[137]Publication Reports For Fiscal Year[2004]

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The PPPL Fiscal Year 2003 Highlights Report is available in pdf format (16.5 MB).

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory FY2003 Annual Highlights

Editors: Carol A. Phillips and Anthony R. DeMeo

PPPL-3876 is available in pdf format (4.9 MB).

Progress Towards High Performance, Steady-state Spherical Torus

Authors: M. Ono, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, T. Bigelow, M. Bitter, W. Blanchard, J. Boedo, C. Bourdelle, C. Bush, W. Choe, J. Chrzanowski, D.S. Darrow, S.J. Diem, R. Doerner, P.C. Efthimion, J.R. Ferron, R.J. Fonck, E.D. Fredrickson, G.D. Garstka, D.A. Gates, T. Gray, and 124 additional co-authors representing 28 institutions

PPPL-3876 Abstract

PPPL-3877 is available in pdf format (908 KB).

Collisional Drift Waves in Stellarator Plasmas

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3877 Abstract

PPPL-3878 is available in pdf format (1.6 MB).

Physics Basis for the Advanced Tokamak Fusion Power Plant ARIES-AT

Authors: S.C. Jardin, C.E. Kessel, T.K. Mau, R.L. Miller, F. Najmabadi, V.S. Chan, M.S. Chu, R. LaHaye, L.L. Lao, T.W. Petrie, P. Politzer, H.E. St. John, P. Snyder, G.M. Staebler, A.D. Turnbull, and W.P. West

PPPL-3878 Abstract

PPPL-3879 is available in pdf format (2.0 MB).

Plasma Science Contribution to the SCaLeS Report

Author: S.C. Jardin

PPPL-3879 Abstract

PPPL-3880 is available in pdf format (976 KB).

DbAccess: Interactive Statistics and Graphics for Plasma Physics Databases

Authors: W. Davis and D. Mastrovito

PPPL-3880 Abstract

PPPL-3881 is available in pdf format (1,004 KB).

NSTX High Field Side Gas Fueling System

Authors: H.W. Kugel, M. Anderson, G. Barnes, M. Bell, W. Blanchard, L. Dudek, D. Gates, R. Gernhardt, R. Maingi, D. Mueller, T. Provost, R. Raman, V. Soukhanovskii, and J. Winston

PPPL-3881 Abstract

PPPL-3882 is available in pdf format (2.3 MB).

Regular and Stochastic Orbits of Ions in a Highly Prolate Field-reversed Configuration

Authors: A.S. Landsman, S.A. Cohen, and A.H. Glasser

PPPL-3882 Abstract

PPPL-3883rev is available in pdf format (3.3 MB).

Effect of Gas Fueling Location on H-mode Access in NSTX

Authors: R. Maingi, M. Bell, R. Bell, T. Biewer, C. Bush, C.S. Chang, D. Gates, S. Kaye, H. Kugel, B. LeBlanc, R. Maqueda, J. Menard, D. Mueller, R. Raman, S. Sabbagh, V. Soukhanovskii, and the NSTX Team

PPPL-3883rev Abstract

PPPL-3884 is available in pdf format (912 KB).

Advanced Tokamak Plasmas in the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment

Authors: C.E. Kessel, D. Meade, D.W. Swain, P. Titus, and M.A. Ulrickson

PPPL-3884 Abstract

PPPL-3885 is available in pdf format (840 KB).

Coil Tolerance Impact on Plasma Surface Quality for NCSX

Authors: Art Brooks and Wayne Reiersen

PPPL-3885 Abstract

PPPL-3886 is available in pdf format (860 KB).

A Compact Quasi-axisymmetric Stellarator Reactor

Authors: L.P. Ku and the ARIES-CS Team

PPPL-3886 Abstract

PPPL-3887 is available in pdf format (776 KB).

Turbulence Spreading into Linearly Stable Zone and Transport Scaling

Authors: T.S. Hahm, P.H. Diamond, Z. Lin, K. Itoh, and S.-I. Itoh

PPPL-3887 Abstract

PPPL-3888 is available in pdf format (824 KB).

Effect of Anode Dielectric Coating on Hall Thruster Operation

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

PPPL-3888 Abstract

PPPL-3889 is available in pdf format (912 KB).

Electromagnetic Weibel Instability in Intense Charged Particle Beams with Large Energy Anisotropy

Authors: Edward A. Startsev and Ronald C. Davidson

PPPL-3889 Abstract

PPPL-3890 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

MHD Ballooning Instability in the Plasma Sheet

Authors: C.Z. Cheng and S. Zaharia

PPPL-3890 Abstract

PPPL-3891 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

3D Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations of Pellet Injection in Tokamaks

Authors: R. Samtaney, S.C. Jardin, P. Colella, and D.F. Martin

PPPL-3891 Abstract

PPPL-3892 is available in pdf format (5.5 MB).

Physics of Substorm Growth Phase, Onset, and Dipolarization

Author: C.Z. Cheng

PPPL-3892 Abstract

PPPL-3893 is available in pdf format (5.8 MB).

Next-Step Spherical Torus Experiment and Spherical Torus Strategy in the Fusion Energy Development Path

Authors: M. Ono, M. Peng, C. Kessel, C. Neumeyer, J. Schmidt, J. Chrzanowski, D. Darrow, L. Grisham, P. Heitzenroeder, T. Jarboe, C. Jun, S. Kaye, J. Menard, R. Raman, T. Stevenson, M. Viola, J. Wilson, R. Woolley, and I. Zatz

PPPL-3893 Abstract

PPPL-3894 is available in pdf format (752 KB).

Control System for the NSTX Lithium Pellet Injector

Authors: P. Sichta, J. Dong, R. Gernhardt, G. Gettelfinger, and H. Kugel

PPPL-3894 Abstract

PPPL-3895 is available in pdf format (712 KB).

Decommissioning of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor

Authors: E. Perry, J. Chrzanowski, C. Gentile, R. Parsells, K. Rule, R. Strykowsky, and M. Viola

PPPL-3895 Abstract

PPPL-3896 is available in pdf format (680 KB).

The First Decommissioning of a Fusion Reactor Fueled by Deuterium-Tritium

Authors: Charles A. Gentile, Erik Perry, Keith Rule, Michael Williams, Robert Parsells, Michael Viola, and James Chrzanowski

PPPL-3896 Abstract

PPPL-3897 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Engineering Analyses of NCSX Modular Coil and Its Supporting Structure for EM Loads

Authors: H.M. Fan and D. Williamson

PPPL-3897 Abstract

PPPL-3898 is available in pdf format (888 KB).

Inverse Bremsstrahlung Stabilization of Noise in the Generation of Ultra-short Intense Pulses by Backward Raman Amplification

Authors: Richard L. Berger, Daniel S. Clark, Andrei Solodov, Ernest J. Valeo, and Nathaniel J. Fisch

PPPL-3898 Abstract

PPPL-3899 is available in pdf format (744 KB).

Removable Thin Films used for the Abatement and Mitigation of Beryllium

Authors: M. Lumia, C. Gentile, K. Creek, and R. Sandoval

PPPL-3899 Abstract

PPPL-3900 is available in pdf format (840 KB).

The Development of a Hibachi Window for Electron Beam Transmission in a KrF Laser

Authors: C.A. Gentile, R. Parsells, J.E. Butler, J.D. Sethian, L. Ciebiera, F. Hegeler, C. Jun, S. Langish, and M. Myers

PPPL-3900 Abstract

PPPL-3901 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Beam Ion Driven Instabilities in NSTX

Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, E. Belova, H.L. Berk, C.Z. Cheng, E. Fredrickson, W. Heidbrink, S. Kaye, and G. Kramer

PPPL-3901 Abstract

PPPL-3902 is available in pdf format (4.6 MB).

Lithium Pellet Injector Development for NSTX

Authors: G. Gettelfinger, J. Dong, R. Gernhardt, H. Kugel, P. Sichta, and J. Timberlake

PPPL-3902 Abstract

PPPL-3903 is available in pdf format (5.2 MB).

Stability of Microturbulent Drift Modes during Internal Transport Barrier Formation in the Alcator C-Mod Radio Frequency Heated H-mode

Authors: M.H. Redi, C.L. Fiore, W. Dorland, D.R. Mikkelsen, G. Rewoldt, P.T. Bonoli, D.R. Ernst, J.E. Rice, and S.J. Wukitch

PPPL-3903 Abstract

PPPL-3904 is available in pdf format (2.8 MB).

Destruction of Invariant Surfaces and Magnetic Coordinates for Perturbed Magnetic Fields

Author: S.R. Hudson

PPPL-3904 Abstract

PPPL-3905 is available in pdf format (820 KB).

Temperature Gradient in Hall Thrusters

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

PPPL-3905 Abstract

PPPL-3906 is available in pdf format (820 KB).

Tritium Removal from Carbon Plasma Facing Components

Authors: C.H. Skinner, J.P. Coad, and G. Federici

PPPL-3906 Abstract

PPPL-3907 is available in pdf format (1.0 MB).

Kinetic Effects on the Stability Properties of Field-reversed Configurations: II. Nonlinear Evolution

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

PPPL-3907 Abstract

PPPL-3908 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

Aspect Ratio Scaling of Ideal No-wall Stability Limits in High Bootstrap Fraction Tokamak Plasmas

Authors: J.E. Menard, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, D.A. Gates, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, S.A. Sabbagh, V. Soukhanovskii, D. Stutman, and the NSTX National Research Team

PPPL-3908 Abstract

PPPL-3909 is available in pdf format (1.9 MB).

Analytical and Numerical Studies of the Complex Interaction of a Fast Ion Beam Pulse with a Background Plasma

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

PPPL-3909 Abstract

PPPL-3910 is available in pdf format (2.9 MB).

Marginal Stability Diagrams for Infinite-n Ballooning Modes in Quasi-symmetric Stellarators

Authors: S.R. Hudson, C.C. Hegna, R. Torasso, and A. Ware

PPPL-3910 Abstract

PPPL-3911 is available in pdf format (852 KB).

Resistive Drift Waves in a Bumpy Torus

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3911 Abstract

PPPL-3912 has been withdrawn.

PPPL-3912 Abstract

PPPL-3913 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Double-kink Fishbone Instability Caused by Circulating Energetic Ions

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

PPPL-3913 Abstract

PPPL-3914 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Simulation of Optical and Synthetic Imaging using Microwave Reflectometry

Authors: G.J. Kramer, R. Nazikian, and E. Valeo

PPPL-3914 Abstract

PPPL-3915 is available in pdf format (932 KB).

Measuring the Plasma Density of a Ferroelectric Plasma Source in an Expanding Plasma

Authors: A. Dunaevsky and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3915 Abstract

PPPL-3916 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).

Diverted Tokamak Carbon Screening: Scaling with Machine Size and Consequences to Core Contamination

Authors: J.D. Strachan, G. Corrigan, A. Kallenbach, G.F. Matthews, H. Meister, R. Neu, V. Rohde, and J. Spence

PPPL-3916 Abstract

PPPL-3917 is available in pdf format (1.6 MB).

Collisional Transport in a Low Aspect Ratio Tokamak -- Beyond the Drift Kinetic Formalism

Authors: D.A. Gates and R.B. White

PPPL-3917 Abstract

PPPL-3918 is available in pdf format (848 KB).

Measurement of The Magnetic Field in a Spherical Torus Plasma via Electron Bernstein Wave Emission Harmonic Overlap

Authors: B. Jones, G. Taylor, P.C. Efthimion, and T. Munsat

PPPL-3918 Abstract

PPPL-3919rev is available in pdf format (1.7 MB).

A Cumulant-based Analysis of Nonlinear Magnetospheric Dynamics

Authors: Jay R. Johnson and Simon Wing

PPPL-3919rev Abstract

PPPL-3920 is available in pdf format (916 KB).

Paul Trap Simulator Experiment to Model Intense Beam Propagation in Alternating-gradient Transport Systems

Authors: Erik P. Gilson, Ronald C. Davidson, Philip C. Efthimion, and Richard Majeski

PPPL-3920 Abstract

PPPL-3921 is available in pdf format (1.6 MB).

A Triangular Finite Element with First-derivative Continuity Applied to Fusion MHD Applications

Author: S.C. Jardin

PPPL-3921 Abstract

PPPL-3922 is available in pdf format (988 KB).

Landau Damping and Anomalous Skin Effect in Low-pressure Gas Discharges: Self-consistent Treatment of Collisionless Heating

Authors: Igor D. Kaganovich, Oleg V. Polomarov and Constantine E. Theodosiou

PPPL-3922 Abstract

PPPL-3923 is available in pdf format (1.9 MB).

Particle-in-cell Simulations with Kinetic Electrons

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3923 Abstract

PPPL-3924rev is available in pdf format (5 MB).

Microwave Imaging Reflectometry for the Measurement of Turbulent Fluctuations in Tokamaks

Author: E. Mazzucato

PPPL-3924rev Abstract

PPPL-3925 is available in pdf format (744 KB).

Anomalous Skin Effect for Anisotropic Electron Velocity Distribution Function

Authors: Igor Kaganovich, Edward Startsev, and Gennady Shvets

PPPL-3925 Abstract

PPPL-3926 is available in pdf format (832 KB).

Mini-conference and Related Sessions on Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics

Authors: Hantao Ji, Michael Brown, Scott C. Hsu, Hui Li, and R. Paul Drake

PPPL-3926 Abstract

PPPL-3927 is available in pdf format (832 KB).

Hamiltonian Description of Convective-cell Generation

Authors: J.A. Krommes and R.A. Kolesnikov

PPPL-3927 Abstract

PPPL-3928 is available in pdf format (1.9 MB).

Pump Side-scattering in Ultra-powerful Backward Raman Amplifiers

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

PPPL-3928 Abstract

PPPL-3929 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Operation of Ferroelectric Plasma Sources in a Gas Discharge Mode

Authors: A. Dunaevsky and N.J. Fisch

PPPL-3929 Abstract

PPPL-3930 is available in pdf format (960 KB).

Statistical Plasma Physics in a Strong Magnetic Field: Paradigms and Problems

Author: J.A. Krommes

PPPL-3930 Abstract

PPPL-3931rev is available in pdf format (5.7 MB).

MHD-induced Energetic Ion Loss during H-mode Discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Authors: S.S. Medley, N.N. Gorelenkov, R. Andre, R.E. Bell, D.S. Darrow, E.D. Fredrickson, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, A.L. Roquemore, and the NSTX Team

PPPL-3931 Abstract

PPPL-3931rev is available in pdf format (5.7 MB).

MHD-induced Energetic Ion Loss during H-mode Discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Authors: S.S. Medley, N.N. Gorelenkov, R. Andre, R.E. Bell, D.S. Darrow, E.D. Fredrickson, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, A.L. Roquemore, and the NSTX Team

PPPL-3931rev Abstract

PPPL-3932 is available in pdf format (1.5 MB).

Neutral Particle Analyzer Diagnostic on NSTX

Authors: S.S. Medley and A.L. Roquemore

PPPL-3932 Abstract

PPPL-3933 is available in pdf format (772 KB).

A Roadmap to Recent Developments in the Theory of Turbulent Generation of Long-wavelength Flows

Author: John A. Krommes

PPPL-3933 Abstract

PPPL-3934 is available in pdf format (912 KB).

Trapped Electron Stabilization of Ballooning Modes in Low Aspect Ratio Toroidal Plasmas

Authors: C.Z. Cheng and N.N. Gorelenkov

PPPL-3934 Abstract

PPPL-3935 is available in pdf format (736 KB).

Omniclassical Diffusion in Low Aspect Ratio Tokamaks

Authors: H.E. Mynick, R.B. White, and D.A. Gates

PPPL-3935 Abstract

PPPL-3936 is available in pdf format (6.4 MB).

Observation of SOL Current Correlated with MHD Activity in NBI-heated DIII-D Tokamak Discharges

Authors: H. Takahashi, E.D. Fredrickson, M.J. Schaffer, M.E. Austin, T.E. Evans, L.L. Lao, and J.G. Watkins

PPPL-3936 Abstract

PPPL-3937

PPPL-3937 Abstract

PPPL-3938 is available in pdf format (5.9 MB).

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Annual Site Environmental Report for Calendar Year 2001

Author: Virginia L. Finley

PPPL-3938 Abstract

PPPL-3939 is available in pdf format (1.6 MB).

Optimization of Outer Poloidal Field (PF) Coil Configurations for Inductive PF Coil-only Plasma Start-up on Spherical Tori

Authors: Wonho Choe, Jayhyun Kim, and Masayuki Ono

PPPL-3939 Abstract

PPPL-3940 is available in pdf format (884 KB).

Weibel and Two-Stream Instabilities for Intense Charged Particle Beam Propagation through Neutralizing Background Plasma

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

PPPL-3940 Abstract

PPPL-3941 is available in pdf format (948 KB).

Analytical Solutions for the Nonlinear Longitudinal Drift Compression (Expansion) of Intense Charged Particle Beams

Authors: Edward A. Startsev and Ronald C. Davidson

PPPL-3941 Abstract

PPPL-3942 is available in pdf format (3.0 MB).

Nonlinear Plasma Waves Excitation by Intense Ion Beams in Background Plasma

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

PPPL-3942 Abstract

PPPL-3943 is available in pdf format (2.7 MB).

Efficient Generation of Non-Inductive, Off-axis, Ohkawa Current, Driven by Electron Bernstein Waves in High Beta, Spherical Torus Plasmas

Authors: G. Taylor, P.C. Efthimion, C.E. Kessel, R.W. Harvey, A.P. Smirnov, N.M. Ershov, M.D. Carter, and C.B. Forest

PPPL-3943 Abstract

PPPL-3944rev is available in pdf format (896 KB).

Fast Neutral Pressure Gauges in NSTX

Authors: R. Raman, H.W. Kugel, R. Gernhardt, T. Provost, T.R. Jarboe, and V. Soukhanovskii

PPPL-3944rev Abstract

PPPL-3945 is available in pdf format (956 KB).

Approximate Integrals of rf-driven Particle Motion in Magnetic Field

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

PPPL-3945 Abstract

PPPL-3946 is available in pdf format (846 KB).

Variational formulation of the Gardner's restacking algorithm

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

PPPL-3946 Abstract

PPPL-3947 is available in pdf format (1.8 MB).

Design and Construction of a Fast Ion Loss Faraday Cup Array Diagnostic for JET

Authors: D.S. Darrow, S. Bäumel, F.E. Cecil, V. Kiptily, R. Ellis, L. Pedrick, and A. Werner

PPPL-3947 Abstract

PPPL-3948 is available in pdf format (857 KB).

Development of the Megahertz Planar Laser-induced Fluorescence Diagnostic for Plasma Turbulence Visualization

Authors: Aleksey Kuritsyn and Fred M. Levinton

PPPL-3948 Abstract

PPPL-3949rev is available in pdf format (2.8 MB).

Ponderomotive Barrier as a Maxwell Demon

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

PPPL-3949rev Abstract

PPPL-3950 is available in pdf format (2.1 MB).

Compact Probe for Power Detection from the Narrow Side of the Waveguide

Authors: C.C. Kung, S. Bernabei, J. Gumbas, N. Greenough, E. Fredd, J.R. Wilson, and J. Hosea

PPPL-3950 Abstract

PPPL-3951 is available in pdf format (5.4 MB).

Simultaneous Microwave Imaging System for Density and Temperature Fluctuation Measurements on TEXTOR

Authors: H. Park, E. Mazzucato, T. Munsat, C.W. Domier, M. Johnson, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., J. Wang, Z. Xia, I.G.J. Classen, A.J.H. Donné, and M.J. van de Pol

PPPL-3951 Abstract

PPPL-3952 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Initial Operation of the NSTX Fast Tangential Soft X-Ray Camera

Authors: B.C. Stratton, R. Feder, S. von Goeler, G.F. Renda, J.L. Lowrance, and V.J. Mastrocola

PPPL-3952 Abstract

PPPL-3953 is available in pdf format (976 KB).

Study of Magnetohydrodynamic Surface Waves on Liquid Gallium

Authors: Hantao Ji, William Fox, David Pace, and H.L. Rappaport

PPPL-3953 Abstract

PPPL-3954rev is available in pdf format (1.6 MB).

Observation of a High Performance Operating Regime with Small Edge-localized Modes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: R. Maingi, K. Tritz, E.D. Fredrickson, J.E. Menard, S.A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, C.E. Bush, D.A. Gates, D.W. Johnson, R. Kaita, S.M. Kaye, H.W. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, D. Mueller, R. Raman, A.L. Roquemore, and V.A. Soukhanovskii

PPPL-3954rev Abstract

PPPL-3955 is available in pdf format (1.7 MB).

Phenomenology of Compressional Alfvén Eigenmodes

Authors: E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, and J. Menard

PPPL-3955 Abstract

PPPL-3956 is available in pdf format (972 KB).

Optimized Loading for Particle-in-cell Gyrokinetic Simulations

Author: J.L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3956 Abstract

PPPL-3957 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).

Solid State Neutral Particle Analyzer Array on NSTX

Authors: K. Shinohara, D.S. Darrow, A.L. Roquemore, S.S. Medley, and F.E. Cecil

PPPL-3957 Abstract

PPPL-3958 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Measurement of the Internal Magnetic Field of Plasmas using an Alpha Particle Source

Authors: S.J. Zweben, D.S. Darrow, P.W. Ross, J.L. Lowrance, and G. Renda

PPPL-3958 Abstract

PPPL-3959 is available in pdf format (736 KB).

Methane Screening in JET Reverse Field Experiments

Authors: J.D. Strachan, B. Alper, G. Corrigan, S.K. Erents, C. Giroud, A. Korotkov, H. Leggate, G.F. Mathews, R.A. Pitts, M. Stamp, and J. Spence

PPPL-3959 Abstract

PPPL-3960 is available in pdf format (900 KB).

Analytic, High-beta Solutions of the Helical Grad-Shafranov Equation

Authors: D.R. Smith and A.H. Reiman

PPPL-3960 Abstract

PPPL-3961 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).

Microwave Scattering System Design for ρ_e-Scale Turbulence Measurements on NSTX

Authors: D.R. Smith, E. Mazzucato, T. Munsat, H. Park, D. Johnson, L. Lin, C.W. Domier, M. Johnson, and N.C. Luhmann, Jr.

PPPL-3961 Abstract

PPPL-3962 is available in pdf format (780 KB).

Stabilization of Sawtooth Oscillations by the Circulating Energetic Ions

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

PPPL-3962 Abstract

PPPL-3963 is available in pdf format (944 KB).

Effects of Large Area Liquid Lithium Limiters on Spherical Torus Plasmas

Authors: R. Kaita, R. Majeski, M. Boaz, P. Efthimion, G. Gettelfinger, T. Gray, D. Hoffman, S. Jardin, H. Kugel, P. Marfuta, T. Munsat, C. Neumeyer, S. Raftopoulos, V. Soukhanovskii, J. Spaleta, G. Taylor, J. Timberlake, R. Woolley, L. Zakharov, M. Finkenthal, D. Stutman, L. Delgado-Aparicio, R.P. Seraydarian, G. Antar, R. Doerner, S. Luckhardt, M. Baldwin, R.W. Conn, R. Maingi, M. Menon, R. Causey, D. Buchenauer, M. Ulrickson, B. Jones, and D. Rodgers

PPPL-3963 Abstract

PPPL-3964 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Three-dimensional Simulation of Gas Conductance Measurement Experiments on Alcator C-Mod

Authors: D.P. Stotler and B. LaBombard

PPPL-3964 Abstract

PPPL-3965 is available in pdf format (1.8 MB).

Deposition Diagnostics for Next-step Devices

Authors: C.H. Skinner, A.L. Roquemore, the NSTX team, A. Bader, and W.R. Wampler

PPPL-3965 Abstract

PPPL-3966 is available in pdf format (764 KB).

Experimental Evaluation of a Negative Ion Source for a Heavy Ion Fusion Negative Ion Driver

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

PPPL-3966 Abstract

PPPL-3967 is available in pdf format (708 KB).

EDGE2D Simulations of JET ¹³C Migration Experiments

Authors: J.D. Strachan, J.P. Coad, G. Corrigan, G.F. Matthews, and J. Spence

PPPL-3967 Abstract

PPPL-3968 is available in pdf format (1,008 KB).

Benchmarking Nonlinear Turbulence Simulations on Alcator C-Mod

Authors: M.H. Redi, C.L. Fiore, W. Dorland, M.J. Greenwald, G.W. Hammett, K. Hill, D. McCune, D.R. Mikkelsen, G. Rewoldt, and J.E. Rice

PPPL-3968 Abstract

PPPL-3969 is available in pdf format (956 KB).

Nonlinear Turbulence Simulations for NSTX H-modes

Authors: M. H. Redi, S. Kaye, W. Dorland, R. Bell, C. Bourdelle, S. Ethier, D. Gates, G. Hammett, K. Hill, B. LeBlanc, D. McCune, J. Menard, D. Mikkelsen, G. Rewoldt, E. Synakowski

PPPL-3969 Abstract

PPPL-3970 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

Electron Cross-field Transport in a Low Power Cylindrical Hall Thruster

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

PPPL-3970 Abstract

PPPL-3971 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Electron Transport and Ion Acceleration in a Low-power Cylindrical Hall Thruster

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

PPPL-3971 Abstract

PPPL-3972 is available in pdf format (916 KB).

Simulation of DIII-D Flat q Discharges

Authors: C.E. Kessel, A. Garofalo, and T. Terpstra

PPPL-3972 Abstract

PPPL-3973 is available in pdf format (732 KB).

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

Authors: T.M. Biewer, R.E. Bell, P.M. Ryan, and J.R. Wilson

PPPL-3973 Abstract

PPPL-3974 is available in pdf format (2.9 MB).

Measurement of Tritium Surface Distribution on TFTR Bumper Limiter Tiles

Authors: K. Sugiyama, T. Tanabe, C.H. Skinner, and C.A. Gentile

PPPL-3974 Abstract

PPPL-3975 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).

Anode Fall Formation in a Hall Thruster

Authors: Leonid A. Dorf, Yevgeny F. Raitses, Artem N. Smirnov, and Nathaniel J. Fisch

PPPL-3975 Abstract

PPPL-3976 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

Self-correcting Multigrid Solver

Author: Jerome L.V. Lewandowski

PPPL-3976 Abstract

PPPL-3977 is available in pdf format (780 KB).

Criteria for Second Stability for Ballooning Modes in Stellarators

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

PPPL-3977 Abstract

PPPL-3978 is available in pdf format (2.4 MB).

Energetic Ion Transport and Concomitant Change of the Fusion Reactivity during Reconnection Events in Spherical Tori

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

PPPL-3978 Abstract

PPPL-3979 is available in pdf format (792 KB).

2-D Imaging of Electron Temperature in Tokamak Plasmas

Authors: T. Munsat, E. Mazzucato, H. Park, C.W. Domier, M. Johnson, N.C. Luhmann Jr., J. Wang, Z. Xia, I.G.J. Classen, A.J.H. Donné, and M.J. van de Pol

PPPL-3979 Abstract

PPPL-3980 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).

Physics Results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Authors: M.G. Bell for the NSTX Research Team

PPPL-3980 Abstract

PPPL-3981 is available in pdf format (1,016 KB).

Extraction of Poloidal Velocity from Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy Measurements

Authors: W.M. Solomon, K.H. Burrell, P. Gohil, R.J. Groebner, and L.R. Baylor

PPPL-3981 Abstract

PPPL-3982 is available in pdf format (1.8 MB).

NSTX Tangential Divertor Camera

Authors: A.L. Roquemore, Ted Biewer, D. Johnson, S.J. Zweben, Nobuhiro Nishino, and V.A. Soukhanovskii

PPPL-3982 Abstract

PPPL-3983 is available in pdf format (1 MB).

The H-mode Pedestal and Edge Localized Modes in NSTX

Authors: R. Maingi, E.D. Fredrickson, J.E. Menard, N. Nishino, A.L. Roquemore, S.A. Sabbagh, K. Tritz, and the NSTX Team

PPPL-3983 Abstract

PPPL-3984 is available in pdf format (1.2 MB).

ELMs and the H-mode Pedestal in NSTX

Authors: R. Maingi, S.A. Sabbagh, C.E. Bush, E.D. Fredrickson, J.E. Menard, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, J.A. Boedo, D.A. Gates, D.W. Johnson, R. Kaita, S.M. Kaye, H.W. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, D. Mueller, R. Raman, A.L. Roquemore, V.A. Soukhanovskii, and T. Stevenson

PPPL-3984 Abstract

PPPL-3985 is available in pdf format (952 KB).

Images of Edge Turbulence in NSTX

Authors: S.J. Zweben, C.E. Bush, R. Maqueda, T. Munsat, D. Stotler, J. Lowrance, V. Mastracola, and G. Renda

PPPL-3985 Abstract

PPPL-3986 is available in pdf format (684 KB).

Modeling of Low Frequency MHD Induced Beam Ion Transport In NSTX

Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov and S.S. Medley

PPPL-3986 Abstract

PPPL-3987 is available in pdf format (708 KB).

Alfvén Eigenmode Stability with Beams in ITER-like Plasma

Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, H.L. Berk, and R.V. Budny

PPPL-3987 Abstract

PPPL-3988 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).

Testing of Liquid Lithium Limiters in CDX-U

Authors: R. Majeski, R. Kaita, M. Boaz, P. Efthimion, T. Gray, B. Jones, D. Hoffman, H. Kugel, J. Menard, T. Munsat, A. Post-Zwicker, V. Soukhanovskii, J. Spaleta, G. Taylor, J. Timberlake, R. Woolley, L. Zakharov, M. Finkenthal, D. Stutman, G. Antar, R. Doerner, S. Luckhardt, R. Seraydarian, R. Maingi, M. Maiorano, S. Smith, and D. Rodgers

PPPL-3988 Abstract

PPPL-3989 is available in pdf format (860 KB).

Development of NSTX Particle Control Techniques

Authors: H.W. Kugel, R. Maingi, M. Bell, D. Gates, K. Hill, B. LeBlanc, D. Mueller, R. Kaita, S. Paul, S. Sabbagh, C.H. Skinner, V. Soukhanovskii, B. Stratton, and R. Raman

PPPL-3989 Abstract

PPPL-3990 is available in pdf format (1.6 MB).

Images of Complex Interactions of an Intense Ion Beam with Plasma Electrons

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

PPPL-3990 Abstract

PPPL-3991 is available in pdf format (712 KB).

Time Resolved Deposition Measurements in NSTX

Authors: C.H. Skinner, H. Kugel, A.L. Roquemore, J. Hogan, W.R. Wampler, and the NSTX team

PPPL-3991 Abstract

PPPL-3992 is available in pdf format (1.9 MB).

Accounting of the Power Balance for Neutral-beam-heated H-Mode Plasmas in NSTX

Authors: S.F. Paul, R. Maingi, V. Soukhanovskii, S.M. Kaye, H. Kugel, and the NSTX Research Team

PPPL-3992 Abstract

PPPL-3993 is available in pdf format (10.6 MB).

Multispecies Density and Temperature Gradient Dependence of Quasilinear Particle and Energy Fluxes

Authors: G. Rewoldt, R.V. Budny, and W.M. Tang

PPPL-3993 Abstract

PPPL-3994 is available in pdf format (3.2 MB).

A High-Speed Optical Diagnostic that uses Interference Filters to Measure Doppler Shifts

Authors: S.F. Paul, C. Cates, M. Mauel, D. Maurer, G. Navratil, and M. Shilov

PPPL-3994 Abstract

PPPL-3995 is available in pdf format (928 KB).

Assessment of ICRF Antenna Performance in Alcator C-Mod

Authors: G. Schilling, S.J. Wukitch, Y. Lin, N. Basse, P.T. Bonoli, E. Edlund, L. Lin, A. Parisot, and M. Porkolab

PPPL-3995 Abstract

PPPL-3996 is available in pdf format (920 KB).

Real-time Equilibrium Reconstruction and Isoflux Control of Plasma Shape and Position in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Authors: D. Mueller, D.A. Gates, J.E. Menard, J.R. Ferron, and S.A. Sabbagh

PPPL-3996 Abstract

PPPL-3997 is available in pdf format (1.7 MB).

The Frequency and Damping of Ion Acoustic Waves in Collisional and Collisionless Two-species Plasma

Authors: R.L. Berger and E.J. Valeo

PPPL-3997 Abstract

PPPL-3998 is available in pdf format (856 KB).

Beam Anisotropy Effect on Alfvén Eigenmode Stability in ITER-like Plasma

Authors: N.N. Gorelenkov, H.L. Berk, and R.V. Budny

PPPL-3998 Abstract

PPPL-3999 is available in pdf format (844 KB).

Marginal Stability of Microturbulence near ITB Onset on Alcator C-Mod

Authors: J.A. Baumgaertel, M.H. Redi, R.V. Budny, D.C. McCune, W. Dorland, and C.L. Fiore

PPPL-3999 Abstract

PPPL-4000 is available in pdf format (2.5 MB).

Microturbulent Drift Mode Stability before Internal Transport Barrier Formation in the Alcator C-Mod Radio Frequency Heated H-mode

Authors: M.H. Redi, W. Dorland, C.L. Fiore, P.T. Bonoli, M.J. Greenwald, J.E. Rice, J.A. Baumgaertel, T.S. Hahm, G.W. Hammett, K. Hill, D.C. McCune, D.R. Mikkelsen, and G. Rewoldt

PPPL-4000 Abstract

PPPL-4000rev is available in pdf format (2.7 MB).
(Note: If you are using a Mac with Operating System X, you must use "Preview" to print this pdf file.)

Microturbulent Drift Mode Stability before Internal Transport Barrier Formation in the Alcator C-Mod Radio Frequency Heated H-mode

Authors: M.H. Redi, W. Dorland, C.L. Fiore, J.A. Baumgaertel, E.M. Belli, T.S. Hahm, G.W. Hammett, and G. Rewoldt

PPPL-4000rev Abstract

PPPL-4001 is available in pdf format (812 KB).

Moderate Energy Ions for High Energy Density Physics Experiments

Author: L.R. Grisham

PPPL-4001 Abstract

PPPL-4002 pdf is available in pdf format (964 KB).

Finite Pressure Effects on Reversed Shear Alfvén Eigenmodes

Authors: G.J. Kramer, N.N. Gorelenkov, R. Nazikian, and C.Z. Cheng

PPPL-4002 Abstract

PPPL-4003 is available in pdf format (756 KB).