Mansfield, D. K.; Osborne, T. H.; Sabbagh, S. A.; Soukhanovskii, V. A.

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1100859

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Maingi, R., Kaye, S. M., Skinner, C. H., Boyle, D. P., Canik, J. M., Bell, M. G., Bell, R. E., Gray, T. K., Jaworski, M. A., Kaita, R., Kugel, H. W., LeBlanc, B. P., Mansfield, D. K., Osborne, T. H., Sabbagh, S. A., and Soukhanovskii, V. A. Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.145004.

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                    Maingi, R., Kaye, S. M., Skinner, C. H., Boyle, D. P., Canik, J. M., Bell, M. G., Bell, R. E., Gray, T. K., Jaworski, M. A., Kaita, R., Kugel, H. W., LeBlanc, B. P., Mansfield, D. K., Osborne, T. H., Sabbagh, S. A., & Soukhanovskii, V. A. Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.145004

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                    Maingi, R., Kaye, S. M., Skinner, C. H., Boyle, D. P., Canik, J. M., Bell, M. G., Bell, R. E., Gray, T. K., Jaworski, M. A., Kaita, R., Kugel, H. W., LeBlanc, B. P., Mansfield, D. K., Osborne, T. H., Sabbagh, S. A., and Soukhanovskii, V. A. Thu .  
"Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.145004.

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  title        = {Continuous Improvement of H-Mode Discharge Performance with Progressively Increasing Lithium Coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment},

  author       = {Maingi, R. and Kaye, S. M. and Skinner, C. H. and Boyle, D. P. and Canik, J. M. and Bell, M. G. and Bell, R. E. and Gray, T. K. and Jaworski, M. A. and Kaita, R. and Kugel, H. W. and LeBlanc, B. P. and Mansfield, D. K. and Osborne, T. H. and Sabbagh, S. A. and Soukhanovskii, V. A.},

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  year         = {Thu Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2011},

  month        = {Thu Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2011}

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