Publications 2003


SICHTA P, Dong J, Gernhardt R, et al., 

Control system for the NSTX lithium pellet injector

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


PINSKER RI, Taylor G, Efthimion PC,

Modeling of EBW Coupling with Waveguide Launchers for NSTX 

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 384 (2003)


JOHNSON D, et al., 

Diagnostic development for ST plasmas on NSTX

PLASMA PHYS. CONTROL. FUSION 45 1975 (October 2003)


FEDER R, Renda GF, Johnson D, et al., 

Fast tangential soft x-ray camera for NSTX

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


KUGEL HW, Soukhanovskii V, Bell M, et al., 

Impact of the wall conditioning program on plasma performance in NSTX

Journal of Nuclear Materials 313 187 (March 2003)


ONO M, Bell MG, Bell RE, et al.,

Progress towards high-performance, steady-state spherical torus

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 45 A335 (November 2003)


STUTMAN D, Finkenthal M, Bell RE; et al.,

Impurity transport measurements in beam heated low-confinement mode discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment 

Phys. Plasmas 10 4387 (October 2003)


RAMAKRISHNAN S, Neumeyer C, Marsala R, et al., 

Ground fault detection in NSTX coil power system

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


ZHANG X, Schoch PM, Connor KA,

Trajectory simulations for an NSTX HIBP 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1842 (March 2003)


ALEKSEYEV AG, Darrow DS, Roquemore AL, et al., 

Application of natural diamond detector to energetic neutral particle measurements on NSTX 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1905 (March 2003)


BELOVA EV, Gorelenkov NN, Cheng CZ,

Self-consistent equilibrium model of low aspect-ratio toroidal plasma with energetic beam ions 

Phys. Plasmas 10 3240 (July 2003)


LeBLANC BP, Bell RE, Bernabei SI, et al., 

High‐Harmonic Fast‐Wave Driven H‐Mode Plasmas in NSTX 

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 201 (December 2003)


NEUMEYER C, Brooks A, Chrzanowski J, et al., 

NSTX TF joint failure and re-design

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


RAMAN R, Kugel HW, Provost T, et al., 

Fast neutral pressure measurements in NSTX 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1900 (March 2003)


CADWALLANDER LC, Petersen PI,

Confinement Reliability Estimates for Vacuum System Components

Fusion Science and Technology 44 382 (2003)


GETTELFINGER G, Dong J, Gernhardt R, et al., 

Lithium pellet injector development for NSTX

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


SEMENOV I, Mirnov S, Darrow D, et al., 

Phenomenology of internal reconnections in the National Spherical Torus Experiment 

Phys. Plasmas 10 664 (February 2003)


MUELLER D, Ono M, Bell MG, 

Results of NSTX heating experiments

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 31 60 (February 2003)


LeBLANC BP, Bell RE, Johnson DW, et al., 

Operation of the NSTX Thomson scattering system 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1659 (March 2003)


KALISH M, Kozub T, Neumeyer C, et al.,

NSTX flag joint fastener design, testing, and fatigue analysis

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


BEIERSDORFER P, Bitter M, May MJ, et al.,

High-resolution soft x-ray spectrometer for the NSTX tokamak 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1974 (March 2003)


KUBOTA S, Peebles WA, Nguyen XV, et al., 

Automatic profile reconstruction for millimeter-wave frequency-modulated continuous-wave reflectometry on NSTX 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1477 (March 2003)


SMITH H, Fülöp T, Lisak M,

Localization of compressional Alfvén eigenmodes in spherical tori 

Phys. Plasmas 10 1437 (April 2003)


SPALETA J, Majeski R, Phillips CK, et al., 

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

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 213 (December 2003)


WILSON JR, Bell RE, Bernabei S, et al., 

Exploration of high harmonic fast wave heating on the National Spherical Torus Experiment 

Phys. Plasmas 10 1733 (April 2003)


Kaye SM, Bush CE, Fredrickson E, et al., 

Low- to high-confinement mode transitions in the National Spherical Torus Experiment 

Phys. Plasmas 10 3953 (September 2003)


HEIDBRINK WW, Fredrickson E, Gorelenkov NN, et al., 

An Alfvén eigenmode similarity experiment

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 45 983 (May 2003)


MAU TK, Ryan PM, Carter MD, et al., 

Modeling of HHFW Heating and Current Drive on NSTX with Ray Tracing and Adjoint Techniques 

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 205 (December 2003)


SOUKHANOVSKII VA, Maingi R, Raman R, et al., 

Core fueling and edge particle flux analysis in Ohmically and auxiliary heated NSTX plasmas

Journal of Nuclear Materials 313 573 (March 2003) 


GREENOUGH N, Wilson JR, Rosenberg A,

Implementing phase feedback on the NSTX HHFW transmitters

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


KUGEL HW, Anderson M, Barnes G,

NSTX high field side gas fueling system

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


SWAIN DW, Carter MD, Wilson JR, et al., 

Loading and Asymmetry Measurements and Modeling for the National Spherical Torus Experiment Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies System

Fusion Science and Technology 43 503 (2003)


BIEWER TM, Bell RE, Darrow DS, et al., 

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

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 193 (December 2003)


NARULA M, Abdou MA, Ying AY, 

Study of liquid metal film flow characteristics under fusion relevant magnetic field conditions

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


PARK W, Breslau J, Chen J, et al., 

Nonlinear simulation studies of tokamaks and STs

Nucl. Fusion 43 483 (June 2003)


MENARD JE, Bell MG, Bell RE, et al., 

β-Limiting MHD instabilities in improved-performance NSTX spherical torus plasmas

Nucl. Fusion 43 330 (April 2003)


GRENNOUGH N, Lafrance D,

A new phase-feedback digital oscillator for HHFW transmitters

20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (October 2003)


RYAN PM, Swain DW, Wilson JR, et al., 

High Harmonic Fast Wave Current Drive Experiments on NSTX 

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 209 (December 2003)


MAINGI R, Bell MG, Bell RE, et al., 

H-mode research in NSTX

Nucl. Fusion 43 969 (August 2003)


MEDLEY SS, Bell RE, Petrov MP, et al., 

Initial neutral particle analyzer measurements of ion temperature in the National Spherical Torus Experiment 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1896 (March 2003)


GATES DA, et al., 

High β, long pulse, bootstrap sustained scenarios on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) 

Phys. Plasmas 10 1659 (April 2003)


BUSH CE, Bell MG, Bell RE, et al., 

H-mode threshold and dynamics in the National Spherical Torus Experiment 

Phys. Plasmas 10 1755 (April 2003)


PACELLA D, Pizzicaroli G, Leigheb M, et al., 

Fast x-ray imaging of the National Spherical Tokamak Experiment plasma with a micropattern gas detector based on gas electron multiplier amplifier 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 2148 (March 2003)


NIETER C, Cary JR; Harvey RW, et al., 

Study of electron Bernstein wave absorption using VORPAL 

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 380 (December 2003)


MAINGI R Maingi, Bell MG, Bell RE, et al., 

Recent results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 45 657 (March 2003)


MAINGI R, Kugel HW, Lasnier CJ, et al., 

Heat flux scaling experiments in NSTX

Journal of Nuclear Materials 313 1005 (March 2003)


PACELLA D, Bellazzini R, Brez A, et al., 

Fast 2-D soft X-ray imaging device based on micro pattern gas detector

Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 125 332 (September 2003)


SCHOCH PM, Connor KA, Demers DR, et al., 

Zonal flow measurements using a heavy ion beam probe 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1846 (March 2003)


MAQUEDA RJ, Wurden GA, Stotler DP, et al., 

Gas puff imaging of edge turbulence (invited) 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 2020 (March 2003)


NEUMEYER C, Heitzenroeder P, Kessel C, et al., 

Next step spherical torus design studies

Fusion Engineering and Design 66 139 (September 2003)


BLAGOJEVIC B, Stutman D, Finkenthal M, et al., 

Imaging transmission grating spectrometer for magnetic fusion experiments 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 1988 (March 2003)


ROSENBERG AL, Menard JE, Wilson JR, et al., 

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

AIP Conf. Proc. 694 185 (December 2003)


PACELLA D, Bellazzini R, Brez A, et al., 

X-VUV spectroscopic imaging with a micropattern gas detector 

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

508 414 (August 2003)


SYNAKOWSKI EJ, Bell MG, Bell RE, et al., 

The national spherical torus experiment (NSTX) research programme and progress towards high beta, long pulse operating scenarios

Nucl. Fusion 43 1653 (December 2003)