Plasmoids Formation During Simulations of Coaxial Helicity Injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Ebrahimi, F.; Raman, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.205003

Title: Plasmoids Formation During Simulations of Coaxial Helicity Injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

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Authors:: Ebrahimi, F.; Raman, R.

Publication Date:: Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1182432

Grant/Contract Number:: DOE-FG02-12ER55115; FG02-99ER54519

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Ebrahimi, F., and Raman, R. Plasmoids Formation During Simulations of Coaxial Helicity Injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.205003.

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                    Ebrahimi, F., & Raman, R. Plasmoids Formation During Simulations of Coaxial Helicity Injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.205003

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                    Ebrahimi, F., and Raman, R. Wed .  
"Plasmoids Formation During Simulations of Coaxial Helicity Injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.205003.

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  title        = {Plasmoids Formation During Simulations of Coaxial Helicity Injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment},

  author       = {Ebrahimi, F. and Raman, R.},

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  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

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  month        = {Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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