Jerry Hughes
Research Scientist, Alcator Group Plasma Science and Fusion Center Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests:
Physics of plasma transport and confinement in tokamaksTransport and stability at the plasma edge
Physics-determined profile structure in tokamak edge transport barriers ("pedestals")
Particle control in high-confinement tokamak plasmas with edge pedestals (H-modes)
Journal Publications:
"Edge profile stiffness and insensitivity of the density pedestal to neutral fuelling in Alcator C-Mod edge transport barriers"
Nucl. Fusion 47, 1057 (2007).
Abstract and full text from the IOP Electronic Journals; Preprint available from the MIT PSFC Library
"H-mode pedestal and L-H transition studies on Alcator C-Mod"
Fusion Sci. and Technol. 51, 317 (2007). Article No. 5 in the C-Mod Review issue.
Abstract and full text from the American Nuclear Society; Preprint available from the MIT PSFC Library
"Advances in measurement and modeling of the H-mode pedestal on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak"
Phys. Plasmas 12, 056103 (2006).
Invited paper from the APS-DPP/2005, Denver, Colorado: 24 October 2005
Abstract and full text from the AIP Journal Center; Preprint available from the MIT PSFC Library
"Thomson scattering upgrades on Alcator C-Mod"
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74, 1667 (2003).
Abstract and full text from the AIP Journal Center; Preprint available from the MIT PSFC Library
"Observations and Empirical Scalings of the High-Confinement Mode Pedestal on Alcator C-Mod"
Phys. Plasmas 9, 3019 (2002).
Abstract and full text from the AIP Journal Center; Preprint available from the MIT PSFC Library
"High Resolution Edge Thomson Scattering Measurements on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak"
Rev. Sci. Instrum.72, 1107 (2001).
Abstract and full text from the AIP Journal Center; Preprint available from the MIT PSFC Library
Doctoral Thesis:
"Edge Transport Barrier Studies On the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak"
MIT Ph.D. Thesis, 2005.
Abstract and full text available from the MIT PSFC Library
Selected Presentations:
"H-mode pedestal behavior in low collisionality regimes on Alcator C-Mod"
Contributed Poster (2.72MB .pdf) presented at APS-DPP/2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1 November 2006
"Edge Profile Stiffness and Insensitivity of the Density Pedestal to Neutral Fueling in Alcator C-Mod Edge Transport Barriers"
Contributed Poster (1.22MB .pdf) and Paper (323kB .pdf) presented at IAEA-FEC/2006, Chengdu, China: 20 October 2006
"Advances in measurement and modeling of the H-mode pedestal on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak"
Invited Oral (994kB .pdf) presented at APS-DPP/2005, Denver, Colorado: 24 October 2005
"Edge Transport Barrier Studies On the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak"
Ph.D. Thesis Defense(712kB .pdf): 5 July 2005
"Experimental and computational evaluation of neutral effects on the Alcator C-Mod edge pedestal"
Contributed Oral (3.39MB .pdf) presented at APS-DPP/2004, Savannah, Georgia: 17 November 2004
"Experimental diagnosis and kinetic computation of neutral penetration in the Alcator C-Mod edge plasma"
Contributed Poster (825kB .pdf) presented at PSI/2004, Portland, Maine: 24 May 2004
"H-mode pedestal studies on Alcator C-Mod"
Contributed Poster (532kB .pdf) presented at APS-DPP/2002, Orlando, Florida: 13 Nov 2002
"Structure and Scalings of the H-mode Pedestal on Alcator C-Mod"
Contributed Oral (353kB .pdf) presented at APS-DPP/2001, Long Beach, California: 29 October 2001
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