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Preprints and Publications 2007 -

Preprints and Publications 2004 - 2006

Preprints and Publications 2001 - 2003

Preprints and Publications 1998 - 2000

Other Reports and Presentations

Preprints and Publications 2007 -

• LRC-07-114.pdf

Far Field Sheaths Due to Fast Waves Incident on Material Boundaries
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, E.F. Jaeger and L.A. Berry
Lodestar Report #LRC-07-114, May, 2007
presented at the 17th Topical Meeting on RF Power in Plasmas, Clearwater, Florida, May 7-9, 2007
 
• LRC-07-115.pdf

Towards a Predictive Model of Power Loss from Parametric Decay of ICRF Waves
J.R. Myra, L.A. Berry and E.F. Jaeger
Lodestar Report #LRC-07-115, May, 2007
presented at the 17th Topical Meeting on RF Power in Plasmas, Clearwater, Florida, May 7-9, 2007
 
• LRC-07-116.pdf

Current carrying blob-filaments and edge-localized-mode (ELM) dynamics
J.R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-07-116, May 2007, revised July 2007
published in Phys. Plasmas 14, 102314 (2007).
link to journal
 
• LRC-07-117.pdf

Collisionality and magnetic geometry effects on tokamak edge turbulent transport: II. Many-blob turbulence in the two-region model
D.A. Russell, J. R. Myra, and D. A. D'Ippolito
Lodestar Report #LRC-07-117, June, 2007
published in Phys. Plasmas 14, 102307 (2007).
link to journal
 

Recent releases:

• LRC-07-118.pdf

Review Paper: Recent Theoretical Progress in Understanding Coherent Structures in Edge and SOL Turbulence
S. I. Krasheninnikov, D. A. D'Ippolito, and J. R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-07-118, August, 2007, revised October 2007
to be published in J. Plasma Physics. online version
 
• LRC-07-119.pdf

Transport of perpendicular edge momentum by drift-interchange turbulence and blobs
J. R. Myra, D. A. Russell and D. A. D'Ippolito
Lodestar Report #LRC-07-119, October, 2007, revised January 2008
published in Phys. Plasmas 15, 032304 (2008).
link to journal
 
• LRC-08-120.pdf

Linear Analysis and Verification Suite for Edge Turbulence
J. R. Myra and M. V. Umansky
Lodestar Report #LRC-08-120, April, 2008
unpublished
 
• LRC-08-121.pdf

Effect of discrete coherent structures on nonlinear interactions in the scrape-off-layer
D. A. D'Ippolito and J. R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-08-121, May, 2008
submitted to Phys. Plasmas
 
• LRC-08-122.pdf

Linear Analysis Tools for Edge and Scrape-off-Layer Plasmas
J. R. Myra and M. V. Umansky
Lodestar Report #LRC-08-122, June, 2008
presented at the 35th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, June 9 - 11, 2008, paper P4.001
 

Preprints and Publications 2004 - 2006

• LRC-04-97.pdf

Rotational Stability of Plasma Blobs
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, D.A. Russell and G.Q. Yu
Lodestar Report #LRC-04-97, March, 2004; revised June, 2004
published in Phys. Plasmas 11, 4603 (2004).
link to journal
 
• LRC-04-98.pdf

Convective transport in the scrape-off-layer by non-thermalized spinning blobs
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, S. I. Krasheninnikov and G.Q. Yu
Lodestar Report #LRC-04-98, March, 2004
published in Phys. Plasmas 11, 4267 (2004).
link to journal
 
• LRC-04-99.pdf

Blob Dynamics in 3D BOUT Simulations of Tokamak Edge Turbulence
D. A. Russell, D. A. D'Ippolito, J. R. Myra, W. M. Nevins and X. Q. Xu
Lodestar Report #LRC-04-99, June, 2004
published in Physical Review Letters 93, 265001 (2004)
link to journal
 
• LRC-04-100.pdf

Plasma Convection by Blobs in the Scrape-off-Layer
J. R. Myra, D. A. D'Ippolito, D. A. Russell, S. I. Krasheninnikov, A.Yu. Pigarov, G. Q.Yu, X. Q. Xu, W. M. Nevins and M. Umansky
Lodestar Report #LRC-04-100, June, 2004
presented at the 31st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, London, June 28 - July 2, 2004, paper O2.09
 
• LRC-04-101.pdf

Local Mode Analysis using Windowed Fourier Transform and Wavelet Techniques
D.A. D'Ippolito and J.R. Myra,
Report prepared for the RF SciDAC Project collaboration (August, 2004).
 
• LRC-04-102.pdf

Convective Transport in Tokamaks
D. A. D'Ippolito, J. R. Myra, D. A. Russell, S. I. Krasheninnikov, A.Yu. Pigarov, G. Q.Yu, X. Q. Xu, and W. M. Nevins,
Lodestar Report #LRC-04-102, October, 2004
presented at the 20th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Vilamoura, Portugal, November 1 - 6, 2004,
paper IAEA-CN-116/TH/P6-2 (available also in IAEA preprint format)
 
• LRC-05-103.pdf

Nonlinear ICRF-plasma Interactions
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger and M.D. Carter
Presented at the 16th Topical Meeting on RF Power in Plasmas, Park City, Utah, April 11-13, 2005
(For an extended version of this paper, see LRC-05-106 below)
 
• LRC-05-104.pdf

Integrated Codes for ICRF-Edge Plasma Interactions
D. A. D'Ippolito, J. R. Myra, D. A. Russell and M. D. Carter
Presented at the 16th Topical Meeting on RF Power in Plasmas, Park City, Utah, April 11-13, 2005
 
• LRC-05-105.pdf

Edge instability regimes with applications to blob transport and the quasi-coherent mode
J. R. Myra and D. A. D'Ippolito
Lodestar Report #LRC-05-105, May, 2005
published in Phys. Plasmas 12, 092511 (2005)
link to journal
 
• LRC-05-106.pdf

Nonlinear ICRF-plasma Interactions
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger and M.D. Carter
Lodestar Report #LRC-05-106, December, 2005
published in Nuclear Fusion 46, S455 (2006)
link to journal
 
• LRC-06-107.pdf

Thermal Transport Catastrophe and the Tokamak Edge Density Limit
D.A. D'Ippolito and J.R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-06-107, February, 2006; revised: April, 2006
published in Phys. Plasmas 13, 062503 (2006)
link to journal
 
• LRC-06-108.pdf

A Radio-Frequency Sheath Boundary Condition and its Effect on Slow Wave Propagation
D.A. D'Ippolito and J.R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-06-108, May, 2006; revised: September, 2006
published in Phys. Plasmas 13, 102508 (2006)
link to journal
 
• LRC-06-109.pdf

Blob Transport at High Collisionality and the SOL Density Limit
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra and D. A. Russell
Lodestar Report #LRC-06-109, June, 2006
Presented at the 33rd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Rome, June 19-23, 2006, Paper P5.160
 
• LRC-06-110.pdf

Blob birth and transport in the tokamak edge plasma: analysis of imaging data
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.P. Stotler, S.J. Zweben, B.P. LeBlanc, J.E. Menard, R.J. Maqueda and J. Boedo
Lodestar Report #LRC-06-110, June, 2006 (revised August, 2006)
published in Phys. Plasmas 13, 092509 (2006).
link to journal
 
• LRC-06-111.pdf

Collisionality and magnetic geometry effects on tokamak edge turbulent transport: I. A two-region model with application to blobs
J. R. Myra, D.A. Russell and D. A. D'Ippolito
Lodestar Report #LRC-06-111, June, 2006 (revised September, 2006)
published in Phys. Plasmas 13, 112502 (2006).
link to journal
 
• LRC-06-112.pdf

Blob Transport Models, Experiments, and the Accretion Theory of Spontaneous Rotation
J.R. Myra, J. Boedo, B. Coppi, D.A. D'Ippolito, S.I. Krasheninnikov, B.P. LeBlanc, M. Lontano, R. Maqueda, D.A. Russell, D.P. Stotler, M.C. Varischetti, S.J. Zweben, and the NSTX Team
Lodestar Report #LRC-06-112, September , 2006
presented at the 21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, October 16-21, 2006, Chengdu, China, paper TH/P6-21.
 

Preprints and Publications 2001 - 2003

• LRC-01-80.pdf

Nonlinear rf-driven sheared flows in toroidal geometry
J.R. Myra and D.A. D'Ippolito, 14th Topical Conference on Applications of Radio
Frequency Power to Plasmas, Oxnard CA, May 7-9, 2001.
 
• LRC-01-81.pdf

Modeling of Mixed-Phasing Antenna-Plasma Interactions Applied to JET A2 Antennas
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, P.M. Ryan, E. Righi, J.A. Heikkinen, P. Lamalle, J.-M. Noterdaeme,
and EFDA-JET workprogramme contributors, 14th Topical Conference on Applications of Radio
Frequency Power to Plasmas, Oxnard CA, May 7-9, 2001.
 
• LRC-01-82.pdf

Edge and scrape-off-layer instability and transport physics for NSTX
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito and X.Q. Xu
Lodestar Report #LRC-01-82, June, 2001.
 
• LRC-01-83.pdf

Cross-Field Blob Transport in Tokamak SOL Plasmas
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra and S.I. Krasheninnikov
Lodestar Report #LRC-01-83, July, 2001; revised August, 2001.
published in Phys. Plasmas 9, 222 (2002).
 
• LRC-01-84.pdf

Effect of Ion-Neutral Charge Exchange on Radial Electric Fields in the Edge Plasma
D.A. D'Ippolito and J.R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-01-84, September, 2001.
published in Phys. Plasmas 9, 853 (2002).
 
• LRC-01-85.pdf

Drift Wave Instability Near a Magnetic Separatrix
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito and X.Q. Xu
Lodestar Report #LRC-01-85, December, 2001.
published in Phys. Plasmas 9, 1637 (2002).
 
• LRC-02-86.pdf

Modeling of Mixed-Phasing Antenna-Plasma Interactions on JET A2 Antennas
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, P.M. Ryan, E. Righi, J. Heikkinen, P.U. Lamalle,
J.-M. Noterdaeme, and Contributors to the EFDA-JET Workprogramme
Lodestar Report #LRC-02-86, June, 2002; revised August, 2002.
published in Nucl. Fusion 42, 1356 (2002).
 
• LRC-02-88.pdf

Toroidal Formulation of Nonlinear-RF-Driven Flows
J.R. Myra and D.A. D'Ippolito
Lodestar Report #LRC-02-88, April, 2002.
published in Phys. Plasmas 9, 3867 (2002).
 
• LRC-02-90.pdf

Convective Blob Transport and the Density Limit
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, S.I. Krasheninnikov and S.A. Galkin
Lodestar Report #LRC-02-90, June, 2002.
29th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion,
17-21 June 2002, Montreux, Switzerland
 
• LRC-03-92.pdf

Blob Stability and Transport in the Scrape-off-layer
D.A. D'Ippolito and J.R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-03-92, May, 2003.
published in Phys. Plasmas 10, 4029 (2003).
 
• LRC-03-93.pdf

Local Mode Analysis of 2D ICRF Wave Solutions
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, E.F. Jaeger, L.A. Berry, and D.B. Batchelor
Lodestar Report #LRC-03-93, May, 2003
15th Topical Conference on Applications of Radio Frequency Power to Plasmas,
Jackson WY, May 19-21, 2003.
 
• LRC-03-94.pdf

Momentum Conservation and Nonlinear RF-Induced Flows
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger and D.B. Batchelor
Lodestar Report #LRC-03-94, May, 2003
15th Topical Conference on Applications of Radio Frequency Power to Plasmas,
Grand Teton National Park, Moran, WY, May 19-21, 2003.
 
• LRC-03-95.pdf

Blob Transport in the Tokamak Scrape-Off-Layer*
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, S.I. Krasheninnikov, G.Q. Yu and A.Yu. Pigarov
Lodestar Report #LRC-03-95, August, 2003
Review Paper, 9th Plasma Edge Theory Meeting,
San Diego, CA, Sept 3-5, 2003
published in Contrib. Plasma Phys. 44, 205 (2004).
 
*This paper is formatted in TeX; it will print correctly to a Postscript printer.
 
• LRC-03-96.pdf

Nonlinear fluxes and forces from radio-frequency waves with application to driven flows in tokamaks
J.R. Myra, L.A. Berry, D.A. D'Ippolito and E.F. Jaeger
Lodestar Report #LRC-03-96, October, 2003
published in Phys. Plasmas 11, 1786 (2004).
 

Preprints and Publications 1998 - 2000

• LRC-97-63.pdf

Analysis of RF Sheath Interactions in TFTR
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, J.H. Rogers, K.W. Hill, J.C. Hosea, R. Majeski, G. Schilling, J.R. Wilson, G.R. Hanson, A.C. England, and J.B. Wilgen
Lodestar Report #LRC-97-63, December 10, 1997
published in Nuclear Fusion 38, 1543 (1998)
 
• LRC-97-66.pdf

Coaxial Mode Excitation and Dissipation in Ion Bernstein Wave Experiments
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell, J.H. Rogers and T. Intrator
Lodestar Report #LRC-98-69, December 1998
published in Phys Plasmas 7, 283 (2000)
 
• LRC-98-69.pdf

Effect of Neutrals on Scrape-Off-Layer and Divertor Stability in Tokamaks
D.A. D'Ippolito and J.R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-98-69, June 22, 1998 (revised September 3, 1998)
published in Physics of Plasmas 6, 519 (1999)
 
• LRC-99-70.pdf

Theory of Sheared Flow Generation by Applied Radio Frequency Waves
J.R. Myra and D.A. D'Ippolito, 13th Topical Conference on Applications of Radio
Frequency Power to Plasmas, Annapolis MD, April 12-14, 1999.
 
• LRC-99-71.pdf

Effect of Edge Convection on the H-Mode
D.A. D'Ippolito and J. R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-99-71, June, 1999
26th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics,
June 14 - 18, 1999, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
 
• LRC-99-72.pdf

Effect of Edge Convection on the H-Mode
D.A. D'Ippolito and J. R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-99-72, June, 1999,
2nd Europhysics Workshop on the Role of Electic Fields in Plasma Confinement and Exhaust,
June 19 - 20, 1999, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
 
• LRC-99-73.pdf

NSO RF Physics Heating Studies: ICRF Physics Heating Studies for High Field Tokamaks
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, R.E. Aamodt, M.D. Carter and E.F. Jaeger,
Lodestar Report #LRC-99-73, September, 1999.
 
• LRC-99-74.pdf

MHD and Fluid Instabilities at the Plasma Edge in the Presence of a Separatrix and X-Point
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, X.Q. Xu and R.H. Cohen,
Lodestar Report #LRC-99-74, October, 1999.
published in Contrib. Plasma Phys. 40, 352 (2000).
 
• LRC-99-75.pdf

Paths to Ignition by RF Heating during the B-field Ramp
J.R. Myra, R.E. Aamodt and D.A. D'Ippolito
Lodestar Report #LRC-99-75, September, 1999.
published in Phys. Plasmas 7, 1417 (2000).
 
• LRC-99-76.pdf

Resistive X-point modes in tokamak boundary plasmas
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, X.Q. Xu and R.H. Cohen
Lodestar Report #LRC-99-76, December, 1999.
published in Phys. Plasmas 7, 2290 (2000).
 
• LRC-99-77.pdf

Poloidal Force Generation by Applied Radio Frequency Waves
J.R. Myra and D.A. D'Ippolito
Lodestar Report #LRC-99-77, January, 2000 (revised April 2000).
published in Phys. Plasmas 7, 3600 (2000).
 
• LRC-00-78.pdf

Edge Convection Driven by Externally-Applied Potentials
D.A. D'Ippolito and J.R. Myra
Lodestar Report #LRC-00-78, February, 2000; revised April, 2000.
published in Phys. Plasmas 7, 3301 (2000).
 
• LRC-00-79.pdf

Resistive modes in the edge and scrape-off-layer of diverted tokamaks
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, X.Q. Xu and R.H. Cohen
Lodestar Report #LRC-00-79, July, 2000.
published in Phys. Plasmas 7, 4622 (2000).
 

Other Reports and Presentations

• MyraAPS1994.pdf

Edge power dissipation and caivty Q for ICRF eigenmodes
J.R. Myra and D.A. D'Ippolito
presented at the 36th APS/DPP Meeting, Nov 7-11, 1994, Minneapolis, MN.
 
• Myra TTF 2003.pdf

Nonlinear radio-frequency generation of sheared flows
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger, D.B. Batchelor and the Rf SciDAC Team
presented at the Transport Task Force Meeting, April 2-5, 2003, Madison, WI.
 
• D'Ippolito Sherwood 2003.pdf

Blob Stability and Transport in SOL Plasmas
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, S.I. Krasheninnikov, G.Q. Yu, S.A. Galkin, and A.Yu. Pigarov
presented at the Sherwood Theory Meeting, April 28-30, 2003, Corpus Christi, TX.
 
• MIT seminar 5-2003.pdf

Nonlinear radio-frequency generation of sheared flows
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger, D.B. Batchelor and the Rf SciDAC Team
presented at the MIT/PSFC Spring Seminar Series, May 9, 2003, Cambridge, MA.
 
• D'Ippolito PET 2003.pdf

Blob Transport in the Tokamak Scrape-Off_Layer
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, D.A. Russell, S.I. Krasheninnikov, G.Q. Yu, and A.Yu. Pigarov
Invited Talk presented at the Plasma Edge Theory Meeting, September 3-5, 2003, San Diego, CA.
 
• MyraAPS2003.pdf

Theory and Experimental Analysis of Blobs in the NSTX Boundary Plasma
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.P. Stotler, S.J. Zweben, R. Maqueda, and the NSTX Team
Presented at the APS/DPP Meeting, Oct. 27 - 31, 2003, Albuquerque, NM.
 
• D'Ippolito ECC 2004 Talk.pdf

Priorities for SOL Physics
D.A. D'Ippolito, J.R. Myra, and D.A. Russell
Presented at the Edge Coordinating Committee meeting, Sept. 27-28, 2004, San Diego, CA.
 
• RussellAPS2004.pdf

Reduced-model simulations of turbulence and rf-driven convection in the edge and scrape-off layer plasma
D.A. Russell, D.A. D'Ippolito, and J.R. Myra
Presented at the APS/DPP Meeting, Nov. 15 - 19, 2004, Savannah, Georgia
 
• EdgeRegimesQCmode.pdf

Edge instability regimes: application to the quasi-coherent mode and blob transport
J.R. Myra and D.A. D'Ippolito
Presented at the 2005 Transport Task Force Meeting, Napa, CA, April 6-9, 2005
 
• NonlinearICRFreview.pdf

Nonlinear ICRF-plasma Interactions
J.R. Myra, D.A. D'Ippolito, D.A. Russell, L.A. Berry, E.F. Jaeger and M.D. Carter
Presented at the 16th Topical Meeting on RF Power in Plasmas, Park City, Utah, April 11-13, 2005
 
• RF2005IntegratedCodes.pdf

Integrated Codes for ICRF-Edge Plasma Interactions
D. A. D'Ippolito, J. R. Myra, D. A. Russell and M. D. Carter
Presented at the 16th Topical Meeting on RF Power in Plasmas, Park City, Utah, April 11-13, 2005
 
• Lodestar_EPS_2006_Posters.pdf

Blob transport at high collisionality and the SOL density limit
D. A. D'Ippolito, J. R. Myra, and D. A. Russell
Presented at the 33rd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Rome, Italy, June 19-23, 2006
 
• Blobs_Accretion_Poster_IAEA_2006.pdf

Blob Transport Models, Experiments, and the Accretion Theory of Spontaneous Rotation
J.R. Myra, J. Boedo, B. Coppi, D.A. D'Ippolito, S.I. Krasheninnikov, B.P. LeBlanc, M. Lontano, R. Maqueda, D.A. Russell, D.P. Stotler, M.C. Varischetti, S.J. Zweben, and the NSTX Team.
presented at the 21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference October 16-21, 2006, Chengdu, China, paper TH/P6-21
 

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