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The Heavy Ion Beam Probe Diagnostic and Applications

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Electric Potential in Toroidal Plasmas

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This chapter gives a detailed description of the heavy ion beam probe diagnostic together with important applications of this technique on the tokamaks TM-4, T-10 and the stellarator TJ-II.

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Melnikov, A.V. (2019). The Heavy Ion Beam Probe Diagnostic and Applications. In: Electric Potential in Toroidal Plasmas. Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03481-8_2

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