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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 1, 010502(2023)

Sawtooth behavior of EAST plasma under ICRF heating

Xiaodong WEN^1,2, Liqing XU^1、*, Liqun HU¹, Haiqing LIU¹, Yanmin DUAN¹, Yuqi CHU¹, Guoqiang ZHONG¹, Wei ZHANG¹, Xinjun ZHANG¹, and Chaowei MAI^1,2

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¹Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

²Science Island Branch, Graduate School of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

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Xiaodong WEN, Liqing XU, Liqun HU, Haiqing LIU, Yanmin DUAN, Yuqi CHU, Guoqiang ZHONG, Wei ZHANG, Xinjun ZHANG, Chaowei MAI. Sawtooth behavior of EAST plasma under ICRF heating[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(1): 010502

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Oct. 24, 2022

Accepted: --

Published Online: Feb. 17, 2023

The Author Email: XU Liqing (lqxu@ipp.ac.cn)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.010502

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