Dr. C. S. Pitcher
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
NW17, 175 Albany Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
tel:      617-253-8667
fax:                 -0627
email:  csp@psfc.mit.edu

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Papers, Talks and Reports by CSP

1994
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 36 (1994) 1647 , "Plasma Flow to a Surface using the Iterative Monte Carlo Technique", C S Pitcher

1997
EPS 1997 Paper, "SOL Power and Pressure Balance in Alcator C-Mod"

Invited Review, "Experimental Divertor Physics", Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (1997), C S Pitcher and P C Stangeby (152 pages)

Physics of Plasmas 4 (1997) 2577, "The Relation of Edge Confinement to Global Confinement in ASDEX Upgrade"

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 39 (1997) 1129, "Heat Transport at the Boundary of ASDEX Upgrade"

1998

1999
EPS 1999 Paper, "Divertor Bypass Experiments in Alcator C-Mod"

APS 1999 Invited Talk, "The Effect of Divertor Baffling on Alcator C-Mod Discharges"
APS 1999 Invited Paper, "The Effect of Divertor Baffling on Alcator C-Mod Discharges"

2000
C S Pitcher PAC Presentation 2000

Accepted for "Review of Scientific Instruments", Sept, 2000, "The Divertor Bypass in the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak"

PSI 2000 Invited Talk, "The Effect of Divertor Baffling on Alcator C-Mod Discharges"
PSI 2000 Invited Paper, "The Effect of Baffling on Divertor Leakage in Alcator C-Mod"

APS 2000 Abstract, "Edge Measurements on Alcator C-Mod using the Helium Line Ratio Technique"
APS 2000 Poster, "Edge Measurements on Alcator C-Mod using the Helium Line Ratio Technique"
 

"Main Chamber Gas in JET", summary of work done during a short visit to JET, summer 2000

"The Relation between Impurity Neutral and Impurity Ion Compression in the Alcator C-Mod Divertor", J A Goetz, C S Pitcher et al, submitted to Nuclear Fusion as a contributed Letter

"Boundary Plasma Issues in Burning Plasma Science", presented at the Workshop on Burning Plasma Science, Austin, Texas, Dec 2000

2001
EPS 2001 Abstract, "Main Chamber Neutral Pressure in Alcator C-Mod and JET"
EPS 2001 Paper, "Main Chamber Neutral Pressure in Alcator C-Mod and JET"
EPS 2001 Poster, "Main Chamber Neutral Pressure in Alcator C-Mod and JET"
 

APS 2001 Abstract, "The Effect of Separatrix-Wall Distance on H-mode Threshold Power in Alcator C-Mod"
APS 2001 Poster, "The Effect of Separatrix-Wall Distance on H-mode Threshold Power in Alcator C-Mod"

Presented at the C-Mod Group Meeting, 2 October 2001, "Sources of Gas in the Main Chamber"

Presented at the C-Mod Ideas Forum, December, 2001, "The Effect of the Inner Divertor Modification on Discharges", "Large Scale Poloidal Flows in the Boundary", "The Effect of Inner Gap on H-Mode Threshold Power".
(accompanying synopsis)

2002
PSI 2002 Abstract, "Large Scale Poloidal Circulation in the Scrape-Off-Layer of Alcator C-Mod"
PSI 2002 Talk, "Large Scale Poloidal Circulation in the Scrape-Off-Layer of Alcator C-Mod"

"Boundary Plasma Issues in Burning Plasma Science", presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts, January 22, 2002 - January 24, 2002, College Park, Maryland