Recent theses are made available electronically at DataSpace.
Graduate Theses
2017
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Name |
Title | Advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Shi | Gyrokinetic Continuum Simulation of Turbulence in Open-Field-Line Plasmas | G. Hammett |
| Yao Zhou | Variational Integration for Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics and Formation of Current Singularities | A. Bhattacharjee, H. Qin |
| Daniel Ruiz | A Geometric Theory of Waves and its Applications to Plasma Physics | I. Dodin |
| Seth Davidovits | Understanding turbulence in compressing plasmas and its exploitation or prevention | N. J. Fisch |
| Jonathan Jara-Almonte | Multiple-Scale Physics During Magnetic Reconnection | H. Ji, M. Yamada |
| James Mitrani | Monitoring Nanoparticle Synthesis In A Carbon Arc Discharge Environment, In Situ | Y. Raitses, M. N. Shneider, B. C. Stratton |
| Chang Liu | Runaway Electrons in Tokamaks | D. Brennan, A. Bhattacharjee |
| Vasily Geyko | Physics of Spinning Gases and Plasmas | N. J. Fisch |
2016
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Lei Shi | Synthetic Diagnostics Platform for Fusion Plasma and a Two-Dimensional Synthetic Electron Cyclotron Emission Imaging Code | W. M. Tang |
| Michael Hay | On the Utility of Nonthermal Plasmas | N. J. Fisch |
| Dennis P. Boyle | Measurements of impurity concentrations and transport in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment | R. Kaita, R. Majeski |
| Charles L. Ellison | Development of Multistep and Degenerate Variational Integrators for Applications in Plasma Physics | H. Qin, W. Tang |
2015
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew J. Lucia | Material Surface Characteristics and Plasma Performance in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment | R. Kaita |
| Jonathan Squire | Shear dynamo, turbulence, and the magnetorotational instability | A. Bhattacharjee |
| Joshua W. Burby | Chasing Hamiltonian structure in gyrokinetic theory | H. Qin |
2014
2013
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| John R. Rhoads | Magnetohydrodynamics and Heat Transfer in a Free-surface, Flowing Liquid Metal Experiment | H. Ji |
| Katy Ghantous | Reduced Quasilinear Models for Energetic Particles Interaction with Alfvenic Eigenmodes | N. Gorelenkov |
| Xiaoyin Guan | Perpendicular Momentum Input of Lower Hybrid Waves and its Influence on Driving Plasma Rotation | H. Qin |
| Eisung Yoon | A Study of Turbulence-driven Inward Momentum Flux & Construction of a Difference Scheme for Fokker-Planck-Landau Operator | T. S. Hahm, C. S. Chang |
| Erik Granstedt | The Lithium Low-Recycling Boundary and Implications for Plasma Transport | R. Kaita, G. Hammett |
| Jongsoo Yoo | Experimental Studies of Particle Acceleration and Heating During Magnetic Reconnection | M. Yamada, H. Ji |
| Martin E. Griswold | Acceleration and Focusing of Plasma Flows | Y. Raitses, N. Fisch |
| Austin H. Roach | Velocity Measurements and Free-shear-layer Instabilities in a Rotating Liquid Metal | H. Ji |
2012
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Paul F. Schmit | Wave-Particle Interactions in Nonstationary Plasma | N. Fisch |
| Andrey I. Zhmolginov | Resonant Wave-particle Manipulation Techniques | N. Fisch |
| Abe Fetterman | Wave-driven Rotation and Mass Separation in Rotating Magnetic Mirrors | N. Fisch |
| Seth E. Dorfman | Experimental Study of 3-D, Impulsive Reconnection Events in a Laboratory Plasma | H. Ji |
| Daniel P. Lundberg | Fueling Studies on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment | R. Majeski, R. Kaita |
| Jessica A. Baumgaertel | Simulating the Effects of Stellarator Geometry on Gyrokinetic Drift-Wave Turbulence | G. Hammett, D. Mikkelsen |
Archive
| 2011 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Raburn, Daniel |
Efficient Numerical Calculation of MHD Equilibria with Magnetic Islands, with Particular Application to Saturated Neoclassical Tearing Modes |
A. Reiman, D. Monticello |
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Kallman, Joshua B. |
Determination of Sheath Heat Transmission Coefficient in NSTX Discharges with Applied Lithium Coatings | R. Kaita | |
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Peterson, Jayson D. L. |
Relating Gyrokinetic Electron Turbulence to Plasma Confinement in the NSTX |
G. W. Hammett, |
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| 2010 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Smith, Sterling |
Magnetohydrodynamic Stability Spectrum With Flow and a Resistive Wall | S. C. Jardin | |
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Ross, Patrick W. |
Ion Power Balance in Neutral Beam Heated Discharges on the NSTX |
D. Gates, R. White |
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Dorf, Mikhail |
Transport Properties of intense Ion Beam Pulse Propagation for High Energy Density Physics and Inertial Confinement Fusion Application | R. C. Davidson | |
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Berzak, Laura |
Plasma Start-up in a Spherical Tokamak With Close-fitting Conducting Walls |
R. Majeski, R. Kaita |
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Wang, Yansong |
Nonlinear Heating of the Reconnection Layer by Strong Lower Hybrid Instabilities |
H. Ji, R. Kulsrud |
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| 2009 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Stoltzfus-Dueck, Timothy |
Tokamak edge turbulence and the approach to adiabatic response |
J. A. Krommes, S. Zweben |
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Yampolsky, Nikolai A. |
Plasma waves in parametric interactions | N. J. Fisch | |
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Park, Jong-kyu |
Ideal Perturbed Equilibria in Tokamaks |
J. Menard, A. Boozer |
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Smith, David R. |
Investigation of electron gyro-scale fluctuations in the National Spherical Torus Experiment | E. Mazzucato | |
| 2008 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Lukin, Vyacheslav |
Computational Study of the Internal Kink Mode Evolution and Associated Magnetic Reconnection Phenomena | S. C. Jardin | |
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Gray, Timothy G. |
Demonstration of Low Recucling on a Spherical Torus with Lithium Plasma Facing Components |
R. Kaita, R. Majeski |
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Schartman, Ethan |
Laboratory Study of angular momentum transport in rotating shear flow | H. Ji | |
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Chung, Moses |
Studies of charged particle beam dynamics on the Paul Trap simulator experiment pure ion plasma | R. C. Davidson | |
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Diem, Stephanie J. |
Investigation of EBW thermal emission and Mode-conversion physics in the National Spherical Torus | G. Taylor | |
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Ferraro, Nathaniel M. |
Non-ideal effects on the stability and transport of magnetized plasmas | S. C. Jardin | |
| 2007 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Ren, Yang |
Studies of Non-MHD effects during Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma | M. Yamada | |
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Jenkins, Thomas |
Fluctuations, Noise and Numerical Methods in Gyrokinetic Particle -in- Cell Simulaton | W. W. Lee | |
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Sefkow, Adam |
Current Density Compression of Intense Ion Beams | R. C. Davidson | |
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Parrish, Ian |
The Magnetothermal Instability and its Applications | J. Stone | |
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Lui, Wei |
Axisymmetric Numerical and Analytical Studies of the Magnetorotational Instability in a Magnetized Taylor-Couette Flow | H. Ji, J. Goodman | |
| 2006 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Kolesnikov, Roman |
Bifurcation Theory of the Transition to Collisionless Ion-temperature-gradient-driven Plasma Turbulence | J. A. Krommes | |
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Belli, Emily |
Studies of Numerical Algorithms for Gyrokinetics and the Effects of Shaping on Plasma Turbulence | G. W. Hammett | |
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Spaleta, Jeffrey |
Experimental Study of the Effects of Lithium Coated Plasma Facing Components on Energy Confinement Time in the CDX-U Devices | R. P. Majeski, C. K. Phillips | |
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Smirnov, Artem |
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Cylindrical Hall Thrusters | N. J. Fisch, Y. Raitses | |
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Sharma, Prateek |
Kinetic Effects of Turbulence Driven by the Magnetorotational Instability in Black Hole Accretion | G. W. Hammett | |
| 2005 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Landsman, Alexandra |
Single Ion Dynamics Inside the Magnetic Field-reversed Configuration | S. A. Cohen | |
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Foley, Elizabeth |
Development of the Motional Stark Effect With Laser-induced Fluorescence Diagnostic | F. Levinton | |
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Stowell, Ronald |
Kinetic Theory for Antihydrogen Re-Combination Schemes | R. C. Davidson | |
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Dodin, Ilya |
Nonlinear Dynamics of Plasmas under Intense Electromagnetic Radiation | N. J. Fisch | |
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Son, Seunghyeon |
Reaction Rates and other Processes in a Dense Plasma | N. J. Fisch | |
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Kuritsyn, Alexey |
Experimental Study of the Effects of Boundary Conditions and Guide Field On Magnetic Reconnection | M. Yamada, F. Levinton | |
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Kornack, Thomas |
A Test of CPT and Lorentz Symmetry Using a -3He Co-magnetomer | M. Romalis | |
| 2004 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Morrison, Kyle A. |
The effect of neutral gas pressure and electron temperature on the dynamics of the Electron Diffusion Gauge Experiment Electron Plasma | R. C. Davidson, S. Paul | |
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Dorf, Leonard |
Studies of Anode Sheath Phenomena in Hall Thrusters | Y. Raitses | |
| 2003 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Clark, Daniel S. |
Investigations of Raman Laser Amplification in Preformed and Ionizing Plasmas | N. J. Fisch | |
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Zaharia, Sorin G. |
3-D Magnetospheric Structures and Energetic Particle Injection | C. Z. Cheng | |
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Rosenberg, Adam L. |
Ion absorption of the high harmonic fast wave in the NSTX | J. Menard, J. R. Wilson | |
| 2002 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Ping, Yuan |
Soft X-ray Lasers and Raman Amplification in Plasmas | S. Suckewer | |
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Jones, Brent (Physics) |
Electron Bernstein Wave Thermal Emission and Move Conversion in the CDX-U Spherical Torus | P. Efthimion, G. Taylor | |
| 2001 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Munsat, Tobin |
Transient Transort Experiments in the CDX-U Spherical Torus | R. Majeski, M. Ono | |
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Schekochihin, Alexander |
Statistical Theory of Small-scale Turbulent Astrophysical Dynamos | R. M. Kulsrud | |
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Strasburg, Sean |
Dynamics of Intense Charged-Particle Beams | R. C. Davidson | |
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Breslau, Joshua |
Numerical Study of Magnetic Reconnection In Merging Flux Tubes | S. C. Jardin | |
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Li, Xiaohu |
Laser-plasma Interaction in Plasma In Plasma Channel and Relativistic Dynamics | G. Shvets | |
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Carter, Troy |
Experimental Studies of Fluctuations In a Reconnecting Current Sheet | M. Yamada | |
| 2000 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Karasik, Max |
Driven Motion and Instability of an Atmospheric Pressure Arc | S. Zweben | |
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Hsu, Scott C. |
Experimental Study of Ion Heating And Acceleration During Magnetic Reconnection | M. Yamada | |
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Felice, GianMarco |
The Diffusion of Cosmic Rays through The 90 degree Pitch | R. M. Kulsrud | |
| 1999 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Malyshev, Mikhail |
Advanced Plasma Diagnostics for Plasma Processing | V. Donnelly, N. J. Fisch | |
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Heeter, Robert F. |
Alfven Eigenmode and Ion Bernstein Wave Studies for Controlling Fusion Alpha Particles | N. J. Fisch | |
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Trintchouk, Fedor |
XUV Fluorescence in a Vacuum Arc Discharge by Resonant Optical Pumping | S. Suckewer | |
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Chao, Edward |
Pure Electron Plasma Dynamics and The Effects of Collisions with Background Neutral Gas Atoms | S. Paul, R. C. Davidson | |
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Savchenko, Vladislav |
Quantum and Radiation Effects in Plasmas | N. J. Fisch | |
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Snyder, Philip |
Gyrofluid Theory and Simulation of Electromagnetic Turbulence and Transport in Tokamak Plasmas | G. W. Hammett | |
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Boldyrev, Stanislav |
Burgers Turbulence and Passive Random Advection | A. Polyakov, J. Krommes | |
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Fong, Bryan |
Ballooning Modes in Laboratory and Space Plasmas | S. C. Cowley | |
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Leng, Lufeng |
High-Speed Fiber-Based Modules for TDM/WDM Soliton Systems | K. Bergman | |
| 1998 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Park, Jaeyoung |
Studies on a Transition to Strongly Recombining Plasmas | S. A. Cohen | |
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Long, Hui |
Hybrid Simulation of High Recycling Divertors | C. Karney | |
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Wright, John C. |
Fast Wave Current Drive Modeling in Tokamaks | C. K. Phillips | |
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Menard, Jonathan E. |
High-Harmonic Fast Wave Coupling and Heating Experiments in the CDX-U Spherical Tokamak | M. Ono, S. C. Jardin | |
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Herrmann, Mark C. |
Cooling Alpha Particles with Waves | N. J. Fisch | |
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Chen, Yang |
Numerical Study of the Nonlinear Evolution of Toroidicity-Induced Alfven Eigenmodes | R. White | |
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Wang, Zhehui |
A Hollow Cathode Magnetron: Its Characterization and Energetic Nitrogen Atom Diagnostics | S. Cohen | |
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Schwartz, Peter V. |
Molecular Beam Studies of the Growth and Kinetic of Self-Assembled Monolayers | G. Scoles | |
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Qin, Hong |
Gyrokinetic Theory and Computational Methods for Electromagetic Perturbations in Tokamaks | W. M. Tang | |
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Oliver, Hilary J. |
A Newton Method for the Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium Equations | A. H. Reiman | |
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Uzdensky, Dmitri A. |
Theoretical Study of Magnetic Reconnection | R. Kulsrud | |
| 1997 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Chandran, Benjamin D.G. |
Nonlinear Turbulent Dynamos and the Origin of the Galactic Magnetic Field | R. Kulsrud | |
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Herrmann, Hans W. |
Anomalous Loss of DT Alpha Particles in the TFTR | S. Zweben | |
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Cauffman, Stephen R. |
Ion Cyclotron Emission from Fusion Plasmas | R. Majeski | |
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Zhao, Yi |
Interaction Between Energetic Particles and Sawtooth Instabilities in Tokamak Plasmas | R. B. White | |
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Lo, Ernest P. |
Tangential Phase Contrast Imaging Diagnostic for Density Fluctuation Measurement on CDX-U |
R. Kaita | |
| Smith, S. A. (Applied Math) | Dissipative Closures for Statistical Moments, Fluid Moments, and Subgrid Scales in Plasma Turbulence | G.W. Hammett | |
| 1996 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Choe, Wonho |
Feasibility Study of Electron Injection for Tokamak Plasma Transport Control | M. Ono | |
| 1995 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Preische, Sherrie A. |
Radially Localized Measurements of Superthermal Electrons Using Oblique ECE | P. Efthimion, S. Kaye | |
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Jones, Theodore G. |
Low-aspect-ratio Tokamak Start-up and Operational Current Limits in CDX-U | M. Ono | |
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Qian, Qian |
Nonlinear Dynamics of an Intense Non-neutral Ion Beam Propagating Through an Alternating-Gradient Foccusing Lattice | R. C. Davidson | |
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Voss, Keith |
Pulse-heated Vertical Electron Cyclotron Emission Diagnostic | R. Kaita | |
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Hu, Genze |
Statistical Theory of Resistive Drift- Wave Turbulence and Transport | J. A. Krommes | |
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Wu, Yanlin |
Wave-Particle Interaction in Tokamak Plasmas | R. B. White | |
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Lin, Zhihong |
Gyrokinetic Particle Simulations of Neoclassical Transport | W. W. Lee, W. M. Tang | |
| 1994 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Artun, Mehmet |
Low-frequencies Microinstabilities in Rotating Tokamak Plasmas | W.M. Tang | |
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Santoro, Robert A. |
Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation of a Multi-ion Species Plasma | W. W. Lee | |
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Vetoulis, George |
Global Structures of Alfven-ballooning Modes in Magnetospheric Plasmas | L. Chen | |
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Cummings, Julian C. |
Gyrokinetic Simulation of Finite-beta and Self-generated Sheared-flow Effects on Pressure-gradient-driven Instabilities | W. W. Lee | |
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Beer, Michael A. |
Gyrofluid Models of Turbulent Transport in Tokamaks | G. W. Hammett | |
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Chiu, Gordon S. |
Studies of Magnetized Plasmas Inter- acting with Neutral Gas | S. A. Cohen | |
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Moore, David A. |
Pressure Measurement Using a Pure Electron Plasma | R. C. Davidson | |
| 1993 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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MacAulay, Alexander K. |
Two Dimensional Time Dependent Simulation of Ablating Hydrogen Pellets in Hot Magnetized Fusion Plasmas | S. C. Cowley | |
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Zonca, Fulvio |
Continuum Damping of Toroidal Alfven Eigenmodes in Finite-Beta Tokamak Equilibria | L. Chen | |
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McCauley, John S. |
Measurement and Interpretation of DT Neutron Emission from TFTR | J. Strachan | |
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Dorland, William D. |
Gyrofluid Models of Plasma Turbulence | G. W. Hammett | |
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Coster, David P. |
Tokamak Divertor Modelling with Fluid and Kinetic Codes | C. F. F. Karney | |
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Krushelnick, Karl M. |
Coherent Soft X-ray Generation using a Powerful Subpicosecond Laser | S. Suckewer | |
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Zuiker, Christopher D. |
Laser-induced Fluorescence Measurements in an Electron-cyclotron Resonance Plasma Etch Reactor | J. Cecchi | |
| Reynders, John V. W. (Applied Math) | Gyrokinetic simulation of finite-beta plasmas on parallel architectures | Wei-li Lee | |
| 1992 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Forest, Cary B. |
Pressure Driven Currents in the CDX-U Trapped Particle Configuration | M. Ono | |
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Smith, Bruce L. |
Particle Simulation of Auroral Double Layers | H. Okuda | |
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Hwang, Yong-Seok |
Studies of Non-inductive Current Drive in the CDX-U Tokamak | M. Ono | |
| 1991 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Roberts, Donald W. |
Stability Studies of PBX-M Plasmas with Neutral Probe Beam q-Profile | R. Kaita | |
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Glanz, James |
Strong Larmuir Turbulence and Four-Wave Mixing | F. W. Perkins | |
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Ilcisin, Kevin |
A Study of Resonant Photopumping of Molybdenum VII for the Development of a VUV Laser | S. Suckewer | |
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Chan, Anthony A. |
Interaction of Energetic Ring Current Protons with Magnetospheric Hydromagnetic Waves | L. Chen | |
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Boivin, R_jean L. |
Measurements of Charged Fusion Product Diffusion in TFTR | S. Zweben | |
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Cuthbertson, John W. |
Reflection of Plasma Ions from Metals beam source and its use as a hyperthermal neutral | R. Motley, W. Langer | |
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Bowman, John C. |
Realizable Markovian Statistical Closures: General Theory and Application to Drift-Wave Turbulence | J. A. Krommes | |
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Anderson, Steven W. |
Limits on Galactic Dynamo Theory due to Magnetic Fluctuations | R. Kulsrud | |
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Bannister, Mark E. |
A Surface Wave Sustained Plasma Source of Supersonic Nozzel Beams of Metastable Argon Atoms *The Surfajet* | J. Cecchi | |
| 1990 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Harley, Thomas R. |
The Computation of ;Resistive MHD Instabilities in Axisymmetric Toroidal Plasmas | C. Z. Cheng, S. C. Jardin | |
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Duvall, Robert E. |
Topics in Action-Angle Methods Applied to Tokamak Transport and Multiphoton Excitation of Atomic Systems | H. E. Mynick | |
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Powell, Edward T. |
Plasma Equilibrium Modification Measurements with the PBX-M Soft X-ray Pinhole Camera | R. Kaita | |
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Ward, David J. |
Studies of Feedback Stabilization of Axisymmetric Modes in Deformable Tokamak Plasmas | S. C. Jardin | |
| 1989 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Kim, Dong-Eon |
Study of Soft X-ray Amplification in a Magnetically-confined Recombining Laser-produced Plasma | S. Suckewer | |
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Brizard, Alain J. |
Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Tokamak Physics | R. B. White | |
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Federici, John F. |
Four-Wave Mixing and Phase Conjugation in Plasmas | E. Valeo | |
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Chung, Youngjoo |
Quenching of Spontaneous Emission Coefficients in Plasmas | S. Suckewer | |
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Kim, Chang-Bae |
Rigorous Upper Bounds for Turbulent Tranposrt in Bounded Systems Passive Advection and Reversed-Field Pinches | J. A. Krommes | |
| 1988 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Beiersdorfer, P. |
High-Resolution Studies of the X-ray Transitions in Highly Charged Neonlike Ions on the PLT Tokamak | S. von Goeler, M. Bitter | |
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Dimits, Andris M. |
Nonlinear Mechanisms for Drift Wave Saturation and Induced Particle Transport | W. W. Lee | |
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Murphy, Thomas J. |
Tokamak Diagnostics Using Nuclear Techniques | J. Strachan | |
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Nam, Chang Hee |
Spectroscopic Studies of Plasmas Created by a Picosecond KRF* Laser | S. Suckewer | |
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Darrow, Douglass S. |
DC Helicity Injection Studies on the Current Drive Experiment | M. Ono, H. Park | |
| 1987 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Luce, Timothy C. |
Superthermal Electron Distribution Measurements With Electron Cyclotron Emission | P. Efthimion | |
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Olson, Lynn B. |
Dependence of MHD Stability of a Plasma on the Ratio of the Densities of Energetic and Background Particles | R. Motley | |
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Lovberg, John A. |
Ion Energy Balance Determination During 3He-Minority ICRH on PLT Using Fusion-Product Diagnostics | J. Strachan | |
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Pinsker, Robert I. |
Fast Wave Current Drive Experiments on the Princeton Large Torus | P. Colestock | |
| 1986 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Hammett, Gregory W. |
Fast Ion Studies of Ion Cyclotron Heating in the PLT Tokamak | R. Kaita | |
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DeVore, Carl Richard |
Theory and Simulation of the Evolution of the Large Scale Solar Magnetic Field | R. Kulsrud | |
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Keane, Christopher J. |
Studies of Population Inversions in the Soft X-Ray Spectral Region in CO2 Laser Produced Plasmas | S. Suckewer | |
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Salberta, Eric R. |
A Numerical Study of the Effects of Anisotropic Pressure on Ideal MHD Equilibrium and Stability in Tokamaks | J. Johnson | |
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Smith, Ralph A. |
Aspects of Turbulent Transport in a Bounded Plasma | J. Krommes | |
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Hu, Yuan |
Trapped-Electron Transport via Microinstabilities | F. Perkins | |
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Biglari, Hamid |
Theory of Resistive Magneto- hydrodynamic Instabilities Excited By Energetic Trapped Particles in Large-size Tokamaks | L. Chen | |
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Meyerhofer, David D. |
Relaxation and Particle Diffusion in the Proto S-1/C Spheromak | M. Yamada | |
| 1985 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Milchberg, Howard M. |
Studies of Population Inversions and Gains for XUV Laser Development in a Recombining Plasma Column | S. Suckewer | |
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Goree, John A. |
The Backward Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Wave, Fast Wave Current Drive, and FIR Laser Scattering | M. Ono, R. M. Kulsrud | |
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Ho, Darwin D.-M. |
Transport, Convective Equilibrium, and Reactor Physics in Stellarator Type Devices | R. M. Kulsrud | |
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Buchenauer, Dean A. J. |
Fast Ion Effects on Magnetic Instabilities in the PDX Tokamak | K. McGuire | |
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Cowley, Steven C. |
Some Aspects of Anomalous Transport in Tokamaks: Stochastic Magnetic Fields, Tearing Modes and Nonlinear Ballooning Instabilities | R. M. Kulsrud | |
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Albert, Jay M. |
Mapping Analysis of Ripple Transport in a Tokamak | A. H. Boozer | |
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Min, Kyoung W. |
Numerical Study on the Earth's Magnetotail Formation and Magnetospherica Substorm | H. Okuda | |
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Wysocki, Frederick J. |
Experimental Investigation of Line Tying Effects on the Spheromak Tilt Mode | M. Yamada | |
| 1984 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Ruzic, David N. (Physics) |
Total scattering cross-sections and interatomic potentials for neutral hydrogen and helium on some noble gasses | S. A. Cohen | |
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Heidbrink, William W. |
Tokamak diagnostics using fusion products | J.D. Strachan | |
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Dubin, Daniel H. E. |
Perturbation methods and closure approximations in nonlinear systems | J. A. Krommes, C. R. Oberman | |
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Crowley, Thomas |
Measurements of density fluctuations in the PDX tokamak using microwave scattering techniques | E. Mazzucato | |
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Hahm, Taik Soo |
Theory of weakly collisional modes in magnetically confined high temperature plasmas | L. Chen | |
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Koniges, Alice E. (Applied Math) |
MHD equilibrium in toroidal systems with a helical magnetic axis | J.L. Johnson, M.D. Kruskal | |
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Skiff, Frederick N. (Physics) |
Linear and nonlinear excitation of slow waves in the ion cyclotron frequency range | M. Ono, K.-L. Wong | |
| 1983 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Elder, Gerald B. |
Electron cyclotron emissions from an electron cyclotron heated discharge in ISX-B | H. C. S. Hsuan | |
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Brau, Kevin |
Impurity poloidal asymmetries and plasma rotation in the PDX tokamak | S. Suckewer | |
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DeLucia, James |
Linear and 2D nonlinear studies of resistive instabilities in the cylindrical spheromak | S. C. Jardin | |
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Munson, Carter P. |
Experimental identification and control of spheromak tilting instabilities | M. Yamada | |
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Micklich, Bradley J. |
Control of neutron albedo in toroidal fusion reactors | D. L. Jassby | |
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Thompson, Harold R., Jr. |
Second harmonic ion cyclotron resonance heating by the fast magnetosonic wave on the PLT tokamak | J.C. Hosea | |
| 1982 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Schultz, Carl Goran |
Tearing modes in tokamak plasmas with and without ion beam driver currents | P. K. Kaw | |
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Wurden, Glen A. |
CO2 laser scattering on rf waves in ACT-I | M. Ono, K.-L. Wong | |
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MacKay, Robert S. |
Renormalisation in area preserving maps | J. L. Johnson, M. D. Kruskal | |
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Andrews, Philip L. |
Scattering of lower-hybrid waves by density fluctuations | F. W. Perkins | |
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Anania, Giorgio |
Equilibrium and stability of stellarators | J. L. Johnson | |
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Kotschenreuther, Michael T. |
The effect of small-scale fluctuations on several plasma processes | J. A. Krommes, C.R. Oberman | |
|
Ryu, Chang-Mo |
A numerical study of resistive MHD eigenmodes in cylindrical geometry | R. C. Grimm | |
| 1981 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Barnes, Cris W. |
Studies of runaway electron transport in PLT and PDX | J. D. Strachan | |
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Jensen, Roderick V. |
Functional integral approach to classical statistical dynamics | C. R. Oberman | |
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Similon, Philippe L. |
Renormalized theory of drift- wave turbulence in sheared magnetic fields | J. A. Krommes | |
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Chrien, Robert E. |
Measurements of fusion reactions from a tokamak plasma | J. D. Strachan | |
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Hsu, Wen-Ling |
The gaseous divertor experiment | M. Yamada | |
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Rosengaus, Eliezer |
Renormalization of perturbation theories for action- angle transformations | R. L. Dewar | |
| 1980 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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McWilliams, Roger D. |
Current generation and damping of finite amplitude lower hybrid waves | R. W. Motley | |
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Wilson, James Randall |
Ponderomotive force effects on resonance cones and slow-wave coupling above the lower-hybrid frequency | K.-L. Wong | |
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Bhattacharjee, Amitava |
Energy principle with global invariants | R. L. Dewar | |
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Allen, Gary R. |
Experimental investigation of an impurity-driven drift-wave instability | M. Yamada | |
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Eames, David R. |
Ultra-soft x-ray emission from the Princeton Large Torus tokamak | S. von Goeler | |
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Voss, Donald E. |
Low energy neutral atom emission and plasma recycling in the PLT tokamak | S. A. Cohen | |
| 1979 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Marchand, Richard |
Two-dimensional eigenmode analysis of the trapped-ion instability | W. M. Tang | |
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Kleva, Robert G. |
Aspects of the statistical theory of stochastic magnetic fields: test particle transport and turbulent collisionless tearing mode | J. A. Krommes | |
| 1978 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Ono, Masayuki |
Experimental and theoretical studies of parametric instabilities near the ion cyclotron frequency in single and multi- ion species plasmas | M. Porkolab | |
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Adler, Edward Allen (Physics) |
Magnetic reconnection | R. M. Kulsrud | |
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Hassam, Adilnawaz B.S. |
Characteristics and lifetime of convective plasma motions in tokamaks | R. M. Kulsrud | |
| 1977 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Goldston, Robert J. |
Fast Ion Diagnostic Experiment on ATC: Radially Resolved Measurements of Q, Zeff, Ti[parallel], and Ti[anti-parallel] | H. P. Eubank | |
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Seiler, Steven W. (Physics) |
Linear and nonlinear development of a lower-hybrid wave driven by a perpendicular ion beam | H. W. Hendel, M. Yamada | |
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Hsu, Jang-Yu |
A study of drift, Alfven and tearing modes in a nonuniform plasma with sheared magnetic fields | P. K. Kaw | |
|
True, Michael A. |
Drift waves in inhomogeneous plasmas with shear and temperature gradients | H. Okuda | |
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Schuss, Jack J. |
Thomson scattering measurements of plasma turbulence near quarter-critical density in a CO2 laser-heated gas target plasma | T. K. Chu | |
| 1976 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Newberger, Barry |
Finite beta effects on low- frequency instabilities in an axisymmetric torus | A. H. Glasser | |
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Rosen, Mordecai D. |
Radial boundary layers in diffusing toroidal equilibria | J. M. Greene, E. A. Frieman | |
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Jardin, Stephen C. |
Time integration of the ideal MHD equations in 2D tokamak geometry | J. L. Johnson | |
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Marmar, Earl S. (Physics) |
Transport of injected impurities in the ATC tokamak | S. A. Cohen | |
| 1975 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Grek, Boris |
Parametric excitation, heating and anomalous absorption at the upper hybrid and cyclotron harmonic frequencies | M. Porkolab | |
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Krommes, John A. |
On renormalized kinetic theories of anomalous transport due to hydrodynamic fluctuations in strongly magnetized plasma | C. R. Oberman | |
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Sauthoff, Ned |
The structure of fluctuations in the trapped electron regime of the FM-1 Spherator | J. A. Schmidt | |
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Sperling, Jacob L. |
Parametric instabilities and electrostatic ion-cyclotron waves in multispecies plasma | F. W. Perkins | |
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Bellan, Paul M. |
Theoretical and experimental studies of the propagation of electrostatic lower hybrid waves | M. Porkolab | |
| 1974 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Orens, Joseph H. |
Anomalous plasma resistivity due to ion acoustic turbulence | J. M. Dawson | |
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Chu, Cheng |
Investigations of anomalous processes associated with the lower hybrid waves | J. M. Dawson | |
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Sauthoff, Ned |
The structure of fluctuations in the trapped electron regime of the FM-1 Spherator | J. A. Schmidt | |
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Johnston, Russell S. |
Classical induced scattering of coherent waves | R. M. Kulsrud | |
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Tsang, Kang Too |
Non-axisymmetric toroidal transport and plasma rotation | E. A. Frieman | |
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Flick, James T. |
Identification of saturation of the isothermal parametric ion acoustic decay instability | H. W. Hendel | |
| 1973 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Williams, Edward A. (Physics) |
Theory of fluctuations in plasma | C. R. Oberman | |
| 1972 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Lindl, John |
Turbulent electron viscosity due to electrostatic instabilities in plasmas with large current shears | J. M. Dawson | |
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Max, Claire E. |
Relativistic electromagnetic waves in plasmas | F. W. Perkins | |
| 1971 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Jamin, Eric |
Low-frequency stability theory in an axisymmetric torus with shear | E. A. Frieman | |
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Jablon, Claude J. |
Non-linear effects of trapped- particle instabilities in toroidal configurations | P. H. Rutherford | |
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Pacher, Guenther W. |
Investigation of the effect of obstacles on plasma in the Spherator | S. Yoshikawa | |
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Spight, Carl |
Analysis or relaxation processes and stability of a plasma in a uniform electric field | C. R. Oberman | |
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Schlitt, Leland G. |
Effects of parallel wavelength on the collisional drift instability | H. W. Hendel | |
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Valeo, Ernest J. |
Interaction of high frequency electric fields with plasma | C. R. Oberman | |
| 1970 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Bateman, Russell G., Jr. |
Kinetic theory of a plasma in a small electric field | M. D. Kruskal | |
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Pacher, Horst D. |
Identification and stabili- zation of resistive drift waves in the spherator | S. Yoshikawa | |
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Chang, Robert P. H. |
Nonlinear scattering of cyclotron harmonic plasma waves | M. Porkolab | |
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Jassby, Daniel L. |
Transverse velocity shear instabilities in a magneto- plasma column | R. W. Motley | |
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Dewar, Robert L. |
Averaged Langrangian methods and nearly periodic motions in plasmas | R. M. Kulsrud | |
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Ellis, Richard F. |
Current-driven collisional drift instability in a thermally ionized cesium plasma | R. W. Motley | |
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Valanejad, Esmail |
Linear instability of a magnetic neutral line | J. M. Greene | |
| 1969 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Langdon, Allan B. |
Investigations of a sheet model for a bounded plasma with magnetic field and radiation | J. M. Dawson | |
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Kruer, William L. |
Some investigations of wave- particle interactions | J. M. Dawson | |
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Winsor, Niels K. |
A numerical model for low- pressure plasma in a toroidal magnetic field | J. L. Johnson | |
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Politzer, Peter A. |
Drift instability in collision- less alkali metal plasmas | H. W. Hendel | |
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Gurnee, Mark N. |
Effect of a magnetic field on the diffusion of an electron- hole plasma | W. M. Hooke, G. J. Goldsmith | |
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Marsh, Jeffrey B. |
Anomalous transmission and reflection of cyclotron waves | P. H. Rutherford | |
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Tsai, Shih-Tung |
Thermal conductivity and low-frequency waves in collisional plasmas | F. W. Perkins, T. H. Stix | |
| 1968 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Uman, Myron F. (EE) |
Experimental study of ion cyclotron waves in a hot plasma | W. M. Hooke | |
|
Tappert, Frederick D. (Physics) |
Kinetic theory of the classical equilibrium plasma medium | E. A. Frieman | |
|
Boris, Jay P. |
Resistively modified normal modes of an inhomogeneous incompressible plasma | J. M. Greene | |
|
Mosher, David |
Effect of magnetic shear on confinement of a quiescent asymmetric plasma | F. F. Chen | |
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Young, Kenneth M. |
Fluctuations and particle loss in ohmic heated discharges in the Model C Stellarator | S. Yoshikawa | |
|
Bayless, John R. |
Interaction of an electron beam with a helicon wave in InSb | W. M. Hooke | |
|
Forslund, David W. |
A model of the plasma sheet in the Earth's magnetosphere | B. Coppi | |
| 1967 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Hsuan, Hulbert C.S. (EE) |
Kinetic equation for a plasma with electromagnetic interaction | E. A. Frieman | |
|
Blanken, Ronald A. |
On instabilities associated with the interaction of relativistic electrons with electrostatic waves propagating nearly perpendicular to a static magnetic field | A.F. Kuckes, W. B. Ard | |
|
Rogister, Andre L. |
Kinetic theory of stable and weakly unstable plasma | C. R. Oberman | |
| 1966 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Orszag, Steven A. |
Theory of turbulence | M. D. Kruskal | |
|
Levine, Alfred M. (EE) |
Effect of electron temperature on the excitation of electrostatic ion cyclotron oscillations | A.F. Kuckes | |
|
Shanny, Ramy A. |
Numerical experiments in plasma physics | J. M. Dawson, J. M. Greene | |
|
Davidson, Ronald C. |
Weak turbulence in a homogeneous plasma | E. A. Frieman | |
| 1965 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Bodner, Stephen E. (Physics) |
Quasi-linear theory of electro- static instabilities | E. A. Frieman | |
|
Ramanathan, G. V. (Aerospace & Sciences) |
Correlations in an equilibrium plasma | M. D. Kruskal | |
|
Birmingham, Thomas J. (Physics) |
Radiation by a plasma: Quadrupole bremsstrahlung and synchroton emission | J. M. Dawson | |
| 1964 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Su, Chan-Hsing (Aeronautical Engineering) |
Kinetic theory of weakly coupled gases | E. A. Frieman | |
|
Berk, Herbert L. (Physics) |
Electrical transport equation for a plasma model | C. R. Oberman | |
|
Book, David (Physics) |
Multiple time scale approach to the derivation of quantum mechanical kinetic equations | E. A. Frieman | |
|
Kennel, Charles F. |
Low-frequency stability of spatially non-uniform plasmas | E. A. Frieman | |
| 1963 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Smith, Craig G. (Mechanical Engineering) |
Some computer experiments with a one-dimensional plasma model | J. M. Dawson | |
|
Cohen, Ira M. (Aeronautical Engineering) |
Theory of spherical electro-static probes in a slightly ionized collision-dominated gas -- review and extension | I. B. Bernstein, M. D. Kruskal | |
|
Fante, Ronald L. (Electrical Engineering) |
New solution of the kinetic equations for a plasma including radiation, Vol. 1. Calculation of the spectral density of radiation scattered by a non-equilibrium plasma which is valid for all wavenumbers Vol. 2 | E. A. Frieman | |
| 1962 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Mjolsness, Raymond C. (Mathematics) |
Study of the stability of a relativistic particle beam passing through a plasma | E. A. Frieman | |
|
Wong, Alfred Y.-F. (Electrical Engineering) |
Excitation, propagation and damping of ion acoustic waves in highly-ionized plasmas | R. W. Motley | |
| 1961 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Bussard, Robert W. (Physics) |
Energy principle for the stability of hydromagnetic plasmas in equilibrium motion | M. D. Kruskal, E. A. Frieman | |
|
Robinson, Bruce B. (Physics) |
Variational description of transport phenomena in a plasma | I. Rabinowitz | |
| 1959 | |||
| Name | Title | Advisor(s) | |
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Montgomery, David C. (Physics) |
Topics in non-linear plane wave motion in a classical ionized gas | L. Spitzer, Jr. | |