Stabilization of the vertical mode in tokamaks by localized nonaxisymmetric fields.
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چکیده
Vertical instability of a tokamak plasma can be controlled by nonaxisymmetric magnetic fields localized near the plasma edge at the bottom and top of the torus. The required magnetic fields can be produced by a relatively simple set of parallelogram-shaped coils.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 99 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007