[77]Publication Reports For Fiscal Year 2006
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PPPL-4110 is available in pdf format (892 KB).
Nonadiabatic Ponderomotive Potentials
Authors: I.Y. Dodin and N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4110 Abstract
PPPL-4111 is available in pdf format (627 KB).
New Classes of Quasi-Axisymmetric Stellarator Configurations
Authors: L.P. Ku and P.R. Garabedian
PPPL-4111 Abstract
PPPL-4112 is available in pdf format (662 KB).
RF Sources for the ITER Ion Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive System
Authors: J. Hosea, C. Brunkhorst, E. Fredd, R.H. Goulding, N. Greenough, C. Kung, D.A. Rasmussen, D.W. Swain, and J.R. Wilson
PPPL-4112 Abstract
PPPL-4113 is available in pdf format (5.8 MB).
Circuit Design to Stabilize the Reflectometer Local Oscillator Signals
Authors: C.C. Kung, G.J. Kramer, E. Johnson, W. Solomon, and R. Nazikian
PPPL-4113 Abstract
PPPL-4114 is available in pdf format (737 KB).
NCSX Vacuum Vessel Fabrication
Authors: M.E. Viola, T. Brown, P. Heitzenroeder, F. Malinowski, W. Reiersen, L. Sutton, P. Goranson, B. Nelson, M. Cole, M. Manuel, and D. McCorkle
PPPL-4114 Abstract
PPPL-4115 is available in pdf format (659 KB).
NCSX Toroidal Field Coil Design
Authors: M. Kalish, J. Rushinski, L. Myatt, A. Brooks, F. Dahlgren, J. Chrzanowski, W. Reiersen, and K. Freudenberg
PPPL-4115 Abstract
PPPL-4116 is available in pdf format (1.5 MB).
Analysis of NSTX TF Joint Voltage Measurements
Author: R. Woolley
PPPL-4116 Abstract
PPPL-4117 is available in pdf format (2.5 MB).
Using E-beam Mapping to Detect Coil Misalignment in NCSX
Authors: E. Fredrickson, A. Georgiyevskiy, V. Rudakov, and M.C. Zarnstorff
PPPL-4117 Abstract
PPPL-4118 is available in pdf format (1 MB).
Electron Cross-field Transport in a Miniaturized Cylindrical Hall Thruster
Authors: Artem Smirnov, Yevgeny Raitses, and Nathaniel J. Fisch
PPPL-4118 Abstract
PPPL-4119 is available in pdf format (1 MB).
Gyrokinetic Stability Studies of the Microtearing Mode in the National Spherical Torus Experiment H-mode
Authors: J.A. Baumgaertel, M.H. Redi, R.V. Budny, G. Rewoldt, and W. Dorland
PPPL-4119 Abstract
PPPL-4120 is available in pdf format (802 KB).
Progress In NCSX and QPS Design and Construction
Authors: W. Reiersen, P. Heitzenroeder, G.H. Neilson, B. Nelson, M. Zarnstorff, T. Brown, M. Cole, J. Chrzanowski, P. Fogarty, P. Goranson, J. Lyon, J. Schmidt, R. Strykowsky, M. Viola, and D. Williamson
PPPL-4120 Abstract
PPPL-4121 is available in pdf format (447 KB).
The Role of Aspect Ratio and Beta in H-mode Confinement Scalings
Authors: S.M. Kaye, M. Valovic, A. Chudnovskiy, J.G. Cordey, D. McDonald, A. Meakins, K. Thomsen, R. Akers, G. Bracco, C. Brickley, C. Bush, A. Cote, J.C. DeBoo, M. Greenwald, G.T. Hoang, D. Hogweij, F. Imbeaux, Y. Kamada, O.J.W.F. Kardaun, A. Kus, S. Lebedev, V. Leonov, S. Lynch, Y. Martin, Y. Miura, J. Ongena, G. Pacher, C.C. Petty, M. Romanelli, F. Ryter, K. Shinohara, J. Snipes, J. Stober, T. Takizuka, K. Tsuzuki, and H. Urano
PPPL-4121 Abstract
PPPL-4122 is available in pdf format (832 KB).
The Production Phase for the National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) Modular Coil Winding Forms
Authors: P. Heitzenroeder, T. Brown, G. Neilson, F. Malinowski, L. Sutton, B. Nelson, D. Williamson, N. Horton, B. Goddard, J. Edwards, K. Bowling, and K. Hatzilias
PPPL-4122 Abstract
PPPL-4123 is available in pdf format (388 KB).
Alpha Channeling in Mirror Machines
Author: N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4123 Abstract
PPPL-4124 is available in pdf format (396 KB).
Integrated Modeling for Burning Plasmas
Author: S.C. Jardin
PPPL-4124 Abstract
PPPL-4125 is available in pdf format (3.8 MB).
The Effect of Plasma Shaping on Performance in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
Authors: D.A. Gates, R. Maingi, J. Menard, S. Kaye, S.A. Sabbagh, G. Taylor, J.R. Wilson, et al.
PPPL-4125 Abstract
PPPL-4126 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).
Progress towards High Performance Plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
Authors: S.M. Kaye, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, S. Bernabei, J. Bialek, T. Biewer, W. Blanchard, et al.
PPPL-4126 Abstract
PPPL-4127 is available in pdf format (484 KB).
Onset and Saturation of Ion Heating by Odd-parity Rotating-magnetic-fields in a Field-reversed Configuration
Authors: A.S. Landsman, S.A. Cohen, and A.H. Glasser
PPPL-4127 Abstract
PPPL-4128 is available in pdf format (648 KB).
Application of Mass Lumped Higher Order Finite Elements
Authors: J. Chen, H.R. Strauss, S.C. Jardin, W. Park, L.E. Sugiyama, G. Fu, and J. Breslau
PPPL-4128 Abstract
PPPL-4129 is available in pdf format (580 KB).
A Marker Method for the Solution of the Damped Burgers' Equation
Author: Jerome L.V. Lewandowski
PPPL-4129 Abstract
PPPL-4130 is available in pdf format (441 KB).
Current-Drive Efficiency in a Degenerate Plasma
Authors: S. Son and N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4130 Abstract
PPPL-4131 is available in pdf format (348 KB).
Double Gap Alfvén Eigenmodes: Revisiting Eigenmodes Interaction with the Alfvén Continuum
Author: N.N. Gorelenkov
PPPL-4131 Abstract
PPPL-4133 is available in pdf format (940 KB).
Controlled Fusion with Hot-ion Mode in a Degenerate Plasma
Authors: S. Son and N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4133 Abstract
PPPL-4134 is available in pdf format (1.5 MB).
Self-organized Te Redistribution during Driven Reconnection Processes in High Temperature Plasmas
Authors: H.K. Park, E. Mazzucato, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., C.W. Domier, Z. Xia, T. Munsat, A.J.H. Donné, I.G.J. Classen, M.J. van de Pol, and the TEXTOR team
PPPL-4134 Abstract
PPPL-4135 is available in pdf format (576 KB).
First Observation of the High Field Side Sawtooth Crash and Heat Transfer during Driven Reconnection Processes in Magnetically Confined Plasmas
Authors: H.K. Park, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., A.J.H. Donné, I.G.J. Classen, C.W. Domier, E. Mazzucato, T. Munsat, M.J. van de Pol, Z. Xia, and the TEXTOR team
PPPL-4135 Abstract
PPPL-4136 is available in pdf format (701 KB).
Operation of a Segmented Hall Thruster with Low-sputtering Carbon-velvet Electrodes
Authors: Y. Raitses, D. Staack, A. Dunaevsky, and N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4136 Abstract
PPPL-4137 is available in pdf format (646 KB).
Measurements of Secondary Electron Emission Effects in the Hall Thruster Discharge
Authors: Y. Raitses, A. Smirnov, D. Staack and N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4137 Abstract
PPPL-4138 is available in pdf format (682 KB).
Ignition Regime for Fusion in a Degenerate Plasma
Authors: S. Son and N.J. Fisch
PPPL-4138 Abstract
PPPL-4139 is available in pdf format (963 KB).
Interchange and Infernal Fishbone Modes in Plasmas with Tangentially Injected Beams
Authors: Ya.I. Kolesnichenko, V.S. Marchenko, and R.B. White
PPPL-4139 Abstract
PPPL-4140 is available in pdf format (640 KB).
Negative Halogen Ions for Fusion Applications
Authors: L.R. Grisham, J.W. Kwan, S.K. Hahto, S.T. Hahto, K.N. Leung, and G. Westenskow
PPPL-4140 Abstract
PPPL-4141 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).
Long Pulse High Performance Plasma Scenario Development for the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Authors: C.E. Kessel, R.E. Bell, M.G. Bell, D.A. Gates, R.W. Harvey, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, T.K. Mau, J.E. Menard, C.K. Phillips, P.M. Ryan, S.A. Sabbagh, E.J. Synakowski, G. Taylor, R. Wilson and the NSTX Research Team
PPPL-4141 Abstract
PPPL-4142 is available in pdf format (3.3 MB).
Gyrokinetic Simulation of Global Turbulent Transport Properties in Tokamak Experiments
Authors: W.X. Wang, Z. Lin, W.M. Tang, W.W. Lee, S. Ethier, J.L.V. Lewandowski, G. Rewoldt, T.S. Hahm, and J. Manickam
PPPL-4142 Abstract
PPPL-4143 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).
On Collisionless Ion and Electron Populations in the Magnetic Nozzle Experiment (MNX)
Authors: S.A. Cohen, X. Sun, N.M. Ferraro, E.E. Scime, M. Miah, S. Stange, N. Siefert, and R.F. Boivin
PPPL-4143 Abstract
PPPL-4144 is available in pdf format (704 KB).
On-axis Parallel Ion Speeds near Mechanical and Magnetic Apertures in a Helicon Plasma Device
Authors: Xuan Sun, S.A. Cohen, Earl E. Scime, and Mahmood Miah
PPPL-4144 Abstract
PPPL-4145 is available in pdf format (462 KB).
Physical Origin of the Quadrupole Out-of-plane Magnetic Field in Hall-MHD Reconnection
Authors: Dmitri A. Uzdensky and Russell M. Kulsrud
PPPL-4145 Abstract
PPPL-4146 is available in pdf format (384 KB).
Transport Optimization in Stellarators
Author: H.E. Mynick
PPPL-4146 Abstract
PPPL-4147 is available in pdf format (1 MB).
Design and Numerical Stress Analysis of Silicon Membrane Hibachi Windows
Authors: Chang H. Jun, Charles Gentile, Craig Priniski, and John Sethian
PPPL-4147 Abstract
PPPL-4148 is available in pdf format (263 KB).
Preparing K-12 Students for the New Interdisciplinary World of Science
Author: Russell Hulse
PPPL-4148 Abstract
PPPL-4149 is available in pdf format (1 MB).
Measurements of the Parallel and Transverse Spitzer Resistivities during Collisional Magnetic Reconnection
Authors: A. Kuritsyn, M. Yamada, S. Gerhardt, H. Ji, R. Kulsrud, and Y. Ren
PPPL-4149 Abstract
PPPL-4150 is available in pdf format (330 KB).
Advances in the Numerical Modeling of Field-reversed Configurations
Authors: Elena V. Belova, Ronald C. Davidson, Hantao Ji, and Masaaki Yamada
PPPL-4150 Abstract
PPPL-4151 is available in pdf format (607 KB).
Modification of Electron Velocity Distribution In Bounded Plasmas by Secondary Electron Emission
Authors: Dmytro Sydorenko, Andrei Smolyakov, Igor Kaganovich, and Yevgeny Raitses
PPPL-4151 Abstract
PPPL-4152 is available in pdf format (456 KB).
Calculation of the Vacuum Green's Function Valid even for High Toroidal Mode Number in Tokamaks
Authors: M.S. Chance, A.D. Turnbull, and P.B. Snyder
PPPL-4152 Abstract
PPPL-4153 is available in pdf format (746 KB).
Foundations of Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Theory
Authors: A.J. Brizard and T.S. Hahm
PPPL-4153 Abstract
PPPL-4154 is available in pdf format (904 KB).
Structure and Motion of Edge Turbulence in the National Spherical Torus Experiment and Alcator C-Mod
Authors: S.J. Zweben, R.J. Maqueda, J.L. Terry, T. Munsat, J.R. Myra, D. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell, J.A. Krommes, B. LeBlanc, T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, D.P Stotler, K.M. Williams, C.E. Bush, R. Maingi, O. Grulke, S.A. Sabbagh, and A.E. White
PPPL-4154 Abstract
PPPL-4155 is available in pdf format (304 KB).
An Exact Magnetic Moment Invariant of Charged Particle Gyromotion
Authors: Hong Qin and Ronald C. Davidson
PPPL-4155 Abstract
PPPL-4156
Nonlocal Neoclassical Transport in Tokamak and Spherical Torus Experiments
Authors: W.X. Wang, G. Rewoldt, W.M. Tang, F.L. Hinton, J. Manickam, L.E. Zakharov, R.B. White, and S. Kaye
PPPL-4156 Abstract
PPPL-4157 is available in pdf format (1 MB).
New Capabilities and Results for the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Authors: M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, D.A. Gates, S.M. Kaye, H. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, F.M. Levinton, R. Maingi, J.E. Menard, R. Raman, S.A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, and the NSTX Research Team
PPPL-4157 Abstract
PPPL-4158 is available in pdf format (959 KB).
Comparison Study of 2-D Images of Temperature Fluctuations during the Sawtooth Oscillation with Theoretical Models
Authors: H.K. Park, A.J.H. Donné, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., I.G.J. Classen, C.W. Domier, E. Mazzucato, T. Munsat, M.J. van de Pol, Z. Xia, and the TEXTOR team
PPPL-4158 Abstract
PPPL-4159 is available in pdf format (328 KB).
Effects of Pressure Gradient on Existence of Alfvén Cascade Modes in Reversed Shear Tokamak Plasmas
Authors: G.Y. Fu and H.L. Berk
PPPL-4159 Abstract
PPPL-4160 is available in pdf format (436 KB).
Observation of Instability-induced Current Redistribution in a Spherical Torus Plasma
Authors: J.E. Menard, R.E. Bell, S.M. Kaye, B.P. LeBlanc, F.M. Levinton, S.S. Medley, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, and H. Yuh
PPPL-4160 Abstract
PPPL-4161 is available in pdf format (664 KB).
Finite Element Implementation of Braginskii's Gyroviscous Stress with Application to the Gravitational Instability
Authors: N.M. Ferraro and S.C. Jardin
PPPL-4161 Abstract
PPPL-4162 is available in pdf format (436 KB).
Improving Confinement in Quasi-axisymmetric Stellarators
Authors: H.E. Mynick, A.H. Boozer, and L-P. Ku
PPPL-4162 Abstract
PPPL-4163 is available in pdf format (368 KB).
Reversed Shear Alfvén Eigenmodes Associated with the Ellipticity and Triangularity Alfvén Gaps
Authors: G.J. Kramer and G-Y. Fu
PPPL-4163 Abstract
PPPL-4164 is available in pdf format (424 KB).
Enhanced Confinement and Performance in a Low Recycling Tokamak
Authors: R. Majeski, R. Doerner, T. Gray, R. Kaita, R. Maingi, D. Mansfield, J. Spaleta, V. Soukhanovski, J. Timberlake, and L. Zakharov
PPPL-4164 Abstract
PPPL-4165 is available in pdf format (804 KB).
Spherical Torus Design Point Studies
Authors: C. Neumeyer, Y-K.M. Peng, C. Kessel, and P. Rutherford
PPPL-4165 Abstract
PPPL-4166 is available in pdf format (340 KB).
Fast Gas Injection as a Diagnostic Technique for Particle Confinement Time Measurements
Authors: T. Gray, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, J. Spaleta, and J. Timberlake
PPPL-4166 Abstract
PPPL-4167 is available in pdf format (692 KB).
Carbon Ion Plume Emission Produced by Charge Exchange with Neutral Beams on NSTX
Author: Ronald E. Bell
PPPL-4167 Abstract
PPPL-4168 is available in pdf format (696 KB).
Pulse-by-pulse Measurements of Dynamic Retention and Deposition in NSTXI
Authors: C.H. Skinner, H.W. Kugel, A.L. Roquemore, R. Maingi, and W.R. Wampler
PPPL-4168 Abstract
PPPL-4169 is available in pdf format (456 KB).
Controlling Surface Dust in a Tokamak
Authors: C.V. Parker, C.H. Skinner, and A.L. Roquemore
PPPL-4169 Abstract
PPPL-4170 is available in pdf format (416 KB).
Two-Stream Instability for a Longitudinally-compressing Charged Particle Beam
Authors: Edward A. Startsev and Ronald C. Davidson
PPPL-4170 Abstract
PPPL-4171 is available in pdf format (1.3 MB).
Experimental Study of Two-fluid Effects on Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma with Variable Collisionality
Authors: Masaaki Yamada, Yang Ren, Hantao Ji, Joshua Breslau, Stefan Gerhardt, Russell Kulsrud, and Aleksey Kuritsyn
PPPL-4171 Abstract
PPPL-4172 is available in pdf format (520 KB).
Magnetohydrodynamic Activity and Energetic Ions in Fusion Plasmas
Authors: Ya.I. Kolesnichenko, V.V. Lutsenko, V.S. Marchenko, A. Weller, R.B. White, Yu.V. Yakovenko, and K. Yamazaki
PPPL-4172 Abstract
PPPL-4173 is available in pdf format (1.1 MB).
A Hypothesis of Inductive Drive to Explain TEXTOR's Sawtooth Measurements
Author: T.K. Chu
PPPL-4173 Abstract
PPPL-4174 is available in pdf format (572 KB).
Performance of the Solid-state Neutral Particle Analyzer Array on the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Authors: D. Liu, W.W. Heidbrink, D.S. Darrow, A.L. Roquemore, S.S. Medley, and K. Shinohara
PPPL-4174 Abstract
PPPL-4175 is available in pdf format (516 KB).
Electron Bernstein Wave Research on Overdense Plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
Authors: G. Taylor, T.S. Bigelow, J.B. Caughman, M.D. Carter, S. Diem, P.C. Efthimion, R.A. Ellis, N.M. Ershov, E. Fredd, R.W. Harvey, J. Hosea, F. Jaeger, B. LeBlanc, C.K. Phillips, J. Preinhaelter, A.K. Ram, D.A. Rasmussen, A.P. Smirnov, J. Urban, J.B. Wilgen, and J.R. Wilson
PPPL-4175 Abstract
PPPL-4176 is available in pdf format (431 KB).
Modeling of Fast Wave Heating and Current Drive in DIII-D High Performance Plasmas
Authors: C.E. Kessel, R.V. Budny, A.M. Garofalo, C.M. Greenfield, M. Murakami, R.I. Pinsker, and P.M. Ryan
PPPL-4176 Abstract
PPPL-4177 is available in pdf format (497 KB).
External Magnetics Diagnostics for the National Compact Stellarator Experiment
Authors: B. Stratton, A. Brooks, T. Brown, D. Johnson, G. Labik, E. Lazarus, N. Pomphrey, S. Raftopoulos, and M. Zarnstorff
PPPL-4177 Abstract
PPPL-4178 is available in pdf format (634 KB).
Bispectral Analysis of Low- to High-confinement Mode Transitions in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
PPPL-4178 Abstract
PPPL-4179 is available in pdf format (325 KB).
Magnetic Alignment of NCSX and Control of Field Errors
Authors: M.C. Zarnstorff, N. Pomphrey, and A. Brooks
PPPL-4179 Abstract
PPPL-4180 is available in pdf format (527 KB).
Effect of Lithium PFC Coatings on NSTX Density Control
Authors: H.W. Kugel, M.G. Bell, C. Bush, D. Gates, T. Gray, R. Kaita, B. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, R. Majeski, D. Mansfield, D. Mueller, R. Raman, A.L. Roquemore, S. Sabbagh, C.H. Skinner, V. Soukhanovskii, T. Stevenson, and L. Zakharov
PPPL-4180 Abstract
PPPL-4181 is available in pdf format (1.4 MB).
Detection of Short-scale Turbulence in the Next Generation of Tokamak Burning Plasma Experiments
Author: E. Mazzucato
PPPL-4181 Abstract
PPPL-4182 is available in pdf format (508 KB).
Details of Neutral Transport in Gas Puff Imaging Experiments
Authors: D.P. Stotler, J. Boedo, B. LeBlanc, R.J. Maqueda, and S.J. Zweben
PPPL-4182 Abstract
PPPL-4183 is available in pdf format (534 KB).
Collective Fast Ion Instability-induced Losses in National Spherical Tokamak Experiment
Authors: E.D. Fredrickson, R.E. Bell, D.S. Darrow, G.Y. Fu, N.N. Gorelenkov, B.P. LeBlanc, S.S. Medley, J.E. Menard, H. Park, A.L. Roquemore, S.A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, K. Tritz, N.A. Crocker, S. Kubota, W. Peebles, K.C. Lee, and F.M. Levinton
PPPL-4183 Abstract
PPPL-4184 is available in pdf format (780 KB).
Fast Ion Loss in a "Sea-of-TAE"
Authors: E.D. Fredrickson, N.N. Gorelenkov, R.E. Bell, J.E. Menard, A.L. Roquemore, S. Kubota, N.A. Crocker, and W. Peebles
PPPL-4184 Abstract
PPPL-4185
Fluctuations and Discrete Particle Noise in Gyrokinetic Simulation of Drift Waves
Authors: Thomas G. Jenkins and W.W. Lee
PPPL-4185 Abstract
The PPPL Fiscal Year 2005 Highlights Report is available in pdf format (14.1 MB).
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory FY2005 Annual Highlights
Editors: Anthony R. DeMeo and Carol A. Phillips
PPPL_FY05_Highlights Abstract