The main experimental results on confinement and transport processes in tokamaks are
summarised. It is difficult to draw definite conclusions from measurements of the global …

Arcing has been identified in a large number of tokamaks by the characteristic cathode arc
tracks which are left on surfaces exposed to the plasma. This evidence has led to a …

The coupled partial differential equations used to describe the behavior of impurity ions in
magnetically confined controlled fusion plasmas require numerical solution for cases of …

Spheromak research from 1979 to the present is reviewed including over I60 references.
Emphasis is on understanding and interpretation of results. In addition to summarizing …

A compact vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer system has been developed to provide time-
resolved impurity spectra from tokamak plasmas. Two interchangeable aberration-corrected …

Soft X-ray spectroscopic diagnostics of laboratory plasmas are considered. To start with, the
state of the art in the knowledge of rate coefficients, cross-sections, transition probabilities …

Several experiments were conducted in ASDEX Upgrade to prove the suitability of tungsten
as a divertor target material under the conditions of a high density and low temperature …

Impurities continue to be a concern for future fusion devices, and ongoing efforts are made
to study their generation, confinement, and control. Techniques for analysis of …

Abstract The Large Helical Device (LHD) is a heliotron-type device employing large-scale
superconducting magnets to enable advanced studies of net-current-free plasmas. The …

A version of the BALDUR plasma transport code which calculates the evolution of plasma
parameters is documented. This version uses an MHD equilibrium which can be …