Christopher Boswell

Postdoctoral Researcher
Nuclear Engineering Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Resume and Curriculum Vitae

• Resume: [PDF (44 K)]
• Curriculum Vitae: [PDF (64 K)]

Background and Education

• High School Education: Palmyra High School, Palmyra, PA 17078
• Undergraduate Education: Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013
• Graduate Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
PhD thesis Prospectus , [ PDF (80 K), GZipped PS (176 K) ]
PhD thesis Dissertation , [ PDF (13 MB), GZipped PS (18 MB) ]

Professional Interests

• In General: Plasma Physics
• More Specific: Magnetically Confined Fusion
• Even More Specific: Divertor Physics

Recent Presentations and Published Papers

• 15th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices, May 27-31, 2002, Gifu, Japan. Poster.
  "Influence of Magnetic Geometry on Scrape-off Layer Profiles"
  Abstract / Poster:[PDF (1.7 MB), / Paper (not submitted) [PDF (496 KB)]


• DPP-APS Annual Meeting, October 29 - November 2, 2001, Long Beach, California. Oral.
  "Inner wall D-alpha emission on Alcator C-Mod"
  Abstract / Slides:[PDF (428 KB), GZipped PS (620 KB)]


• IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Third Triennial Issue of Images in Plasma Science,
  Volume 30, Number 1, February, 2002.
  "2D Images of Deuterium Emission in the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Divertor"
  Article: [PDF, (184 KB), GZipped PS (172 KB)]


• DPP-APS Annual Meeting, October 23-27, 2000, Quebec City, Canada. Poster.
  "2-D Temperature Measurements of the Divertor Using the Line-to-continuum Ratio Method"
  Abstract / Poster:[PDF (667 KB), GZipped PS (1 MB)]


• 13th Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, June 18-22, 2000, Tuscon, Arizona. Poster.
  "Applications of Visible CCD Cameras on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak"
  Abstract / Poster:[PDF (2.6 MB),GZipped PS (1.8 MB)] / Paper [PDF (672 KB), GZipped PS (1.3 MB)]


• 14th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices, May 22-26, 2000, Rosenheim, Germany. Poster.
  "Observations of Cold, High Density Plasma in the Private Flux Region of the Alcator C-Mod Divertor"
  Abstract / Poster:[jpeg (1.1 MB),PDF (344 KB),GZipped PS (460 KB)] / Paper [PDF (300 KB), GZipped PS (820 KB)]


• DPP-APS Annual Meeting, November 15-19, 1999, Seattle, Washington. Oral.
  "2-D Profiles of Volume Recombination in the Alcator C-Mod Divertor"
  Abstract


• DPP-APS Annual Meeting, November 16-20, 1998, New Orleans, LA. Poster.
  "2-D Reconstruction of Visible Emissivity Using CCD Images"
  Abstract Poster: [ PDF (2.3 MB), GZipped PS (1.7 MB) ]

Current Work

• Recorded videos of Alcator C-Mod from the recent shots.
• An impurity injection from the J-port antenna on Alcator C-Mod
• D_g emission in the divertor, tomographically inverted from measurements taken with a CCD camera.
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