Brian LaBombard

Senior Research Scientist

MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center, NW17-109

175 Albany St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

TEL.: 617-253-7264 FAX: 617-253-0627

Edge Plasma Transport

APS 2006, Philadelphia, PA - Critical edge gradients and flows with reversed magnetic field in Alcator C-Mod
Contributed Oral

PSI 2006, Hefei, Anhui, China - Operational Phase Space of the Edge Plasma and Its Sensitivity to Magnetic Topology in Alcator C-Mod
Contributed Talk
Paper - J, Nucl. Mater. 363-365 (2007) 517.

Edge and Pedestal Physics ITPA Group Meeting at MIT, April 10-12, 2006 - Plasma flows and critical gradient phenomena near the last-closed flux surface
Workshop Talk

APS 2005, Denver, CO - Operational Phase Space of the Edge Plasma in Alcator C-Mod
Contributed Oral

Evidence for electromagnetic fluid drift turbulence controlling the edge plasma state in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak
Nuclear Fusion 45 (2005) 1658

EPS 2005, Tarragona, Spain - Transport-driven scrape-off layer flows and the role of the x-point
Invited Talk

Sherwood 2005, Stateline, Nevada - Scrape-off layer flows, magnetic topology, and the boundary conditions imposed at the separatrix in a tokamak plasma
Review Talk

APS 2004, Savannah, GA - Transport-driven scrape-off layer flows and the x-point dependence of the L-H power threshold in Alcator C-Mod
Invited Talk
Press Release from APS Meeting

APS 2004, Savannah, GA - Transport-driven scrape-off layer flows and the x-point dependence of the L-H power threshold in Alcator C-Mod
Invited Paper, Phys. Plasmas 12 (2005) 056111

PSI 2004, Portland, ME - Poloidal Transport Asymmetries, Edge Plasma Flows and Toroidal Rotation in Alcator C-Mod
Invited Talk

PSI 2004, Portland, ME - Plasma Profiles and Flows in the High-Field Side Scrape-off Layer in Alcator C-Mod
Contributed Poster

Transport-Driven Scrape-off Layer Flows and the Boundary Conditions Imposed at the Magnetic Separatrix in a Tokamak Plasma
Nucl. Fusion 44 (2004) 1047 (http://www.psfc.mit.edu/library/04ja/04JA017/04JA017_abs.html)

Scrape-off layer flows, magnetic topology and influence on the L-H threshold in a tokamak
Submitted to PRL January 21, 2004, rejected by PRL June 2, 2004 (http://www.psfc.mit.edu/library/04ja/04JA016/04JA016_abs.html)

ITERPhysics Basis Contribution - Cross-field Particle Transportin the Edge Plasma of Tokamak Experiments and Implications for ITER Operation
Report (http://www.psfc.mit.edu/library/03rr/03RR008/03RR008_abs.html)

APS 2003, Albuquerque, NM - Evidence for Electromagnetic Fluid Drift Turbulence Controlling the Edge Plasma State in Alcator C-Mod
Contributed Oral

APS 2003, Albuquerque, NM - Plasma Profiles and Flows in the High-Field Scrape-off Layer in Alcator C-Mod
Contributed Poster

In-Situ Gas Conductance and Flow Measurements Through Alcator C-Mod Divertor Structures With and Without Plasma Present
Report (http://www.psfc.mit.edu/library/03rr/03RR006/03RR006_abs.html)

IAEA2002, Lyon, France - Density Limit and Cross-Field Edge Transport Scaling in Alcator C-Mod
Talk - short version
Talk - full version
Paper (also see: http://www.iaea.org/programmes/ripc/physics/fec2002/html/fec2002.htm)

PSI 2002,Gifu, Japan - Toroidal rotation as an explanation for plasmaflow observations in the Alcator C-Mod scrape-off layer
Poster Presentation
Paper (published in J. Nucl. Mater.)

Analysis of fluctuation-driven particle fluxes measured by probes
Paper - Physics of Plasmas 9 (2002)

APS 2001, Long Beach, CA - Phenomenology and Scaling of Cross-Field Plasma Transport in the Alcator C-Mod Edge Plasma
Contributed poster

IAEATechnical Committee Meeting on DIVERTOR CONCEPTS September 11-14,2001, Aix-en-Provence, France: - Cross-field Plasma Transport inthe Scrape-off Layer: A key physics issue for SOL, divertor and coreplasma
Invited_Review Talk

Plasma Fluctuations in the 'Far SOL'
Paper - Physics of Plasmas 8 (2001) 3702

Workshop on Plasma Turbulence and Transport in Edge/SOL Regions 14-15 May, 2001, Fairbanks, Alaska - Particle Transport in the Alcator C-ModScrape-off Layer
Talk

APS 2000, Quebec City, Canada - Particle transport in the scrape-off layer and relationship to discharge density limit in Alcator C-Mod
Invited Talk
Paper - Physics of Plasmas 8 (2001) 2107
Press Release

PSI 2000, Rosenhiem, Germany - Cross-Field Plasma Transport and Main Chamber Recycling in Diverted Plasmas on Alcator C-Mod
Invited Talk
Paper - Nuclear Fusion 40 (2000)

APS 1999, Seattle, WA - Cross-Field Particle Transport through the Separatrix and Scrape-off Layer in Alcator C-Mod
Contributed Oral

Edge Plasma Ion Mass Spectroscopy

Omegatron Ion Mass Spectrometer - Review of Scientific Instruments 71 (2000) 4107:

Omegatron Ion Mass Spectrometer for the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak

Helium-3 Transport Experiments with Omegatron - Physics of Plasmas 7 (2000) 4573:

Helium-3 Transport Experiments in the Scrape-Off Layer with the Alcator C-Mod Omegatron Ion Mass Spectrometer

Impurity Dispersal 'Plume' Experiments

Impurity Plume Experiments: physics and detailed modeling - Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46 (2004) 1617.

Impurity plume experiments in the edge plasma of the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak

Impurity Dispersal 'Plumes' - Journal of Nuclear Materials 290-2939 (2001) 598

Impurity Transport Experiments in the Edge Plasmaof Alcator C-Mod using Gas Injection Plumes

Novel Tracer Gas Injecting Probe System - Journal of Nuclear Materials 266-269 (1999) 571

A novel tracer-gas injection system for scrape-off layer impurity transport and screening experiments

1-D Space,2-D Velocity Kinetic Neutral Transport Code written in IDL*

PSFC Research Report: PSFC/RR-01-9 (KN1D.pro)

KN1D: A 1-D Space, 2-D Velocity, Kinetic Transport Algorithm for Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen in an Ionizing Plasma

KN1D source code can be found here

PSFC Research Report: PSFC/RR-00-9 (Kinetic_Neutrals.pro)

A 1-D Space, 2-D Velocity, Kinetic Neutral Transport Algorithm

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Last Revised: 3/14/2011