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2008

Refereed Journal Articles

M. Blacksell, J. Wach, D. Anderson, J. Howard, S. Collis, B. Blackwell, D. Andruczyk, B. James
Imaging photomultiplier array with integrated amplifiers and high-speed USB interface
Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 79 10F506, 1-3 (2008)
A. Diallo, A. Fasoli, I. Furno, B. Labit, M. Podesta, C. Theiler
Dynamics of plasma blobs in a shear flow
Physical Review Letters, Volume 101, Issue 11, 115005 (2008)
I. Furno, B. Labit, A. Fasoli A, F. Poli, P. Ricci, C. Theiler, S. Brunner, A. Diallo, J. Graves, M. Podesta, S. Muller
Mechanism for blob generation in the TORPEX toroidal plasma
Physics of Plasmas, Volume: 15, Issue 5, 055903 (2008)
I. Furno, B. Labit, M. Podesta, A. Fasoli, S. Muller, F. Poli, P. Ricci, C. Theiler, S. Brunner, A. Diallo, G. Graves
Experimental observation of the blob-generation mechanism from interchange waves in a plasma
Physical Review Letters, Volume 100, Issue 5 055004 (2008)
J. Howard
Snapshot-imaging motional Stark effect polarimetry
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Volume 50 1-18 (2008)
J. Howard, T. Hatae
Imaging interferometers for analysis of Thomson scattered spectra,
Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 79  10E704, 1-3 (2008)
D. Iraji, A. Diallo, A. Fasoli, I Furno, S. Shibaev
Fast visible imaging of turbulent plasma in TORPEX
Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 79 Issue 10, 10F508 (2008)
P. Linardakis, G. Borg
Harmonic and Intermodulation Distortion Output of a Radio-Frequency Plasma Capacitor
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Volume 18, Issue 3, 164-166  (2008)
G. Motojima, S.Yamamoto, H. Okada, S. Sakakibara, K. Watanabe, K Nagasaki, Y. Suzuki, T. Mizuuchi, S. Kobayashi, B. Blackwell, Y. Nakamura,  K. Kondo, K. Hanatani, H. Arimoto, S. Watanabe, F.  Sano
Effect of toroidal current on rotational transform profile by MHD activity measurement in Heliotron J
Plasma and Fusion Research, Volume 3, Issue S1067, 1-6 (2008)
S. Padhi, A. Phager, M. Persson, J. Howard
Measured Antenna Response of a Proposed Microwave Tomography System Using an Efficient 3-D FDTD Model
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Volume 7, 689-692 (2008)
M. Podesta, A. Fasoli, B. Labit, I. Furno, P. Ricci, F.M. Poli, a. Diallo, S. Muller, C. Theiler
Cross-field transport by instabilities and blobs in a magnetized toroidal plasma
Physical Review Letters, Volume 101, Issue 4, 045001 (2008)
C. Theiler, A. Diallo, A. Fasoli, I. Furno, B. Labit, M. Podeta, F. Poli, P. Ricci
The role of the density gradient on intermittent cross-field transport events in a simple magnetized toroidal plasma
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 15,  Issue 4,  042303 (2008)
H. Xia, H. Punzmann, G. Falkovich, M. Shats
Turbulence-Condensate Interaction in Two Dimensions
Physical Review Letters, Volume 101, 194504 1-4 (2008)

Associated Publications including ITER Forum Collaborators

 R. L. Dewar, M. J. Hole, M. McGann, R. Mills and S. R. Hudson,
Relaxed plasma equilibria and entropy-related plasma self-organization principles
Entropy 8, 339-353, 2008.
L C Appel, T Fulop, M J Hole, H M Smith, S D Pinches et al. and The MAST Team,
 Compressional Alfven Eigenmodes on MAST
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 50, 115011, 2008.

Conference Presentations

B. Blackwell
The Effects of Plasma Shape on Stability and Confinement in the H-1NF Heliac
Australian Institute of Physics 18th National Congress, Adelaide, 30 November-05 December 2008
M. Hole
A Modulation Model for Frequency Fine Splitting of Alfvén Eigenmodes in MAST
Australian Institute of Physics 18th National Congress, Adelaide, 30 November-05 December 2008
J. Read
Results from Spectroscopic Imaging of Alfven Eigenmodes on H-1NF
Australian Institute of Physics 18th National Congress, Adelaide, 30 November-05 December 2008

Conference Proceedings

B. Blackwell
Configurational Effects on Stability and Confinement in the H-1NF Heliac
22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-18 October 2008
M. Hole
A generalized relaxed MHD model for 3D equilibria with KAM surfaces
22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-18 October 2008
H. Punzmann
Physics of surface waves and applications to the ocean
Patterns in our planet: defining new concepts for the application of multiscale non-equilibrium thermodynamics to earth system science, Victor Harbor, 12-16 May 2008
M. Shats
Energy flux in atmospheric turbulence
Patterns in our planet: defining new concepts for the application of multiscale non-equilibrium thermodynamics to earth system science, Victor Harbor, 12-16 May 2008
H.Xia
Spectral condensation in two dimensions
Patterns in our planet: defining new concepts for the application of multiscale non-equilibrium thermodynamics to earth system science, Victor Harbor, 12-16 May 2008

Invited Presentations

J. Howard
Spatial heterodyne spectro-polarimetry systems for imaging key plasma parameters in fusion devices
18th International Toki Conference, Toki, Japan, 9-12 December 2008

Imaging spectroscopy of plasmas
IAEA International Workshop on Challenges in Plasma Spectroscopy for Future Fusion Research Machines, Jaipur, India, 20-22 February 2008
M. Shats
Spectrally condensed turbulence and L-H transitions in plasma
14th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Fukuoka, Japan, 8-12 September 2008

Turbulence in two dimensions
Physics of Climate Change, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 9-27 June 2008

2007

Book Chapters

M. Shats and H. Xia
Spectral transfer analysis in plasma
Frontiers in Turbulence and Coherent Structures: proceedings of the COSNet/CSIRO Workshop on Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasmas and Nonlinear Media, World Scientific Publishing Company (2007) 457–470

Refereed Journal Articles

T. Hatae, J. Howard, Y. Hirano, O. Naito, M. Nakatsuka and H. Yoshida
Development of polarization interferometer based on Fourier transform spectroscopy for Thomson scattering diagnostics
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research, Volume 2 (2007) S1026 1-5
J. Howard, F. Glass and C. Michael
Doppler spectroscopy and tomography of plasmas
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research,Volume 2 (2007) S1014 1-7
A. Fujisawa, T. Ido, A. Shimizu, S. Okamura, K. Matsuoka, H. Iguchi, Y. Hamada, Y. Nakano, S. Ohshima, K. Itoh, M. Shats and H. Xia
Experimental progress on zonal flow physics in toroidal plasmas
Nuclear Fusion 47 (2007) S718 – S726
S. Yamamoto, K. Nagasaki, Y. Suzuki, T. Mizuuchi, H. Okada, S. Kobayashi, B Blackwell, K. Kondo, G. Motojima, N. Nakajima, Y. Nakamura, C. Nuhrenberg, Y. Torii, S. Watanabe and F. Sano
Observation of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in Heliotron J plasmas
Fusion Science and Technology 51 (2007) 92-96
A. Dinklage, H. Maassberg, R. Preuss, H. Yamada, E. Ascasibar, C. Beidler, H. Funaba, J. Harris, A. Kus, S. Murakami, F. Sano, U. Stroth and Y. Suzuki
Physical model assessment of the energy confinement time scaling in stellarators
Nuclear Fusion, 47 (2007) 1265-1273
P. Linardakis and G. Borg
Small-signal impedance of a radio frequency plasma capacitor
IEEE Microwave and zless Components Letters, 17 (2007) 763-765
M. Shats, H. Xia, H. Punzmann and G. Falkovich
Suppression of turbulence by self-generated and imposed mean flows
Physical Review Letters, 99 (2007) 164502 1-4
G. Warr, R. Tarrant, M. Bilek, D.R. McKenzie, J.H. Harris, J. Howard and B. Blackwell
Tomographic interferometry of a filtered high-current vacuum arc plasma
Journal of Applied Physics, 101 (2007) 073302 1-11
Kumar, S., Blackwell, B. and Harris, J.
Wire tomography in the H-1NF Heliac for investigation of fine structure of magnetic islands
Review of Scientific Instruments, 78 (2007) 013501-013508
Anderson, M., Shi, Z., Reed, M. and Borg, G.
On iterative receivers with channel estimation for serially concatenated CPM
IEEE Inc, 8th Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW 07) 39-46

Invited Presentations

B.D. Blackwell
Alfvén range instabilities in H-1
16th International Stellarator Workshop, Toki, Japan, October 2007
M.G. Shats
Suppression of turbulence by mean flows in two-dimensional fluids
16th International Stellarator Workshop, Toki, Japan, October 2007

Shear suppression of turbulence in two-dimensional fluids
Joint Conference of the 17th International Toki Conference and 16th International Stellarator/Heliotron Workshop, October15-19, Toki, Japan

Quasi-two-dimensional turbulence in the presence of mean flows
Turbulence and Mixing Workshop, Eilat, Israel, November 3-8 2007
J. Howard
Current profile diagnostics for burning plasmas
International conference on burning plasma diagnostics, Piero Caldiori, Varenna, Italy, August, 2007

Associated Publications including ITER Forum Collaborators

D. R. Austin, M.J. Hole, Robinson, P.A., Cairns I.H. and Dallaqua, R.
Laboratory evidence for stochastic plasma-wave growth
Physical Review Letters, 99 (2007) 205004 1-4
S.R. Hudson, M.J. Hole and R.L. Dewar
Eigenvalue problems for Beltrami fields arising in a three-dimensional toroidal magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium problem
Physics of Plasmas, 14 (2007) 052505 1-12
M.J. Hole, S.R. Hudson and R.L. Dewar
Equilibria and stability in partially relaxed plasma–vacuum systems
Nuclear Fusion, 47 (2007) 746-753
M.J. Hole and L.C. Appel
Fourier decomposition of magnetic perturbations in toroidal plasmas using singular value decomposition
Plasma Physics Control. Fusion, 49 (2007) 1971-1988

Other Publications

M. Shats
Turbulent problems for fusion energy
Australasian Science, 28 (2007) 33-36