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Application of Townsend avalanche theory to tokamak startup by coaxial helicity injection

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Published in 2018 at "Nuclear Fusion"

DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/aa8fa4

Abstract: Townsend avalanche theory is employed to model and interpret plasma initiation in NSTX by Ohmic heating and coaxial helicity injection (CHI). The model is informed by spatially resolved vacuum calculations of electric field and magnetic… read more here.

Keywords: townsend avalanche; avalanche theory; helicity injection; coaxial helicity ... See more keywords