Publications 2009

Soukhanovskii VA, Maingi R, Gates DA, et al.

Divertor heat flux mitigation in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (2), 022501 (FEB 2009)

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Gerhardt SP, Menard JE

Characterization of the plasma current quench during disruptions in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (2), 025005 (FEB 2009)

Gerhardt SP, Brennan DP, Buttery R, et al.

Relationship between onset thresholds, trigger types and rotation shear for the m/n = 2/1 neoclassical tearing mode in a high-ß spherical torus

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (3), 032003 (March 2009)

Stutman D, Delgado-Aparicio L, Gorelenkov N, et al.

Correlation between Electron Transport and Shear Alfven Activity in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 102 (11), 115002 (MAR 20 2009) 

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Wang WX, Hahm TS, Ethier S, et al.

Gyrokinetic studies on turbulence-driven and neoclassical non-diffusive toroidal momentum transport and effect on residual fluctuations in strong ExB shear

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 102 (3) 035005 (2009) 

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Kaye SM, Solomon W, Bell RE, et al.

Momentum transport in electron-dominated NSTX spherical torus plasmas

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (4), 045010 (APR 2009)

Crocker NA, Fredrickson ED, Kubota S, et al.

Three-wave interactions between fast-ion driven modes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (4), 042513 (APR 2009)

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Podesta M, Heidbrink WW, Liu D, et al.

Experimental studies on fast-ion transport by Alfven wave avalanches on the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (5), 056104 (MAY 2009)

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Gorelenkov NN, Van Zeeland MA, Berk HL, et al.

Beta-induced Alfven-acoustic eigenmodes in National Spherical Torus Experiment and DIII-D driven by beam ions

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (5), 056107 (MAY 2009) 

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Park JK, Boozer AH, Menard JE, et al.

Importance of plasma response to nonaxisymmetric perturbations in tokamaks

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (5), 056115 (MAY 2009)

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Maqueda RJ, Maingi R

Primary edge localized mode filament structure in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (5), 056117 (MAY 2009) 

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Garafalo AM, Solomon WM, Lanctot M, et al.,

Plasma rotation driven by static nonresonant magnetic fields

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 056119 (May 2009)

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Yuh HY, Levinton FM, Bell RE, et al.

Internal transport barriers in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (5), 056120 (MAY 2009) 

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Mazzucato E, Bell RE, Ethier S, et al.

Study of turbulent fluctuations driven by the electron temperature gradient in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (5), 055001 (MAY 2009) 

Raman R, Nelson BA, Mueller D, et al.

Solenoid-free Plasma Start-up in NSTX using Transient CHI

JOURNAL OF FUSION ENERGY 28 (2), 200-202 (JUN 2009)

Kugel HW, Bell M, Berzak L, et al.

Physics design requirements for the National Spherical Torus Experiment liquid lithium divertor

FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 84 (7-11), 1125-1129 (JUN 2009)

Nygren RE, Harjes HC, Wakeland P, et al.

Thermal control of the liquid lithium divertor for NSTX

FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 84 (7-11), 1438-1441 (JUN 2009)

Raman R, Jarboe TR, Mueller D, et al.

Solenoid-free plasma startup in NSTX using transient CHI

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (6), 065006 (JUN 2009) 

Hawryluk RJ, Campbell DJ, Janeschitz G, et al.,

Principal physics developments evaluated in the ITER design review

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 065012 (June 2009)

Park JK, Boozer AH, Menard JE

Non-ambipolar Transport by Trapped Particles in Tokamaks

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 102 065002 (June 2009) 

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Lee KC

Analysis of Turbulence Diffusion in Conjunction With Gyrocenter Shift at the Boundary of Fusion Devices

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION 51 (6) 065023 (JUN 2009)

Smith DR, Kaye SM, Lee W, et al.

Observations of reduced electron gyroscale fluctuations in National Spherical Torus Experiment H-mode plasmas with large ExB flow shear

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 102 (22), 225005 (JUN 5 2009)

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Paul SF, Skinner CH, Robinson JA, et al.

Measurements of accumulated metallic impurities during LiTER operation in NSTX

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 211-215 (JUN 15 2009)

Zweben SJ, Maqueda RJ, Roquemore AL, et al.

Biased electrodes for SOL control in NSTX

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 417-420 (JUN 15 2009)

Ahn J-W, Maingi R, Boedo JA, et al.

Dependence of SOL widths on plasma current and density in NSTX H-mode plasmas

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 421-424 (JUN 15 2009)

Kelly F, Maingi R, Maqueda R, et al.

MARFE stability and movement in an ELMy H-mode NSTX discharge

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 436-439 (JUN 15 2009)

Maingi R, Bell RE, LeBlanc BP, et al.

The enhanced pedestal H-mode in the National Spherical Torus experiment

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 440-443 (JUN 15 2009)

Soukhanovskii VA, Bell RE, Bush C, et al.

On the secular density rises in NBI-heated H-mode plasmas in NSTX

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 516-519 (JUN 15 2009)

Mansfield DK, Kugel HW, Maingi R, et al.

Transition to ELM-free improved H-mode by lithium deposition on NSTX graphite divertor surfaces

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 764-767 (JUN 15 2009)

Maqueda RJ, Maingi R, Ahn J-W

Secondary ELM filaments in NSTX

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 843-846 (JUN 15 2009)

Allain JP, Rokusek DL, Harilal SS, et al.

Experimental studies of lithium-based surface chemistry for fusion plasma-facing materials applications

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 942-946 (JUN 15 2009)

Kugel HW, Mansfield D, Maingi R, et al.

Evaporated lithium surface coatings in NSTX

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 1000-1004 (JUN 15 2009)

Skinner CH, Kugel HW, Roquemore AL, et al.

Mass changes in NSTX surface layers with Li conditioning as measured by quartz microbalances

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 1005-1008 (JUN 15 2009)

Wampler WR, Skinner CH, Kugel HW, et al.

Measurement of lithium and deuterium on NSTX carbon tiles

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS 390-91, 1009-1012 (JUN 15 2009)

Diem SJ, Taylor G, Caughman JB, et al.

Collisional damping of Electron Bernstein Waves and its mitigation by evaporated lithium conditioning in Spherical-Tokamak plasmas

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 103 (1), 015002 (JUN 30 2009)

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Phillips CK., Bell RE, Berry LA, et al.

Spectral effects on fast wave core heating and current drive

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (7), 075015 (July 2009)

Raman R, Nelson BA, Mueller D, et al.

Solenoid-less plasma start-up in NSTX using transient CHI

FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 56 (1), 512-517 (JUL 2009)

Maingi R, Osborne TH, LeBlanc BP, et al.

Edge-Localized-Mode suppression through density-profile modification with lithium-wall coatings in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 103 (7), 075001 (AUG 14 2009) 

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Becoulet M, Huysmans G, Garbet X et al., 

Physics of penetration of resonant magnetic perturbations used for Type I edge localized modes suppression in tokamaks

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 085011 (August 2009)

Delgado-Aparicio L, Stutman D, Tritz K, et al.

Impurity transport studies in NSTX neutral beam heated H-mode plasmas

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (8), 085028 (AUG 2009)

Park JK, Boozer AH, Menard JE, et al.

Shielding of External Magnetic Perturbations by Torque in Rotating Tokamak Plasmas

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (8) 082512 (August 2009)

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Soukhanovskii VA, Maingi R, Gates DA, et al.

Divertor heat flux mitigation in high-performance H-mode discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (9), 095025 (SEP 2009)

Diem SJ, Taylor G, Caughman JB, et al.

Investigation of electron Bernstein wave (EBW) coupling and its critical dependence on EBW collisional loss in high-ß, H-mode ST plasmas

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (9), 095027 (September 2009)

Zweben SJ, Maqueda RJ, Roquemore AL, et al.

Local scrape-off layer control using biased electrodes in NSTX

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION 51 (10), 105012 (OCT 2009)

Gates DA, Ahn J-W, Allain J, et al.

Overview of results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 (10), 104016 (OCT 2009)

Smith DR, Kaye SM, Lee W, et al.

Electron gyroscale fluctuation measurements in National Spherical Torus Experiment H-mode plasmas

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (11), 112507 (NOV 2009)

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Reimerdes H, Garafalo AM, Strait EJ et al., 

Effect of resonant and non-resonant magnetic braking on error field tolerance in high beta plasmas

NUCLEAR FUSION 49 115001 (November 2009)

Bell MG, Kugel HW, Kaita R, et al.

Plasma response to lithium-coated plasma-facing components in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION 51 (12), 124054 (DEC 2009)

Boedo JA, Crocker N, Chousal L, et al.

Fast scanning probe for the NSTX spherical tokamak

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 80 (12), 123506 (DEC 2009)

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Fredrickson ED, Crocker NA, Bell RE, et al.

Modeling fast-ion transport during toroidal Alfven eigenmode avalanches in National Spherical Torus Experiment

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 16 (12), 122505 (DEC 2009)

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