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Instabilities in the plasma
power balance produce a number of observed phenomena which may limit the
performance achievable with Tokamak plasmas (e.g. radiative collapse
leading to disruption, MARFEs, enhanced transport) and may lead to power
excursions in burning plasmas. Investigation of thermal instabilities
in Tokamak plasmas has been a research focus in the
Georgia Tech Fusion Research Center for
several years.
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W. M.
Stacey, “A Survey of Thermal Instabilities in Tokamak Plasmas: Theory,
Comparison with Experiment and Future Predictions”, preprint of review
paper for Fusion Sci. Technol., 52, 29 (2007).
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