MST

Presentations:

Effects of Stochastic Magnetic Fields on Momentum Transport and Flows during Reconnection:

D.L. Brower
Momentum Transport in Jets, Disks and Laboratory Plasmas, September 27-29, 2007, Alba, Italy

Magnetic Fluctuation-induced particle and Momentum Transport during Magnetic Reconnection in MST:

W.X. Ding
The 9th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in laboratory and Space, August 10th, 2007, Cairns, Australia

Magnetic Fluctuation-Induced Particle Transport and Zonal Flow Generation in MST:

D.L. Brower
4-7 September 2006, Marseille, France

Momentum Transport from Tearing Mode: Experiments:

Weixing Ding, CMSO General Meeting, 2005 Princeton
This work is supported by U.S.DOE

Publications:

Nonambipolar magnetic-Fluctuation-induced Particle Transport and Plasma flow in the MST Reversed-Field Pinch:

W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, D. Craig, B.H. Deng, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff and V. Svidzinski
PRL 99, 055004, August 2007

Recent Improvements in Confinement and Beta in the MST Reversed-Field Pinch:

D. J. Den Hartog, et al.
Nucl. Fusion 47, 2007, L17-L20

High-Speed Three-Wave Polarimeter-Interferometer Diagnostic for Madison Symmetric Torus:

B. H. Deng, D. L. Brower, W. X. Ding, M. D. Wyman, B. E. Chapman and J. S. Sarff
Review of Scientific Instruments 77, 10F108, 2006

Electron density measurement by differential interferometry:

W. X. Ding, D. L. Brower, B. H. Deng, and T. Yates
Review of Scientific Instruments 77, 10F105, 2006

The Hall dynamo effect and nonlinear mode coupling during sawtooth magnetic reconnection:

W. X. Ding, D. L. Brower, B. H. Deng, A. F. Almagri, D. Craig, G. Fiksel, V. Mirnov, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and V. Svidzinski
Physics of Plasmas 13, 112306, 2006

Overview of Results in the MST Reversed Field Pinch Experiment:

S.C. Prager, et. al.
Nucl. Fusion 45, 2005, S276-S282

Fizeau Interferometer for Measurement of Plasma Electron Current:

D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, B.H. Deng, M.A. Mahdavi, V. Mimov and S.C. Prager
Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 75 #10, October 2004

Laser Faraday Rotation Measurement of Current Density Fluctuations and Electromagnetic Torque (invited):

W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, B.H. Deng, D. Craig, S.C. Prager and V. Svidzinski
Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 75 #10, October 2004

Measurement of the Hall dynamo effect during magnetic reconnection in a high-temperature plasma:

W. X. Ding, D. L. Brower, D. Craig, B. H. Deng, G. Fiksel, V. Mirnov, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and V. Svidzinski
Physical Review Letters, Volume 93 #4, 045002:1-4, July, 2004

Measurement of Current Profile Dynamics in the Madison Symmetric Torus:

S.D. Terry, D.L. Brower, W.X. Ding, J.K. Anderson, T.M. Biewer, B.E. Chapman, D. Craig, C.B. Forest, R. O'Connell, S.C. Prager, and J.S. Sarff
Physics of Plasmas, Colume 11 #3, March 2004, 1079-1086

Tokamak-like Confinement at High Beta and Low Toroidal Field in the MST Reversed Field Pinch:

J.S. Sarff, et al.
Nucl. Fusion 43, 2003 1684-1692

Tokamak-like Confinement at High Beta and Low Field in Reversed Field Pinch:

J. S. Sarff, J. K. Anderson, T. M. Biewer, D. L. Brower, B. E. Chapman, P. K. Chattopadhyay, D. Craig, B. Deng, D. J. Den Hartog, W. X. Ding, G. Fiksel, C. B. Forest, J. A. Goetz, R. O’Connell, S. C. Prager and M. A. Thomas
Plasma Physics Control Fusion 45, 2003, A457-A470

Electron Heat Transport Measured in a Stochastic Magnetic Field:

T.M. Biewer, C. B. Forest, J. K. Anderson, G. Fiksel, B. Hudson, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, J. C.Wright, D. L. Brower, W. X. Ding, and S. D. Terry
Physical Review Letters, Volume 91 #4, July 2003, 045004

Laser Polarimetric Measurement of Equilibruim and fluctuating Magnetic Fields in a reversed Field Pinch (invited):

D. L. Brower, W. X. Ding, S. D. Terry, J. K. Anderson, T. M. Biewer, B. E. Chapman, D. Craig, C. B. Forest, S. C. Prager, and J. S. Sarff
Review of Scientific Instruments Volume 74, #3, 1534-1540, March, 2003

Measurement of Internal Magnetic Field Fluctuations in a Reversed-Field Pinch by Faraday Rotation:

W.X. Ding, D.L. Brower, S.D. Terry, D. Craig, S.C. Prager, J.S. Sarff and J.C. Wright
Physical Review Letters, Volume 90 #3, January 2003

Measurement of the Current-Density Profile and Plasma Dynamics in the Reversed-Field Pinch:

D. L. Brower, W.X. Ding, S. D. Terry, J. K. Anderson, T. M. Biewer, B. E. Chapman, D. Craig, C. B. Forest, S. C. Prager, and J. S. Sarff
Physical Review Letters, Volume 88 #18, 185005:1-4, May, 2002