ELM-free and inter-ELM divertor heat flux broadening induced by edge harmonics oscillation in NSTX

Gan, K. F.; Ahn, J. -W.; Gray, T. K.; Zweben, S. J.; Fredrickson, E. D.; Scotti, F.; Maingi, R.; Park, J. -K.; Canal, G. P.; Soukhanovskii, V. A.; Mclean, A. G.; Wirth, B. D.

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/aa8c4a

Title: ELM-free and inter-ELM divertor heat flux broadening induced by edge harmonics oscillation in NSTX

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Gan, K. F. ^[1]; Ahn, J. -W. ^[2]; Gray, T. K. ^[2]; Zweben, S. J. ^[3]; Fredrickson, E. D. ^[3]; Scotti, F. ^[4]; Maingi, R. ^[3]; Park, J. -K. ^[3]; Canal, G. P. ^[5]; Soukhanovskii, V. A. ^[4]; Mclean, A. G. ^[4]; Wirth, B. D. ^[1]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1432665

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1883012

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-839008
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515; TRN: US1802799

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; AC05-00OR22725; SC0008309; AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Fusion

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 57; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP Science

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; heat flux width; edge harmonic oscillation; strike points splitting; NSTX

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                    Gan, K. F., Ahn, J. -W., Gray, T. K., Zweben, S. J., Fredrickson, E. D., Scotti, F., Maingi, R., Park, J. -K., Canal, G. P., Soukhanovskii, V. A., Mclean, A. G., and Wirth, B. D. ELM-free and inter-ELM divertor heat flux broadening induced by edge harmonics oscillation in NSTX.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Gan, K. F., Ahn, J. -W., Gray, T. K., Zweben, S. J., Fredrickson, E. D., Scotti, F., Maingi, R., Park, J. -K., Canal, G. P., Soukhanovskii, V. A., Mclean, A. G., & Wirth, B. D. ELM-free and inter-ELM divertor heat flux broadening induced by edge harmonics oscillation in NSTX.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa8c4a

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                    Gan, K. F., Ahn, J. -W., Gray, T. K., Zweben, S. J., Fredrickson, E. D., Scotti, F., Maingi, R., Park, J. -K., Canal, G. P., Soukhanovskii, V. A., Mclean, A. G., and Wirth, B. D. Thu .  
"ELM-free and inter-ELM divertor heat flux broadening induced by edge harmonics oscillation in NSTX".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa8c4a.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1432665.

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  title        = {ELM-free and inter-ELM divertor heat flux broadening induced by edge harmonics oscillation in NSTX},

  author       = {Gan, K. F. and Ahn, J. -W. and Gray, T. K. and Zweben, S. J. and Fredrickson, E. D. and Scotti, F. and Maingi, R. and Park, J. -K. and Canal, G. P. and Soukhanovskii, V. A. and Mclean, A. G. and Wirth, B. D.},

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  doi          = {10.1088/1741-4326/aa8c4a},

  journal      = {Nuclear Fusion},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 57,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Thu Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

}

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