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TOKAMAK CONFIGURATION [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2009-11-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Nuclear Physics
- Thermonuclear fusion
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- tokamak configuration
1, record 1, English, tokamak%20configuration
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Tokamak ... is an acronym created from the Russian words, "TOroidalnaya KAmera ee MAgnitnaya Katushka," or "Toroidal Chamber and Magnetic Coil," and denotes a class of systems for the toroidal magnetic confinement of thermonuclear fusion plasmas. Originally designed by Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) and developed in the USSR, the tokamak began setting performance records for magnetic confinement fusion systems in the late 1960s and remains the leading concept for magnetic confinement fusion today. The tokamak configuration is perhaps most easily visualized by considering a cylindrical vacuum tube (typically of D or O-shaped cross section) which has been bent around a symmetry axis into a torus. 1, record 1, English, - tokamak%20configuration
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Physique nucléaire
- Fusion thermonucléaire
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- configuration Tokamak
1, record 1, French, configuration%20Tokamak
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1985-08-12
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Energy Transformation
- Thermonuclear fusion
- Atomic Physics
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- tokamak configuration 1, record 2, English, tokamak%20configuration
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- tokomak configuration 1, record 2, English, tokomak%20configuration
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A toroidal longitudinal pinch stabilized by an intense toroidal magnetic field, superimposed from outside, whose rotational transform is not generated externally as in the stellarator configuration, but by the pinch currents flowing in the plasma itself. 1, record 2, English, - tokamak%20configuration
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Transformation de l'énergie
- Fusion thermonucléaire
- Physique atomique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- configuration du type tokamak
1, record 2, French, configuration%20du%20type%20tokamak
feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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