Evidence for Magnetic Fluctuations as the Heat-Loss Mechanism in the Alcator Tokamak
- 30 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (18) , 1240-1244
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.1240
Abstract
It is argued that resonant magnetic fluctuations are the mechanism of anomalous electron heat loss in tokamaks. The experimental and theoretical support for this assertion are given.Keywords
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