Characterization of plasma current quench during disruption in EAST tokamak*
Chen Da-Longa), Granetz Robertc), Shen Biaoa), Yang Feia), Qian Jin-Pinga)†, Xiao Bing-Jiaa),b)
       
Plot of density of pre-disruption plasma current versus normalized quench time, S is pre-disruption plasma cross-sectional area. The limit τ CQ/ S for EAST is 3.33 ms/m2, much lower than the ITER limit.