Sponsors

The following is a partial list of recent publications which have contributions from members of the UM Plasma Physics Group (names of members of the UM Plasma Physics Group are highlighted in green). Click on the title to download a pdf version of the paper.

Recent Publications (since 2000)

• Shear Flows and Turbulence in Nature,
  D. E. Newman, P. W. Terry, and A. S. Ware,
  Comp. Sci. Eng. 9, 45 (2007)
  
  
• Shear flow generation in stellarators configurational variations,
  D. A. Spong, J.H. Harris, A.S. Ware, S.P. Hirshman and L.A. Berry,
  Nucl. Fusion 47, 626 (2007)
  
  
• Bootstrap current in quasi-symmetric stellarators
  A. S. Ware, D. A. Spong, L. A. Berry, S. P. Hirshman, and J. F. Lyon,
  Fusion Sci. Tech. 50, 236 (2006)
  
  
• Experimental evidence of coupling between sheared-flow development and an increase in the level of turbulence in the TJ-II stellarator
  C. Hidalgo, M. A. Pedrosa, L. Garcia, and A. Ware
  Phys. Rev. E 70, 067402 (2004)
  
  
• QPS transport physics flexibility using variable coil currents
  D. A. Spong, D. J. Strickler, S. P. Hirshman, J. F. Lyon, L. A. Berry, D. R. Mikkelsen, D. A. Monticello, and A. S. Ware,
  Fusion Sci. Tech. 46, 215 (2004)
  
  
• Second ballooning stability in high-beta, compact stellarators
  A. S. Ware, D. Westerly, E. Barcikowski, L. A. Berry, G. Y. Fu, S. P. Hirshman,
  J. F. Lyon, R. Sanchez, D. A. Spong, and D. J. Strickler
  Phys. Plasmas 11, 2453 (2004)
  
  
• Marginal stability diagrams for infinite-n ballooning modes in quasi-symmetric stellarators
  S. R. Hudson, C. C. Hegna, R. Torasso and A. Ware
  Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46, 869 (2004)
  
  
• Development of a robust quasi-poloidal compact stellarator
  D. J. Strickler, S. P. Hirshman, D. A. Spong, M. J. Cole, J. F. Lyon, B. E. Nelson,
  D. E. Williamson, and A. S. Ware
  Fusion Sci. Tech. 45, 15 (2004)
  
  
• Local particle flux reversal under strongly sheared flow
  P. W. Terry, D. E. Newman, and A. S. Ware
  Phys. Plasmas 10 , 1066 (2003)
  
  
• Physics issues for a very-low-aspect-ratio quasi-poloidal stellarator
  J. F. Lyon, L. A. Berry, S. P. Hirshman, D. A. Spong, D. J. Strickler,
  P. K. Mioduszewski, B. E. Nelson, D. E. Williamson, A. S. Ware, E. Barcikowski,
  A. J. Deisher, A. Brooks, G. Y. Fu, D. Mikkelsen, D. A. Monticello, N. Pomphrey, and R. Sanchez
  19th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, (2002)
  
  
• Integrated plasma and coil optimization for compact stellarators
  D. J. Strickler, L. A. Berry, S. P. Hirshman, J. F. Lyon, D. A. Spong, D. E. Williamson, M. C. Zarnstorff, L-P. Ku, A. Brooks, S. R. Hudson, D. a. Monticello, G. H. Neilson, N. Pomphrey, A. H. Reiman, and A. S. Ware,
  19th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, (2002)
  
  
• High beta equilibria of drift optimized compact stellarators
  A. S. Ware, S. P. Hirshman, D. A. Spong, L. A. Berry, A. J. Deisher, R. Sanchez, and G. Y. Fu
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 125003 (2002)
  
  
• Suppression of transport cross phase by strongly sheared flow
  P. W. Terry, D. E. Newman, and A. S. Ware
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 185001 (2001)
  
  
• Physics issues of compact drift-optimized stellarators
  D. A. Spong, S. P. Hirshman, L. A. Berry, J. F. Lyon, D. B. Batchelor, J. A. Carlsson, R. H. Fowler, W. A. Houlberg, P. Strand, D. J. Strickler, J. C. Whitson, A. S. Ware, D. Alban, R. Sanchez, G. Y. Fu, D. A. Monticello, W. H. Miner, Jr., and P. M. Valanju
  Nucl. Fusion 41, 711 (2001)
  
  
• Compact stellarators as reactors
  J. F. Lyon, P. M. Valanju, M. C. Zarnstorff, S. P. Hirshman, D. A. Spong, D. J. Strickler, A. S. Ware, and D. E. Williamson,
  18th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, (2000)
  
  
• Recent progress in MHD stability calculations of compact stellarators
  G. Y. Fu, L. P. Ku, M. H. Redi, C. Kessel, D. A. Monticello, A. Reiman, C. Nuehrenberg, R. Sanchez, A. S. Ware, S. P. Hirshman, and D. A. Spong,
  18th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, (2000)
  
  
• COBRA: An optimized code for fast analysis of ideal ballooning stability of three-dimensional magnetic equilibria
  R. Sanchez, S. P. Hirshman, J. C. Whitson, and A. S. Ware,
  J. Comp. Phys. 161, 576 (2000)
  
  
• Ballooning stability optimization of low-aspect ratio stellarators
  R. Sanchez, S. P. Hirshman, A. S. Ware, L. A. Berry, and D. A. Spong,
  Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 42, 641 (2000)