Published May 5, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Major disruptions in tokamaks

  • 1. EURATOM--United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Fusion Association, Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3DB, United Kingdom

Description

Numerical simulations of tokamak plasmas are presented which reproduce the basic observed behavior of disruptions. Details are given of the onset of the disruption: initiated in the simulations by the m=2 island intersecting the limiter or cold-gas region: and of the mechanism of the final (total or partial) plasma loss

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
18
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1215-1218
ISSN
0031-9007