Secondary instability as cause of minor disruptions in density limit tokamak plasmas

Experimental evidence was found in JET plasmas of a new instability at the onset of minor disruptions. This instability is observed during the growth of the well known m/n=2/1 magnetic island and is localized close to it, behaving as a secondary instability to the island. The large heat fluxes towar...

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Main Author: F. Salzedas (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/79064
Country:Portugal
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