Spherical tokamak development in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Ludwig,G.O.
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Outros Autores: Del Bosco,E., Ferreira,J.G., Berni,L.A., Oliveira,R.M., Andrade,M.C.R., Shibata,C.S., Ueda,M., Barbosa,L.F.W., Barroso,J.J., Castro,P.J., Patire Jr,H.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Physics
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332003000400041

This paper describes the general characteristics of spherical tokamaks, or spherical tori, with a brief overview of work in this area already performed or in progress at several institutions worldwide. The paper presents also the steps in the development of the ETE (Experimento Tokamak Esférico) project, its research program, technical characteristics and operating conditions as of December, 2002 at the Associated Plasma Laboratory (LAP) of the National Space Research Institute (INPE) in Brazil.