Formation and Stability of Impurity “Snakes” in Tokamak Plasmas

Delgado-Aparicio, L.; Sugiyama, L.; Granetz, R.; Gates, D. A.; Rice, J. E.; Reinke, M. L.; Bitter, M.; Fredrickson, E.; Gao, C.; Greenwald, M.; Hill, K.; Hubbard, A.; Hughes, J. W.; Marmar, E.; Pablant, N.; Podpaly, Y.; Scott, S.; Wilson, R.; Wolfe, S.; Wukitch, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.065006

Title: Formation and Stability of Impurity “Snakes” in Tokamak Plasmas

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Publication Date:: 2013-02-08

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1102055

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 110; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Delgado-Aparicio, L., Sugiyama, L., Granetz, R., Gates, D. A., Rice, J. E., Reinke, M. L., Bitter, M., Fredrickson, E., Gao, C., Greenwald, M., Hill, K., Hubbard, A., Hughes, J. W., Marmar, E., Pablant, N., Podpaly, Y., Scott, S., Wilson, R., Wolfe, S., and Wukitch, S. Formation and Stability of Impurity “Snakes” in Tokamak Plasmas.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Delgado-Aparicio, L., Sugiyama, L., Granetz, R., Gates, D. A., Rice, J. E., Reinke, M. L., Bitter, M., Fredrickson, E., Gao, C., Greenwald, M., Hill, K., Hubbard, A., Hughes, J. W., Marmar, E., Pablant, N., Podpaly, Y., Scott, S., Wilson, R., Wolfe, S., & Wukitch, S. Formation and Stability of Impurity “Snakes” in Tokamak Plasmas.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.065006

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                    Delgado-Aparicio, L., Sugiyama, L., Granetz, R., Gates, D. A., Rice, J. E., Reinke, M. L., Bitter, M., Fredrickson, E., Gao, C., Greenwald, M., Hill, K., Hubbard, A., Hughes, J. W., Marmar, E., Pablant, N., Podpaly, Y., Scott, S., Wilson, R., Wolfe, S., and Wukitch, S. Fri .  
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  title        = {Formation and Stability of Impurity “Snakes” in Tokamak Plasmas},

  author       = {Delgado-Aparicio, L. and Sugiyama, L. and Granetz, R. and Gates, D. A. and Rice, J. E. and Reinke, M. L. and Bitter, M. and Fredrickson, E. and Gao, C. and Greenwald, M. and Hill, K. and Hubbard, A. and Hughes, J. W. and Marmar, E. and Pablant, N. and Podpaly, Y. and Scott, S. and Wilson, R. and Wolfe, S. and Wukitch, S.},

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