Nonlinear dynamics of beta-induced Alfv en eigenmode in tokamak
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H. S. Zhang, Z. Lin, W. Deng, I. Holod, Z. X. Wang, Y. Xiao, and W. L. Zhang Fusion Simulation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China CAS Key Laboratory of Plasma Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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