Current Sustainment is a methodological framework within plasma physics that enables the continuous maintenance of a steady-state electrical current in a fusion device by balancing input current drive with inherent dissipation mechanisms, thereby ensuring stable and prolonged operational performance without external transient interventions.
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Long pulse high performance discharges in the DIII-D tokamak
T. C. Luce, M. R. Wade, Peter Politzer et al. · Nuclear Fusion · 2001 · 74 citations · Full text
Theory of Runaway-Current Sustainment by Lower-Hybrid Waves
C. S. Liu, V. S. Chan, D. K. Bhadra et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1982 · 54 citations
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Daejeon, South Korea
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Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Tōkai Mura, Japan
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24 publications
817 citations
General Atomics (United States)
San Diego, United States
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University of Washington
Seattle, United States
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, United States
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, United States
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Samsung (South Korea)
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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PRL · 4 publications · 156 citations
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