Negative voltage spike in tokamak disruptions

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, , Citation J.A. Wesson et al 1990 Nucl. Fusion 30 1011 DOI 10.1088/0029-5515/30/6/003

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1 JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

2 University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

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  1. Received 24 November 1989

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Abstract

In JET disruptions the negative voltage spike appears after the instabilities with which it is usually associated. This unexpected behaviour is explained in terms of an initial trapping of the poloidal flux and its subsequent release, triggered by a sudden cooling of the plasma.

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