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Equilibrium and Instabilities

MHD Instabilities in Tokamaks

H.J. de BlankFOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O. Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, www.rijnh.nl
Pages 124-136 | Published online: 10 Aug 2017

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