Physics of Fluids Laboratory: Publications

 

2008

 

H. Xia, H. Punzmann, G. Falkovich and M.G. Shats

Turbulence-condensate interaction in two dimensions

 arXiv:0806.3116v1  (2008) [PDF]

 

H. Xia, H. Punzmann, G. Falkovich and M.G. Shats

What drives mesoscale atmospheric turbulence?

 arXiv:0805.0390  (2008) [http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.0390] [PDF]

 

 

2007

 

M.G. Shats, H. Xia, H. Punzmann and G. Falkovich

Suppression of Turbulence by Self-Generated and Imposed Mean Flows

 Physical Review Letters, 99, 164502 (2007) [PDF]

 

Xia H. and Shats M.G.

Spectral transfer analysis in plasma turbulence studies

 in: Frontiers in Turbulence and Coherent Structures

J. Denier, J.S. Frederiksen, editors, pp.457-470

World Scientific, ISBN 981-270-393-4 (2007)

 

2006

M.G. Shats, H. Punzmann and H. Xia

Turbulent Particle Transport in the Context of L-H Transitions,

 Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research, 82, 353-356 (2006) [PDF] (in Japanese)

 

Book:

 Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasmas and Nonlinear Media

 World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems, ISBN 981-256-698-8

editors Michael Shats & Horst Punzmann [link]

 

 

Book Chapter:

 Shats M.G. and Xia H.

Experimental studies of plasma turbulence

in: Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasmas and Nonlinear Media

M. Shats, H. Punzmann, editors, pp.233-280

World Scientific, ISBN 981-256-698-8 (2006)

[PDF]

 

H. Xia, M. G. Shats, H. Punzmann

Strong ExB shear flows in the transport-barrier region in H-mode plasma,

 Physical Review Letters, 97, 255003 (2006) [PDF]

 

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H.

Zonal flows, GAM and radial electric field in the H-1 heliac,

 Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 56, 1353-1360 (2006) [PDF]

 
Shats M.G., Xia H., Yokoyama M.

Mean E x B flows and GAM-like oscillations in the H-1 heliac,

 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 48, S17-S29 (2006) [PDF]

 

 

2005

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H.

Spectral condensation of turbulence in plasmas and fluids and its role in low-to-high phase transitions in toroidal plasma,

 Physical Review E, 71, 046409 (2005) [PDF]

 

 

2004

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H.

Self-organization in turbulence as a route to order in plasma and fluids,

 Physics Archive [ arXiv:physics/0409074]

 

Punzmann H., Shats M.G.

Cellular automata model in particle transport studies in magnetized plasma,

 

Complexity International, (12) 83-90 (2004) [PDF]

 

Punzmann H., Shats M.G.

Formation and structure of transport barriers during confinement transitions in toroidal plasma,

 Physical Review Letters, 93(12), 125003 (2004) [PDF]

 

Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H. and Solomon W.M.

Spectral energy transfer, generation of zonal flows and their role in confinement transitions,

 Fusion Science and Technology, 46(2), 279-87 (2004) [PDF]

 

Xia H. and Shats M.G.

Spectral energy transfer and generation of turbulent structures in toroidal plasma,

 Physics of Plasmas, 11 (2), (2004) 561-571. [PDF]

 

 

2003

 

Xia H. and Shats M.G. Inverse energy cascade correlated with turbulent-structure generation in toroidal plasma,
Physical Review Letters 91 (2003) 155001. [PDF]

 

Shats M.G., Solomon W.M. and Xia H. Turbulent transport reduction and randomization of coherent fluctuations by zonal flows in toroidal plasma,
Physical Review Letters 90 (2003) 125002. [PDF]

 

Shats M. G., H. Punzmann, H. Xia, and Solomon W. M., Measurements of poloidal rotation velocity using cross-correlation spectroscopy in the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 74 (2003) 2044-2047. [PDF]

 

H. Punzmann, Shats M. G., W. M. Solomon and H. Xia, Multichannel visible spectroscopy diagnostic for particle transport studies in the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 74 (2003) 2048-2051. [PDF]

 
 

2002

Shats M. G., Solomon W. M. Zonal-flow generation in the H-mode plasma and its role in confinement bifurcations,
New Journal of Physics 4 (2002) 30.1-30.14. [PDF]

 

Toi K., Ohkuni K., Shats M.G., Akiyama R., Goto M., Isobe M., Matsunaga G., Matsuoka K., Minami T., Morita S., Nishimura S., Nomura I., Okamura S., Osakabe M., Shimizu A., Suzuki C., Takagi S., Takahashi C., Takechi M., Tanaka K., Yoshimura Y. Observation of Inward Turbulent Particle Transport in Edge Plasma Region of CHS Heliotron/Torsatron,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 44 (2002) A237-A243. [PDF]

 

Shats M. G., Solomon W. M. Experimental evidence of self-regulation of fluctuations by time-varying flows,
Physical Review Letters 88 (2002) 045001. [PDF]

 
 

2001

Solomon W. M., Shats M. G. Nonambipolarity of fluctuation driven fluxes and its effect on the radial electric field,
Physical Review Letters 87 (2001) 012145. [PDF]

 

Shats M.G., Solomon W.M., Talmadge J.N. Radial Force Balance and Radial Current Generation in the H-1 Heliac,
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research 4

(2001) 219-223.

 

Nagasaki K., Shats M.G., Smith H., Punzmann H. Power absorption calculation for electron resonance heating in H-1 heliac,
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 70 (2001) 617-620. [PDF]

 

Rudakov D.L., Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Blackwell B.D. Dynamic behavior of the low to high confinement transitions in the H-1 heliac,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 43 (2001) 559-570. [PDF]

 

K. Nagasaki, Y. Itoh, K. Sakamoto, T. Obiki, T. Maekawa, H. Morioka, T. Terumichi, M. Asakawa, M.G. Shats and H. Punzmann,

Fusion Engineering and Design 53 491-7 (2001). [PDF]

 

Solomon W. M., Shats M. G. Fluctuations studies using combined Mach/triple probe,
Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 449-452. [PDF]

 

Shi X., Boman J., Shats M. G. Application of the continuous wavelet transform to the fluctuations and electric field analysis in the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 503-505. [PDF]

 

Solomon W. M., Shats M. G., Korneev D., Nagasaki K. Collective microwave scattering diagnostic on the H-1 heliac,
Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 352-354. [PDF]

 

2000

 

Shats M.G., Toi K., Ohkuni K. et al. Inward turbulent transport produced by positively sheared radial electric field in stellarators,

Physical Review Letters 84 (2000) 6042-6045. [PDF]

 
 

1999

Shats M.G. Effect of the radial electric field on the fluctuation-produced transport in the H-1 heliac,

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 41 (1999) 1357-1370. [PDF]

 

Rudakov D.L., Shats M.G., Boswell R.W., Charles C., Howard J. Overview of probe diagnostics on the H-1 heliac,

Review of Scientific Instruments 70 (1999) 476-479. [PDF]

 

 

1998

Shats M.G., Michael C.A., Rudakov D.L., Blackwell B.D. Thresholds and the role of the radial electric field in confinement bifurcations in the H-1 heliac,

Physics of Plasmas 5 (1998) 2390-2398. [PDF]

 

Harris J. H., Shats M. G., Blackwell B. D., Borg G. G., Boswell R. W., Cheetham A. D., Dettrick S. A., Dewar R. L., Gardner H. J., Howard J., Michael C. A., Miljak D., Rudakov D. L. Confinement, fluctuations, and electric fields in the H-1 heliac, Fusion Energy 1998, Vol. 2, 729 (International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998).

 

1997

Shats M.G., Rudakov D.L., Boswell R.W, Borg G.G. Ion Temperature and Plasma Flows in Improved Confinement Mode in the H-1 Heliac,

Physics of Plasmas 4 (1997) 3629-3634. [PDF]

 

Shats M.G., Howard J. Correlation Spectroscopy Diagnostic on H-1 Heliac,

Fusion Engineering and Design 34-35 (1997) 271-275.

 

Shats M.G., Rudakov D.L. Reversal of the Fluctuation-Induced Transport During Low to High Transitions in the H-1 Heliac Plasma,

Physical Review Letters 79 (1997) 2690 – 2693. [PDF]

 

1996

Shats M.G., D.L. Rudakov, B.D. Blackwell, G.G. Borg, R.L. Dewar, S.M. Hamberger, J. Howard and L.E. Sharp,

Improved Particle Confinement Mode in the H-1 Heliac Plasma,

Physical Review Letters 77 (1996) 4190-4193. [PDF]

 

1995

Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Likin K.M. J. B. Wilgen, L. R. Baylor, J.D. Bell, C. H. Ma, M. Murakami, K. A. Sarksyan, S. C. Aceto, T. S. Bigelow, G. L. Bell, R. J. Colchin, R. A. Dory, J. L. Dunlap, G. R. Dyer, A. C. England, G. R. Hanson, D. P. Hutchinson, R. C. Isler, T. C. Jernigan, R. A. Langley, D. K. Lee, J. F. Lyon, A. L. Qualls, D. A. Rasmussen, R. K. Richards, M. J. Saltmarsh, J. E. Simpkins, K. Sluis and J. J. Zielinski,
Density Fluctuations in the ATF Torsatron,
Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 481-484

 
Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Likin K.M. J. B. Wilgen, L. R. Baylor, J.D. Bell, C. H. Ma, M. Murakami, K. A. Sarksyan, S. C. Aceto, T. S. Bigelow, G. L. Bell, R. J. Colchin, R. A. Dory, J. L. Dunlap, G. R. Dyer, A. C. England, G. R. Hanson, D. P. Hutchinson, R. C. Isler, T. C. Jernigan, R. A. Langley, D. K. Lee, J. F. Lyon, A. L. Qualls, D. A. Rasmussen, R. K. Richards, M. J. Saltmarsh, J. E. Simpkins, K. Sluis and J. J. Zielinski,

Drift-wave-like density fluctuations in the ATF torsatron,

Physics of Plasmas 2 (1995) 398-413. [PDF]

 

Shats M., Blackwell B.D., Borg G.G., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E.

Magnetic Configuration Scans in H-1 Heliac,

Fusion Technology 27  (1995) 286-289

 

Blackwell B.D., Borg G.G., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E., Shats M., Warr G.B., Zhang B.C. Experimental Results of RF Produced Plasmas in the H-1 Toroidal Heliac,
Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 282-285