TRANSPORT IN THE SAWTOOTH COLLAPSE

Authors
WESSON JA ALPER B EDWARDS AW GILL RD
Citation
Ja. Wesson et al., TRANSPORT IN THE SAWTOOTH COLLAPSE, Physical review letters, 79(25), 1997, pp. 5018-5021
Citations number
12
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
25
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5018 - 5021
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:25<5018:TITSC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The rapid temperature collapse in tokamak sawtooth oscillations having incomplete magnetic reconnection is generally thought to occur throug h ergodization of the magnetic field. An experiment in JET using injec ted nickel indicates that this explanation is improbable.