Re: Problems understanding irrational q values in Tokamaks

Bruce Scott TOK wrote:

> For more on this subject at an elementary level which will prevent
> readers from making the simple errors one often reads in this newsgroup,
> see
>
>     http://www.iter.org/
>     http://www.pppl.gov/

Bruce, could you explain just how the various Beta values are measured 
and what are their fusion related significances?   Beta(N),  Beta(p), 
and why the later is so different from Beta(T)?   Other comments are 
welcome.
regards,
PMK
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