[125]Publication Reports For Fiscal Year[2003]

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PPPL-3752 is available in pdf format (1020 KB).

Reducing Plasma Perturbations with Segmented Metal Shielding on Electrostatic Probes

Authors: D. Staack, Y. Raitses, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3753 is available in pdf format (1.5 MB).

Physics Considerations in the Design of NCSX

Authors: G.H. Neilson, M.C. Zarnstorff, L.P. Ku, E.A. Lazarus, P.K. Mioduszewski, M. Fenstermacher, E. Fredrickson, G.Y. Fu, A. Grossman, P.J. Heitzenroeder, R.H. Hatcher, S.P. Hirshman, S.R. Hudson, D.W. Johnson, H.W. Kugel, J.F. Lyon, R. Majeski, D.R. Mikkelsen, D.A. Monticello, B.E. Nelson, N. Pomphrey, W.T. Reiersen, A.H. Reiman, P.H. Rutherford, J.A. Schmidt, D.A. Spong, and D.J. Strickler

PPPL-3753 Abstract

PPPL-3754 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Measurements of Prompt and MHD-Induced Fast Ion Loss from National Spherical Torus Experiment Plasmas

Authors: D.S. Darrow, S.S. Medley, A.L. Roquemore, W.W. Heidbrink, A. Alekseyev, F.E. Cecil, J. Egedal, V.Ya. Goloborod'ko, N.N. Gorelenkov, M. Isobe, S. Kaye, M. Miah, F. Paoletti, M.H. Redi, S.N. Reznik, A. Rosenberg, R. White, D. Wyatt, and V.A. Yavorskij

PPPL-3754 Abstract

PPPL-3755 is available in pdf format (812 KB).

Liquid Lithium Limiter Effects on Tokamak Plasmas and Plasma-Liquid Surface Interactions

Authors: R. Kaita, R. Majeski, R. Doerner, G. Antar, M. Baldwin, R. Conn, P. Efthimion, M. Finkenthal, D. Hoffman, B. Jones, S. Krashenninikov, H. Kugel, S. Luckhardt, R. Maingi, J. Menard, T. Munsat, D. Stutman, G. Taylor, J. Timberlake, V. Soukhanovskii, D. Whyte, R. Woolley, and L. Zakharov

PPPL-3755 Abstract

PPPL-3756 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).

Equilibria and Stability of JET Discharges with Zero Core Current Density

Authors: B.C. Stratton, N.C. Hawkes, G.T.A. Huysmans, J.A. Breslau, L.E. Zakharov, B. Alper, R.V. Budny, C.D. Challis, R. Deangelis, V. Drozdov, C. Fenzi, C. Giroud, T.C. Hender, J. Hobirk, S.C. Jardin, E. Joffrin, P.J. Lomas, P. Lotte, J. Mailloux, W. Park, E. Rachlew, S. Reyes-Cortes, E. Solano, T. Tala, K-D. Zastrow, and JET-EFDA Contributors

PPPL-3756 Abstract

PPPL-3757 is available in pdf format (8.7 MB).

Enhanced Conversion of Thermal Electron Bernstein Waves to the Extraordinary Electromagnetic Mode on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Authors: G. Taylor, P.C. Efthimion, B. Jones, B.P. LeBlanc, J.R. Wilson, J.B. Wilgen, G.L. Bell, T.S. Bigelow, R. Maingi, D.A. Rasmussen, R.W. Harvey, A.P. Smirnov, F. Paoletti, and S.A. Sabbagh

PPPL-3757 Abstract

PPPL-3758 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Research Program and Progress Towards High Beta, Long Pulse Operating Scenarios

Authors: E.J. Synakowski, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, T. Bigelow, M. Bitter, W. Blanchard, J. Boedo, C. Bourdelle, C. Bush, D.S. Darrow, P.C. Efthimion, E.D. Fredrickson, D.A. Gates, M. Gilmore, L.R. Grisham, J.C. Hosea, D.W. Johnson, R. Kaita, S.M. Kaye, S. Kubota, H.W. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, K. Lee, R. Maingi, J. Manickam, R. Maqueda, E. Mazzucato, S.S. Medley, J. Menard, D. Mueller, B.A. Nelson, C. Neumeyer, M. Ono, F. Paoletti, H.K. Park, S.F. Paul, Y.-K.M. Peng, C.K. Phillips, S. Ramakrishnan, R. Raman, A.L. Roquemore, A. Rosenberg, P.M. Ryan, S.A. Sabbagh, C.H. Skinner, V. Soukhanovskii, T. Stevenson, D. Stutman, D.W. Swain, G. Taylor, A. Von Halle, J. Wilgen, M. Williams, J.R. Wilson, X. Xu, S.J. Zweben, R. Akers, R.E. Barry, P. Beiersdorfer, J.M. Bialek, B. Blagojevic, P.T. Bonoli, R. Budny, M.D. Carter, J. Chrzanowski, W. Davis, B. Deng, E.J. Doyle, L. Dudek, J. Egedal, R. Ellis, J.R. Ferron, M. Finkenthal, J. Foley, E. Fredd, A. Glasser, T. Gibney, R.J. Goldston, R. Harvey, R.E. Hatcher, R.J. Hawryluk, W. Heidbrink, K.W. Hill, W. Houlberg, T.R. Jarboe, S.C. Jardin, H. Ji, M. Kalish, J. Lawrance, L.L. Lao, K.C. Lee, F.M. Levinton, N.C. Luhmann, R. Majeski, R. Marsala, D. Mastravito, T.K. Mau, B. McCormack, M.M. Menon, O. Mitarai, M. Nagata, N. Nishino, M. Okabayashi, G. Oliaro, D. Pacella, R. Parsells, T. Peebles, B. Peneflor, D. Piglowski, R. Pinsker, G.D. Porter, A.K. Ram, M. Redi, M. Rensink, G. Rewoldt, J. Robinson, P. Roney, M. Schaffer, K. Shaing, S. Shiraiwa, P. Sichta, D. Stotler, B.C. Stratton, Y. Takase, X. Tang, R. Vero, W.R. Wampler, G.A. Wurden, X.Q. Xu, J.G. Yang, L. Zeng, and W. Zhu

PPPL-3758 Abstract

PPPL-3759 is available in pdf format (4 MB).

Nonlinear and Non-ideal Effects on FRC Stability

Authors: E.V. Belova, R.C. Davidson, H. Ji, and M. Yamada

PPPL-3759 Abstract

PPPL-3760 is available in pdf format (700 KB).

Development of a Silicon Based Electron Beam Transmission Window for Use in a KrF Excimer Laser System

Authors: C.A. Gentile, H.M. Fan, J.W. Hartfield, R.J. Hawryluk, F. Hegeler, P.J. Heitzenroeder, C.H. Jun, L.P. Ku, P.H. LaMarche, M.C. Myers, J.J. Parker, R.F. Parsells, M. Payen, S. Raftopoulos, and J.D. Sethian

PPPL-3760 Abstract

PPPL-3761 is available in pdf format (812 KB).

Next Step Spherical Torus Design Studies

Authors: C. Neumeyer, P. Heitzenroeder, C. Kessel, M. Ono, M. Peng, J. Schmidt, R. Woolley, and I. Zatz

PPPL-3761 Abstract

PPPL-3762 is available in pdf format (1.5 MB).

Eliminating Islands in High-pressure Free-boundary Stellarator Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium Solutions

Authors: S.R. Hudson, D.A. Monticello, A.H. Reiman, A.H. Boozer, D.J. Strickler, S.P. Hirshman, and M.C. Zarnstorff

PPPL-3762 Abstract

PPPL-3763 is available in pdf format (772 KB).

Models for Automated Tube Performance Calculations

Author: C. Brunkhorst

PPPL-3763 Abstract

PPPL-3764 is available in pdf format (2.6 MB).

Configuration and Heating Power Dependence of Edge Parameters and H-mode Dynamics in National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Authors: C.E. Bush, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, J. Boedo, E.D. Fredrickson, S.M. Kaye, S. Kubota, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, R.J. Maqueda, S.A. Sabbagh, V.A. Soukhanovskii, D. Stutman, D.W. Swain, J.B. Wilgen, S.J. Zweben, W.M. Davis, D.A. Gates, D.W. Johnson, R. Kaita, H.W. Kugel, D. Mastrovito, S. Medley, J.E. Menard, D. Mueller, M. Ono, F. Paoletti, S.J. Paul, Y-K.M. Peng, R. Raman, P.G. Roney, A.L. Roquemore, C.H. Skinner, E.J. Synakowski, and G. Taylor, for the NSTX Team

PPPL-3764 Abstract

PPPL-3765 is available in pdf format (1.7 MB).

Hall MHD Modeling of Two-dimensional Reconnection: Application to MRX Experiment

Authors: V.S. Lukin and S.C. Jardin

PPPL-3765 Abstract

PPPL-3766 is available in pdf format (756 KB).

Results from the NSTX X-ray Crystal Spectrometer

Authors: M. Bitter, K. Hill, L. Roquemore, P. Beiersdorfer, D. Thorn, and Ming Feng Gu

PPPL-3766 Abstract

PPPL-3767 is available in pdf format (3.4 MB).

Laboratory Characterization of an Imaging Reflectometer System

Authors: T. Munsat, E. Mazzucato, H. Park, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., A.J.H. Donné, and M. van de Pol

PPPL-3767 Abstract

PPPL-3768 is available in pdf format (876 KB).

First Evidence for the Existence of Odd Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes (TAEs) from the Simultaneous Observation of Even and Odd TAEs on the Joint European Torus

Authors: G.J. Kramer, S.E. Sharapov, R. Nazikian, N.N. Gorelenkov, R. Budny, and JET-EFDA contributors

PPPL-3768 Abstract

PPPL-3769 is available in pdf format (936 KB).

Nonlinear df Simulations of Collective Effects in Intense Charged Particle Beams

Author: Hong Qin

PPPL-3769 Abstract

PPPL-3770 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Simulation Studies of the Role of Reconnection in the "Current Hole" Experiments in the Joint European Torus

Authors: J.A. Breslau, S.C. Jardin, and W. Park

PPPL-3770 Abstract

PPPL-3771 is available in pdf format (764 KB).

Random Density Inhomogeneities and Focusability of the Output Pulses for Plasma-based Powerful Backward Raman Amplifiers

Authors: A.A. Solodov, V.M. Malkin, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3771 Abstract

PPPL-3772 is available in pdf format (1008 KB).

Pullback Transformations in Gyrokinetic Theory

Authors: H. Qin and W.M. Tang

PPPL-3772 Abstract

PPPL-3773 is available in pdf format (11.7 MB).

Kinetic Effects on the Stability Properties of Field-reversed Configurations: I. Linear Stability

Authors: Elena V. Belova, Ronald C. Davidson, Hantao Ji, and Masaaki Yamada

PPPL-3773 Abstract

PPPL-3774 is available in pdf format (2 MB).

Wave Driven Fast Ion Loss in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: E.D. Fredrickson, C.Z. Cheng, D. Darrow, G. Fu, N.N. Gorelenkov, G. Kramer, S.S. Medley, J. Menard, L. Roquemore, D. Stutman, and R.B. White

PPPL-3774 Abstract

PPPL-3775 is available in pdf format (844 KB).

Precession of Toroidally Passing Particles in Tokamaks and Spherical Tori

Authors: Ya.I. Kolesnichenko, R.B. White, and Yu.V. Yakovenko

PPPL-3775 Abstract

PPPL-3776 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Diamond Wire Cutting of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor

Authors: Keith Rule, Erik Perry, and Robert Parsells

PPPL-3776 Abstract

PPPL-3777 is available in pdf format (3.5 MB).

TFTR D&D Project: Final Examination and Testing of the TFTR TF-Coils

Author: Irving J. Zatz

PPPL-3777 Abstract

PPPL-3778 is available in pdf format (724 KB).

Lagrangian Formulation of Relativistic Particle Average Motion in a Laser Field of Arbitrary Intensity

Authors: I.Y. Dodin, N.J. Fisch, and G.M. Fraiman

PPPL-3778 Abstract

PPPL-3779 is available in pdf format (972 KB).

Unified Ideal Stability Limits for Advanced Tokamak and Spherical Torus Plasmas

Authors: J.E. Menard, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, D.A. Gates, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, S.A. Sabbagh, E.D. Fredrickson, S.C. Jardin, R. Maingi, J. Manickam, D. Mueller, M. Ono, F. Paoletti, Y.-K.M. Peng, V. Soukhanovskii, D. Stutman, E.J. Synakowski, and the NSTX Research Team

PPPL-3779 Abstract

PPPL-3780 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).

Operating Regime for a Backward Raman Laser Amplifier in Preformed Plasma

Authors: Daniel S. Clark and Nathaniel J. Fisch

PPPL-3780 Abstract

PPPL-3781 is available in pdf format (676 KB).

Enhanced Ionization in the Cylindrical Hall Thruster

Authors: A. Smirnov, Y. Raitses, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3781 Abstract

PPPL-3782 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

Packaging and Disposal of a Radium-beryllium Source using Depleted Uranium Polyethylene Composite Shielding Container

Authors: Keith Rule, Paul Kalb, and Pete Kwaschyn

PPPL-3782 Abstract

PPPL-3783 is available in pdf format (2.7 MB).

3-D Force-balanced Magnetospheric Configurations

Authors: Sorin Zaharia, C.Z. Cheng, and K. Maezawa

PPPL-3783 Abstract

PPPL-3784 is available in pdf format (1,004 KB).

Electromagnetic Fluctuations during Fast Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma

Authors: Hantao Ji, Stephen Terry, Masaaki Yamada, Russell Kulsrud, Aleksey Kuritsyn, and Yang Ren

PPPL-3784 Abstract

PPPL-3785 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

Exploration of High Harmonic Fast Wave Heating on the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: J.R. Wilson, R.E. Bell, S. Bernabei, M. Bitter, P. Bonoli, D. Gates, J. Hosea, B. LeBlanc, T.K. Mau, S. Medley, J. Menard, D. Mueller, M. Ono, C.K. Phillips, R.I. Pinsker, R. Raman, A. Rosenberg, P. Ryan, S. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, D. Swain, Y. Takase, J. Wilgen, and the NSTX Team

PPPL-3785 Abstract

PPPL-3786 is available in pdf format (756 KB).

Infernal Fishbone Mode

Authors: Ya.I. Kolesnichenko, V.S. Marchenko, and R.B. White

PPPL-3786 Abstract

PPPL-3787 is available in pdf format (784 KB).

Secondary Electron Emission from Dielectric Materials of a Hall Thruster with Segmented Electrodes

Authors: A. Dunaevsky, Y. Raitses, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3787 Abstract

PPPL-3788 is available in pdf format (720 KB).

Non-existence of Normal Tokamak Equilibria with Negative Central Current

Authors: G.W. Hammett, S.C. Jardin, and B.C. Stratton

PPPL-3788 Abstract

PPPL-3789 is available in pdf format (1.8 MB).

Kinetic Description of Intense Beam Propagation Through a Periodic Focusing Field for Uniform Phase-Space Density

Authors: Ronald C. Davidson, Hong Qin, Stephan I. Tzenov, and Edward A. Startsev

PPPL-3789 Abstract

PPPL-3790 is available in pdf format (1.8 MB).

Truncated Thermal Equilibrium Distribution for Intense Beam Propagation

Authors: Ronald C. Davidson, Hong Qin, and Steven M. Lund

PPPL-3790 Abstract

PPPL-3791 is available in pdf format (1.7 MB).

High-beta, Long Pulse, Bootstrap Sustained Scenarios on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Authors: D.A. Gates for the NSTX National Research Team

PPPL-3791 Abstract

PPPL-3792 is available in pdf format (3.7 MB).

NCSX Plasma Heating Methods

Authors: H.W. Kugel, D. Spong, R. Majeski, and M. Zarnstorff

PPPL-3792 Abstract

PPPL-3793 is available in pdf format (808 KB).

Ion Acceleration in Plasmas Emerging from a Helicon-heated Magnetic-mirror Device

Authors: S.A. Cohen, N.S. Siefert, S. Stange, R.F. Boivin, E.E. Scime, and F.M. Levinton

PPPL-3793 Abstract

PPPL-3794rev is available in pdf format (864 KB).

Suppression of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in the Presence of a Magnetic Field

Author: Ravi Samtaney

PPPL-3794rev Abstract

PPPL-3795 is available in pdf format (2.8 MB).

High Speed Imaging of Edge Turbulence in NSTX

Authors: S.J. Zweben, R. Maqueda, D.P. Stotler, A. Keesee, J. Boedo, C. Bush, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, J. Lowrance, V. Mastrocola, R. Maingi, N. Nishino, G. Renda, D. Swain, J. Wilgen, and the NSTX Team

PPPL-3795 Abstract

PPPL-3796 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Preliminary Results of Plasma Flow Measurements in a 2 kW Segmented Hall Thruster

Authors: Y. Raitses, D. Staack, A. Dunaevsky, L. Dorf, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3796 Abstract

PPPL-3797 is available in pdf format (1012 KB).

Application of Natural Diamond Detector to Energetic Neutral Particle Measurements on NSTX

Authors: A.G. Alekseyev, D.S. Darrow, A.L. Roquemore, V.N. Amosov, A.V. Krasilnikov, D.V. Prosvirin, and A.Yu. Tsutskikh

PPPL-3797 Abstract

PPPL-3798 is available in pdf format (721 KB).

Numerical Loading of a Maxwellian Probability Distribution Function

Authors: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3798 Abstract

PPPL-3799 is available in pdf format (1009 KB).

Flux Rope Acceleration and Enhanced Magnetic Reconnection Rate

Authors: C.Z. Cheng, Y. Ren, G.S. Choe, and Y.-J. Moon

PPPL-3799 Abstract

PPPL-3800 is available in pdf format (852 KB).

A New Interpretation of Alpha-particle-driven Instabilities in Deuterium-tritium Experiments on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor

Authors: R. Nazikian, G.J. Kramer, C.Z. Cheng, N.N. Gorelenkov, H.L. Berk, and S.E. Sharapov

PPPL-3800 Abstract

PPPL-3801 is available in pdf format (948 KB).

Infrared Camera Diagnostic for Heat Flux Measurements on NSTX

Authors: D. Mastrovito, R. Maingi, H.W. Kugel, and A.L. Roquemore

PPPL-3801 Abstract

PPPL-3802 is available in pdf format (1.9 MB).

Self-consistent Equilibrium Model of Low Aspect-ratio Toroidal Plasma with Energetic Beam Ions

Authors: E.V. Belova, N.N. Gorelenkov, and C.Z. Cheng

PPPL-3802 Abstract

PPPL-3803 is available in pdf format (2.9 MB).

A New Method for Simultaneous Measurement of the Integrated Reflectivity of Crystals at Multiple Orders of Reflection and Comparison with New Theoretical Calculations

Authors: S.G. Lee, J.G. Bak, Y.S. Jung, M. Bitter, K.W. Hill, G. Hoelzer, O. Wehrhan, and E. Foerster

PPPL-3803 Abstract

PPPL-3804 is available in pdf format (4 MB).

Overview of Theory and Modeling in the Heavy Ion Fusion Virtual National Laboratory

Authors: R.C. Davidson, I.D. Kaganovich, W.W. Lee, H. Qin, E.A. Startsev, S. Tzenov, A. Friedman, J.J. Barnard, R.H. Cohen, D.P. Grote, S.M. Lund, W.M. Sharp, C.M. Celata, M. de Hoon, E. Henestroza, E.P. Lee, S.S. Yu, J.-L. Vay, D.R. Welch, D.V. Rose, and C.L. Olson

PPPL-3804 Abstract

PPPL-3805 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

GeV Electrons Acceleration in Focused Laser Fields after Above-threshold Ionization

Authors: I.Y. Dodin and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3805 Abstract

PPPL-3806 is available in pdf format (776 KB).

Alfvén Waves in Gyrokinetic Plasmas

Authors: W.W. Lee and H. Qin

PPPL-3806 Abstract

PPPL-3807 is available in pdf format (848 KB).

Strange Attractors in Drift Wave Turbulence

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3807 Abstract

PPPL-3808 is available in pdf format (980 KB).

Neural Network Algorithm for Particle Loading

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3808 Abstract

PPPL-3809 is available in pdf format (1.6 MB).

Near-earth Thin Current Sheets and Birkeland Currents during Substorm Growth Phase

Authors: Sorin Zaharia and C.Z. Cheng

PPPL-3809 Abstract

PPPL-3810 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Confinement Studies of Auxiliary Heated NSTX Plasmas

Authors: B.P. LeBlanc, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, M.L. Bitter, C. Bourdelle, D.A. Gates, S.M. Kaye, R. Maingi, J.E. Menard, D. Mueller, S.F. Paul, A.L. Roquemore, A. Rosenberg, S.A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, E.J. Synakowski, V.A. Soukhanovskii, J.R.Wilson and the NSTX Research Team

PPPL-3810 Abstract

PPPL-3811 is available in pdf format (720 KB).

Proof-of-Concept Experiments for Negative Ion Driver Beams for Heavy Ion Fusion

Authors: L.R. Grisham, S.K. Hahto, S.T. Hahto, J.W. Kwan, and K.N. Leung

PPPL-3811 Abstract

PPPL-3812 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Comparison of Quantum Mechanical and Classical Trajectory Calculations of Cross Sections for Ion-atom Impact Ionization of Negative - and Positive -Ions for Heavy Ion Fusion Applications

Authors: Igor D. Kaganovich, Edward A. Startsev, and Ronald C. Davidson

PPPL-3812 Abstract

PPPL-3813 is available in pdf format (2.6 MB).

Observations of Anisotropic Ion Temperature during RF Heating in the NSTX Edge

Authors: T.M. Biewer, R.E. Bell, D.S. Darrow, C.K. Phillips, and J.R. Wilson

PPPL-3813 Abstract

PPPL-3814 is available in pdf format (1.9 MB).

Self-Consistent System of Equations for a Kinetic Description of the Low-pressure for the Nonlocal and Collisionless Electron Dynamics

Authors: Igor D. Kaganovich and Oleg Polomarov

PPPL-3814 Abstract

PPPL-3815 is available in pdf format (2.6 MB).

Beta-limiting MHD Instabilities in Improved-performance NSTX Spherical Torus Plasmas

Authors: J.E. Menard, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, E.D. Fredrickson, D.A. Gates, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, D. Mueller, S.A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, C.E. Bush, D.W. Johnson, R. Kaita, H.W. Kugel, R.J. Maqueda, F. Paoletti, S.F Paul, M. Ono, Y.-K.M. Peng, C.H. Skinner, E.J. Synakowski, and the NSTX Research Team

PPPL-3815 Abstract

PPPL-3816 is available in pdf format (740 KB).

High-Harmonic Fast Wave Driven H-mode Plasmas on NSTX

Authors: B.P. LeBlanc, R.E. Bell, S.I. Bernabei, K. Indireshkumar, S.M. Kaye, R. Maingi, T.K. Mau, D.W. Swain, G. Taylor, P.M. Ryan, J.B Wilgen, and J.R. Wilson

PPPL-3816 Abstract

PPPL-3817 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Diagnostic Setup for Characterization of Near-anode Processes in Hall Thrusters

Authors: L. Dorf, Y. Raitses, and N. J. Fisch

PPPL-3817 Abstract

PPPL-3818 is available in pdf format (800 KB).

Tritiated Dust Levitation by Beta Induced Static Charge

Authors: C.H. Skinner, C.A. Gentile, L. Ciebiera, and S. Langish

PPPL-3818 Abstract

PPPL-3819 is available in pdf format (1.7 MB).

Scaling Cross Sections for Ion-atom Impact Ionization

Authors: Igor D. Kaganovich, Edward Startsev, and Ronald C. Davidson

PPPL-3819 Abstract

PPPL-3820 is available in pdf format (2.8 MB).

Electron Bernstein Wave Research on NSTX and CDX-U

Authors: G. Taylor, P.C. Efthimion, B. Jones, G.L. Bell, A. Bers, T.S. Bigelow, M.D. Carter, R.W. Harvey, A.K. Ram, D.A. Rasmussen, A.P. Smirnov, J.B. Wilgen, and J.R. Wilson

PPPL-3820 Abstract

PPPL-3821 is available in pdf format (728 KB).

Generation of Ultrahigh Intensity Laser Pulses

Authors: N.J. Fisch and V.M. Malkin

PPPL-3821 Abstract

PPPL-3822 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Diagnostic Development for ST Plasmas on NSTX

Authors: D. Johnson and NSTX Team

PPPL-3822 Abstract

PPPL-3823 is available in pdf format (976 KB).

Multigrid Particle-in-cell Simulations of Plasma Microturbulence

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3823 Abstract

PPPL-3824 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).

Noise Suppression and Enhanced Focusability in Plasma Raman Amplifier with Multi-frequency Pump

Authors: A.A. Balakin, G.M. Fraiman, N.J. Fisch, and V.M. Malkin

PPPL-3824 Abstract

PPPL-3825 is available in pdf format (964 KB).

Gabor Wave Packet Method to Solve Plasma Wave Equations

Authors: A. Pletzer, C.K. Phillips, and D.N. Smithe

PPPL-3825 Abstract

PPPL-3826 is available in pdf format (772 KB).

Improved Conservation Properties for Particle-in-cell Simulations with Kinetic Electrons

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3826 Abstract

PPPL-3827 is available in pdf format (1.9 MB).

Energetic Ion Behavior in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: S.S. Medley, R.E. Bell, E.D. Fredrickson, and A.L. Roquemore

PPPL-3827 Abstract

PPPL-3828 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

Theory and Observations of High Frequency Alfvén Eigenmodes in Low Aspect Ratio Plasmas

Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, E. Fredrickson, E. Belova, C.Z. Cheng, D. Gates, S. Kaye, and R. White

PPPL-3828 Abstract

PPPL-3829 is available in pdf format (3.7 MB).

Particle-in-cell Simulations of Raman Laser Amplification in Ionizing Plasmas

Authors: Daniel S. Clark and Nathaniel J. Fisch

PPPL-3829 Abstract

PPPL-3830 is available in pdf format (2.7 MB).

Particle-in-cell Simulations of Raman Laser Amplification in Preformed Plasmas

Authors: Daniel S. Clark and Nathaniel J. Fisch

PPPL-3830 Abstract

PPPL-3831 is available in pdf format (964 KB).

Cross-calibrating Spatial Positions of Light-viewing Diagnostics using Plasma Edge Sweeps in DIII-D

Authors: W.M. Solomon, K.H. Burrell, P. Gohil, R. Groebner, and D. Kaplan

PPPL-3831 Abstract

PPPL-3832 is available in pdf format (784 KB).

Numerical Study of Instabilities Driven by Energetic Neutral Beam Ions in NSTX

Authors: E.V. Belova, N.N. Gorelenkov, C.Z. Cheng, and E.D. Fredrickson

PPPL-3832 Abstract

PPPL-3833 is available in pdf format (1.5 MB).

Nonlinear Simulation Studies of Tokamaks and STs

Authors: W. Park, J. Breslau, J. Chen, G.Y. Fu, S.C. Jardin, S. Klasky, J. Menard, A. Pletzer, B.C. Stratton, D. Stutman, H.R. Strauss, and L.E. Sugiyama

PPPL-3833 Abstract

PPPL-3834 is available in pdf format (932 KB).

Gyrokinetic Calculations of Microturbulence and Transport for NSTX and Alcator-CMOD H-modes

Authors: M.H. Redi, W. Dorland, R. Bell, P. Bonoli, C. Bourdelle, J. Candy, D. Ernst, C. Fiore, D. Gates, G. Hammett, K. Hill, S. Kaye, B. LeBlanc, J. Menard, D. Mikkelsen, G. Rewoldt, J. Rice, R. Waltz, and S. Wukitch

PPPL-3834 Abstract

PPPL-3835 is available in pdf format (740 KB).

Plasma Dielectric Tensor for Non-Maxwellian Distributions in the FLR Limit

Authors: C.K. Phillips, A. Pletzer, R.J. Dumont, and D.N. Smithe

PPPL-3835 Abstract

PPPL-3836 is available in pdf format (1.5 MB).

Circulation in a Short Cylindrical Couette System

Authors: Akira Kageyama, Hantao Ji, and Jeremy Goodman

PPPL-3836 Abstract

PPPL-3837 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Transport in Auxiliary Heated NSTX Discharges

Authors: B.P. LeBlanc, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, M.L. Bitter, C. Bourdelle, D.A. Gates, S.M. Kaye, R. Maingi, J.E. Menard, D. Mueller, M. Ono, S.F. Paul, M.H. Redi, A.L. Roquemore, A. Rosenberg, S.A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, E.J. Synakowski, V.A. Soukhanovskii, and J.R.Wilson

PPPL-3837 Abstract

PPPL-3838 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).

Electrostatic Probe with Shielded Probe Insulator Tube for Low Disturbing Plasma Measurements in Hall Thrusters

Authors: D. Staack, Y. Raitses, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3838 Abstract

PPPL-3839 is available in pdf format (896 KB).

Finite-duration Seeding Effects in Powerful Backward Raman Amplifiers

Authors: N.A. Yampolsky, V.M. Malkin, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3839 Abstract

PPPL-3840 is available in pdf format (992 KB).

Investigations of Low and Moderate Harmonic Fast Wave Physics on CDX-U

Authors: J. Spaleta, R. Majeski, C.K. Phillips, R.J. Dumont, R. Kaita, V. Soukhanovskii, L. Zakharov

PPPL-3840 Abstract

PPPL-3841 is available in pdf format (840 KB).

Microturbulence, Heat, and Particle Fluxes in JET and DIII-D ITB Plasmas with Highly Reversed Magnetic Shear

Authors: R.V. Budny, R. Andre, C.D. Challis, W. Dorland, R. Dux, D.R. Ernst, C. Giroud, C.W. Gowers, C.M. Greenfield, N. Hawkes, G.W. Hammett, W.A. Houlberg, T.C. Luce, M.A. Makowski, D. Mikkelsen, M. Murakami, R. Prentice, G. Staebler, B. Stratton, M.R. Wade, W.P. West, and contributors to the EFDA-JET and DIII-D work programs

PPPL-3841 Abstract

PPPL-3842 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Determination of Diameter and Index of Refraction of Textile Fibers by Laser Backscattering

Authors: H. Okuda, B. Stratton, L. Meixler, P. Efthimion, and D.Mansfield

PPPL-3842 Abstract

PPPL-3843 is available in pdf format (844 KB).

Transition from Collisionless to Collisional MRI

Authors: Prateek Sharma, Gregory W. Hammett, and Eliot Quataert

PPPL-3843 Abstract

PPPL-3844 is available in pdf format (864 KB).

Soft X-ray Tangential Imaging of the NSTX Core Plasma by Means of an MPGD Pin-hole Camera

Authors: D. Pacella, M. Leigheb, R. Bellazzini, A. Brez, M. Finkenthal, D. Stutman, R. Kaita, and S.A. Sabbagh

PPPL-3844 Abstract

PPPL-3845 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Low- to High-confinement Mode Transitions in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: S.M. Kaye, C.E. Bush, E. Fredrickson, B. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, and S.A. Sabbagh

PPPL-3845 Abstract

PPPL-3846 is available in pdf format (736 KB).

Current Drive in a Ponderomotive Potential with Sign Reversal

Authors: N.J. Fisch, J.M. Rax, and I.Y. Dodin

PPPL-3846 Abstract

PPPL-3847 is available in pdf format (872 KB).

Zonal Flow Dynamics and Size-scaling of Anomalous Transport

Authors: Liu Chen, Roscoe B. White, and F. Zonca

PPPL-3847 Abstract

PPPL-3848 is available in pdf format (792 KB).

Shape Optimization for DIII-D Advanced Tokamak Plasmas

Authors: C.E. Kessel, J.R. Ferron, C.M. Greenfield, J.E. Menard, and T.S. Taylor

PPPL-3848 Abstract

PPPL-3849 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).

Analysis of 4-strap ICRF Antenna Performance in Alcator C-Mod

Authors: G. Schilling, S.J. Wukitch, R.L. Boivin, J.A. Goetz, J.C. Hosea, J.H. Irby, Y. Lin, A. Parisot, M. Porkolab, J.R. Wilson, and the Alcator C-Mod Team

PPPL-3849 Abstract

PPPL-3850 is available in pdf format (712 KB).

Developments to Supplant CAMAC with Industry Standard Technology at NSTX

Authors: P. Sichta, J. Dong, R. Marsala, G. Oliaro, and J. Wertenbaker

PPPL-3850 Abstract

PPPL-3851 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).

Wave Driven Fast Ion Loss in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: E.D. Fredrickson, C.Z. Cheng, D. Darrow, G. Fu, N.N. Gorelenkov, G. Kramer, S.S. Medley, J. Menard, L. Roquemore, D. Stutman, and R.B. White

PPPL-3851 Abstract

PPPL-3852 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Edge Recycling and Heat Fluxes in L- and H-mode NSTX Plasmas

Authors: V.A. Soukhanovskii, R. Maingi, R. Raman, H. Kugel, B. LeBlanc, A.L. Roquemore, C.J. Lasnier, and the NSTX Research Team

PPPL-3852 Abstract

PPPL-3853 is available in pdf format (812 KB).

Measurements of Plasma Expansion due to Background Gas in the Electron Diffusion Gauge Experiment

Authors: Kyle A. Morrison, Stephen F. Paul, and Ronald C. Davidson

PPPL-3853 Abstract

PPPL-3854 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Characterization of Fast Ion Absorption of the High Harmonic Fast Wave in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: A.L. Rosenberg, J.E. Menard, J.R. Wilson, S. Medley, C.K. Phillips, R. Andre, D.S. Darrow, R.J. Dumont, B.P. LeBlanc, M.H. Redi, T.K. Mau, E.F. Jaeger, P.M. Ryan, D.W. Swain, R.W. Harvey, J. Egedal, and the NSTX Team

PPPL-3854 Abstract

PPPL-3855 is available in pdf format (840 KB).

Destabilization of Fast Magnetoacoustic Waves by Circulating Energetic Ions in Toroidal Plasmas

Authors: V.S. Belikov, Ya. I. Kolesnichenko, and R.B. White

PPPL-3855 Abstract

PPPL-3856 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Plasma Physics Regimes in Tokamaks with Li Walls

Authors: L.E. Zakharov, N.N. Gorelenkov, R.B. White, S.I. Krasheninnikov, and G.V. Pereverzev

PPPL-3856 Abstract

PPPL-3857 is available in pdf format (740 KB).

Subcyclotron Instability of Alfvén Eigenmodes due to Energetic Ions in Low Aspect Ratio Plasmas

Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, E. Fredrickson, E. Belova, C.Z. Cheng, D. Gates, and R. White

PPPL-3857 Abstract

PPPL-3858 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Modeling of ICRH H-minority Driven n = 1 Resonant Modes in JET

Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, M.J. Mantsinen, S.E. Sharapov, C.Z. Cheng, and the JET-EFDA Contributors

PPPL-3858 Abstract

PPPL-3859 is available in pdf format (712 KB).

Experimental Investigation of m=1 Diocotron Mode Growth at Low Electron Densities

Authors: Stephen F. Paul, Kyle Morrison, and Ronald C. Davidson

PPPL-3859 Abstract

PPPL-3860 is available in pdf format (884 KB).

New Benchmarks from Tokamak Experiments for Theoretical Calculations of the Dielectronic Satellite Spectra of Helium-like Ions

Authors: M. Bitter, M.F. Gu, L.A. Vainshtein, P. Beiersdorfer, G. Bertschinger, O. Marchuk, R. Bell, B. LeBlanc, K.W. Hill, D. Johnson, and L. Roquemore

PPPL-3860 Abstract

PPPL-3861 is available in pdf format (932 KB).

Gyrokinetic Simulations of Microinstabilities in Stellarator Geometry

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3861 Abstract

PPPL-3862 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).

An Edge Rotation and Temperature Diagnostic on NSTX

Authors: T.M. Biewer, R.E. Bell, R. Feder, D.W. Johnson, and R.W. Palladino

PPPL-3862 Abstract

PPPL-3863 is available in pdf format (688 KB).

Strange Attractors in Drift Wave Turbulence

Author: Jerome L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3863 Abstract

PPPL-3864 is available in pdf format (952 KB).

Diagnostic Setup for Characterization of Near-anode Processes in Hall Thrusters

Authors: L. Dorf, Y. Raitses, and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3864 Abstract

PPPL-3865 is available in pdf format (756 KB).

Comparison of Linear Microinstability Calculations of Varying Input Realism

Authors: G. Rewoldt and J.E. Kinsey

PPPL-3865 Abstract

PPPL-3866 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).

Development of an Electrostatic Dust Detector for use in a Tokamak Reactor

Authors: A. Bader, C.H. Skinner, A.L. Roquemore, and S. Langish

PPPL-3866 Abstract

PPPL-3867 is available in pdf format (6.8 MB).

Constructing Integrable High-pressure Full-current Free-boundary Stellarator Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium Solutions

Authors: S.R. Hudson, D.A. Monticello, A.H. Reiman, D.J. Strickler, S.P. Hirshman, L-P. Ku, E. Lazarus, A. Brooks, M.C. Zarnstorff, A.H. Boozer, G-Y. Fu, and G.H. Neilson

PPPL-3867 Abstract

PPPL-3868 is available in pdf format (4.2 MB).

Grid-based Parallel Data Streaming Implemented for the Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code

Authors: S. Klasky, S. Ethier, Z. Lin, K. Martins, D. McCune, and R. Samtaney

PPPL-3868 Abstract

PPPL-3869 is available in pdf format (636 KB).

Porting the 3D Gyrokinetic Particle-in-cell Code GTC to the CRAY/NEC SX-6 Vector Architecture: Perspectives and Challenges

Authors: S. Ethier and Z. Lin

PPPL-3869 Abstract

PPPL-3870 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

The Innovations, Technology and Waste Management Approaches to Safely Package and Transport the World's First Radioactive Fusion Research Reactor for Burial

Authors: Keith Rule, Erik Perry, Jim Chrzanowski, Mike Viola, and Ron Strykowsky

PPPL-3870 Abstract

PPPL-3871 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

Marginal Stability Boundaries for Infinite-n Ballooning Modes in a Quasi-axisymmetric Stellarator

Authors: S.R. Hudson and C.C. Hegna

PPPL-3871 Abstract

PPPL-3872 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

Diagnostics for the National Compact Stellarator Experiment

Authors: B.C. Stratton, D. Johnson, R. Feder, E. Fredrickson, H. Neilson, H. Takahashi, M. Zarnstorf, M. Cole, P. Goranson, E. Lazarus, and B. Nelson

PPPL-3872 Abstract

PPPL-3873 is available in pdf format (928 KB).

Theoretical and Numerical Properties of a Gyrokinetic Plasma: Issues Related to Transport Time Scale Simulation

Author: W.W. Lee

PPPL-3873 Abstract

PPPL-3874 is available in pdf format (768 KB).

Development of Compact Quasi-Axisymmetric Stellarator Reactor Configurations

Authors: L.P. Ku, M. Zarnstorff, R.B. White, W.A. Cooper, R. Sanchez, H. Neilson, and J.A. Schmidt

PPPL-3874 Abstract

PPPL-3875 is available in pdf format (892 KB).

Three-Dimensional Neutral Transport Simulations of Gas Puff Imaging Experiments

Authors: D.P. Stotler, D.A. D'Ippolito, B. LeBlanc, R.J. Maqueda, J.R. Myra, S.A. Sabbagh, and S.J. Zweben

PPPL-3875 Abstract

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