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Troy Carter is the Director of Fusion Energy Division at ORNL. Dr. Carter was previously a Professor of Physics at UCLA and the Director of the Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF), a national user facility for plasma science supported by DOE and NSF. His research into waves, instabilities, turbulence and transport in magnetically confined plasmas is motivated by the desire to understand processes in space and astrophysical plasmas as well as by the need to develop carbon-free electricity generation via nuclear fusion. Dr. Carter led the DOE FESAC Long Range Planning process that resulted in the 2021 report “Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas.” He is a Fellow of the APS and is a recipient of the APS DPP John Dawson Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Award and of the Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award. He received BS degrees in Physics and Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1995 and a PhD in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 2001.

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Employment (2)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, US

2024-07-01 to present | Director (Fusion Energy Division)
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University of California, Los Angeles: Los Angeles, US

2002-07-01 to 2024-06-30 | Professor (Physics and Astronomy)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, US

2001 | Ph.D. (Astrophysical Sciences)
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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

1995 | B.S. (Nuclear Engineering)
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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

1995 | B.S. (Physics)
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Density wavenumber spectrum measurements, synthetic diagnostic development, and tests of quasilinear turbulence modeling in the core of electron-heated DIII-D H-mode plasmas

Nuclear Fusion
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85185687075

Part of ISSN: 17414326 00295515
Contributors: Pratt, Q.; Hall-Chen, V.; Neiser, T.F.; Hong, R.; Damba, J.; Rhodes, T.L.; Thome, K.E.; Yang, J.; Haskey, S.R.; Cote, T. et al.
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Experimental study of Alfvén wave reflection from an Alfvén-speed gradient relevant to the solar coronal holes

arXiv
2024 | Other
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2-s2.0-85185788907

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Bose, S.; TenBarge, J.M.; Carter, T.; Hahn, M.; Ji, H.; Juno, J.; Savin, D.W.; Tripathi, S.; Vincena, S.
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First Direct Radiation Resistance Measurement on a Loop Dipole Antenna from Excitation of Whistler Waves

2024 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting, USNC-URSI NRSM 2024 - Proceedings
2024 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85190097134

Part of ISBN: 9781946815194
Contributors: Perez, J.; Dorfman, S.; Marksteiner, Q.; Pribyl, P.; Carter, T.; Delzanno, G.L.
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Experimental Study of Alfvén Wave Reflection from an Alfvén-speed Gradient Relevant to the Solar Coronal Holes

The Astrophysical Journal
2024-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sayak Bose; Jason M. TenBarge; Troy Carter; Michael Hahn; Hantao Ji; James Juno; Daniel Wolf Savin; Shreekrishna Tripathi; Stephen Vincena
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Design of the Lanthanum hexaboride based plasma source for the large plasma device at UCLA

Review of Scientific Instruments
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85168162549

Part of ISSN: 10897623 00346748
Contributors: Qian, Y.; Gekelman, W.; Pribyl, P.; Sketchley, T.; Tripathi, S.; Lucky, Z.; Drandell, M.; Vincena, S.; Look, T.; Travis, P. et al.
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Dynamic Formation of a Transient Jet from Arched Magnetized Laboratory Plasma

Astrophysical Journal
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85166632798

Part of ISSN: 15384357 0004637X
Contributors: Sklodowski, K.D.; Tripathi, S.; Carter, T.
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On the origin of the DIII-D L-H power threshold isotope effect

Nuclear Fusion
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85174262944

Part of ISSN: 17414326 00295515
Contributors: Callahan, K.; Schmitz, L.; Carter, T.; Belli, E.; Chrystal, C.; Haskey, S.; Grierson, B.; Thome, K.; Smith, S.; McKee, G. et al.
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On the role of deeply sub-Alfvénic energetic ions in generating ion cyclotron emission from fusion and laboratory plasmas

49th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2023
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85197231223

Part of ISBN: 9781713898672
Contributors: Samant, O.; Dendy, R.O.; Chapman, S.C.; Tripathi, S.; Carter, T.; Van Compernolle, B.
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Status of high harmonic fast wave experimental campaign on Large Plasma Device

AIP Conference Proceedings
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85177082198

Part of ISSN: 15517616 0094243X
Contributors: Yang, X.; De Haas, T.; Magee, R.; Carter, T.; Goulding, R.; Sibley, A.; Song, Y.; Schroeder, J.; Allfrey, I.; Morehouse, M. et al.
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Wave coupling and propagation from the helicon antenna in LAPD

AIP Conference Proceedings
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85177049923

Part of ISSN: 15517616 0094243X
Contributors: Larson, J.J.; Compernolle, B.V.; Pinsker, R.I.; Carter, T.A.
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Comparison of Doppler back-scattering and charge exchange measurements of e × B plasma rotation in the DIII-D tokamak under varying torque conditions

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85136872049

Part of ISSN: 13616587 07413335
Contributors: Pratt, Q.; Rhodes, T.; Chrystal, C.; Carter, T.
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Impact of the electron density and temperature gradient on drift-wave turbulence in the Large Plasma Device

Journal of Plasma Physics
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85135823345

Part of ISSN: 14697807 00223778
Contributors: Perks, C.; Mordijck, S.; Carter, T.; Van Compernolle, B.; Vincena, S.; Rossi, G.; Schaffner, D.
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Nonlinear interaction between Alfvén waves and drift-wave instabilities in LAPD

2022 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2022
2022 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85141012156

Part of ISBN: 9781665481113
Contributors: Carter, T.A.; Larson, J.; Bal, G.; Vincena, S.
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Novel internal measurements of ion cyclotron frequency range fast-ion driven modes

Nuclear Fusion
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85123926348

Part of ISSN: 17414326 00295515
Contributors: Crocker, N.A.; Tang, S.X.; Thome, K.E.; Lestz, J.B.; Belova, E.V.; Zalzali, A.; Dendy, R.O.; Peebles, W.A.; Barada, K.K.; Hong, R. et al.
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Reduction in RF sheath rectification with insulating antenna enclosure walls

Nuclear Fusion
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85134691876

Part of ISSN: 17414326 00295515
Contributors: Bal, G.; Compernolle, B.V.; Pribyl, P.; Martin, M.J.; Larson, J.; Carter, T.A.
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Electromagnetic turbulence in increased β plasmas in the Large Plasma Device

Journal of Plasma Physics
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85125582743

Part of ISSN: 14697807 00223778
Contributors: Rossi, G.D.; Carter, T.A.; Seo, B.; Robertson, J.; Pueschel, M.J.; Terry, P.W.
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Evolution of an arched magnetized laboratory plasma in a sheared magnetic field

Journal of Plasma Physics
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85121578697

Part of ISSN: 14697807 00223778
Contributors: Sklodowski, K.D.; Tripathi, S.; Carter, T.
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Experimental studies of helicon wave excitation, propagation, damping and current drive on the DIII-D and LAPD Devices

47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2021
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85119471568

Part of ISBN: 9781713837046
Contributors: Pinsker, R.I.; Van Compernolle, B.; Brookman, M.W.; Moeller, C.P.; O'Neill, R.C.; Garofalo, A.M.; Petty, C.C.; Carter, T.A.; Nagy, A.; Lau, C.H. et al.
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Laboratory measurements of the physics of auroral electron acceleration by Alfvén waves

Nature Communications
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85107600593

Part of ISSN: 20411723
Contributors: Schroeder, J.W.R.; Howes, G.G.; Kletzing, C.A.; Skiff, F.; Carter, T.A.; Vincena, S.; Dorfman, S.
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Overview of plasma wave studies using the Basic Plasma Science Facility<sup>1</sup>

2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85116195261

Part of ISBN: 9781665413862
Contributors: Carter, T.A.; Bal, G.; Larson, J.; Compernolle, B.V.; Vincena, S.; Pribyl, P.
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Resonant interactions of Alfvén waves and electrons in the LAPD and the acceleration of auroral electrons

2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85116289479

Part of ISBN: 9781665413862
Contributors: Schroeder, J.W.R.; Howes, G.G.; Skiff, F.; Kletzing, C.A.; Carter, T.A.; Vincena, S.; Dorfman, S.
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Stabilization of Alfvén Eigenmodes in DIII-D via Controlled Energetic Ion Density Ramp and Validation of Theory and Simulations

Physical Review Letters
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85104443042

Part of ISSN: 10797114 00319007
Contributors: Tang, S.X.; Carter, T.A.; Crocker, N.A.; Heidbrink, W.W.; Lestz, J.B.; Pinsker, R.I.; Thome, K.E.; Van Zeeland, M.A.; Belova, E.V.
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Study of the Design and Assembly of a High Harmonic Fast Wave Antenna for an LAPD

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85104457523

Part of ISSN: 16876083 16876075
Contributors: Yu, C.; Yang, Q.; Song, Y.; Li, J.; Xu, H.; Yang, X.; Binderbauer, M.; Schroeder, J.; Song, Y.; Goulding, R. et al.
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Electron density measurement using a partially covered hairpin resonator in an inductively coupled plasma

Review of Scientific Instruments
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85096107298

Part of ISSN: 10897623 00346748
Contributors: Fan, X.; Wug, Y.; Han, J.; Pribyl, P.; Carter, T.
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Evolution of an arched magnetized laboratory plasma in a sheared magnetic field

arXiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85181589942

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Sklodowski, K.D.; Tripathi, S.; Carter, T.
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Interaction of magnetic islands with turbulent electron temperature fluctuations in DIII-D and in GENE nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85081664845

Part of ISSN: 13616587 07413335
Contributors: Bardóczi, L.; Sung, C.; Navarro, A.B.; Rhodes, T.L.; Carter, T.A.; Jenko, F.
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Overview of TAE technologies’ HHFW project on LAPD

AIP Conference Proceedings
2020 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85092037443

Part of ISBN: 9780735420137
Part of ISSN: 15517616 0094243X
Contributors: Yang, X.; Binderbauer, M.; Song, Y.; Carter, T.; Goulding, R.; Yang, Q.; Chen, G.; Song, Y.; Schroeder, J.; DeHaas, T. et al.
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Propagation of shear Alfvén waves in a two-ion plasma and application as a diagnostic for the ion density ratio

Journal of Plasma Physics
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85097862352

Part of ISSN: 14697807 00223778
Contributors: Robertson, J.; Carter, T.A.; Vincena, S.
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Towards a comprehensive, self-consistent, and predictive theory of the L-H transition (Final Report)

2020-09-14 | Report
Contributors: Troy Carter
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Final report for DOE DE-SC0014113: Turbulence, transport and flows in increased beta, warm ion plasmas in LAPD

2020-03-09 | Report
Contributors: Troy Carter
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Gyrokinetic GENE simulations of DIII-D near-edge L-mode plasmas

Physics of Plasmas
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85072664778

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Neiser, T.F.; Jenko, F.; Carter, T.A.; Schmitz, L.; Told, D.; Merlo, G.; Banõn Navarro, A.; Crandall, P.C.; McKee, G.R.; Yan, Z.
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Measured reduction in Alfvén wave energy propagating through longitudinal gradients scaled to match solar coronal holes

arXiv
2019 | Other
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2-s2.0-85169724819

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Bose, S.; Carter, T.; Hahn, M.; Tripathi, S.; Vincena, S.; Savin, D.W.
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Measured Reduction in Alfvén Wave Energy Propagating through Longitudinal Gradients Scaled to Match Solar Coronal Holes

Astrophysical Journal
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85074162311

Part of ISSN: 15384357 0004637X
Contributors: Bose, S.; Carter, T.; Hahn, M.; Tripathi, S.; Vincena, S.; Savin, D.W.
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Overview of plasma wave studies using the basic plasma science facility

Proceedings of the 2019 21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019
2019 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85074941693

Part of ISBN: 9781728105635
Contributors: Carter, T.A.; Dorfman, S.; Robertson, J.; Vincena, S.
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Developing a predictive capability for compressional and global Alfvén eigenmodes in NSTX-U and advancing understanding of the associated electron thermal transport. Final report, 04/15/2014 - 04/14/2019

2019-08-30 | Report
Contributors: Neal A. Crocker; Troy A. Carter
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Electron density measurement with hairpin resonator in low pressure plasma

arXiv
2018 | Other
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2-s2.0-85170326362

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Fan, X.; Pribly, P.; Carter, T.
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Gyrokinetic GENE simulations of DIII-D near-edge L-mode plasmas

arXiv
2018 | Other
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2-s2.0-85170321698

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Neiser, T.F.; Jenko, F.; Carter, T.A.; Schmitz, L.; Told, D.; Merlo, G.; Bañón Navarro, A.; Crandall, P.C.; McKee, G.; Yan, Z.
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A basic plasma test for gyrokinetics: GDC turbulence in LAPD

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85010695036

Part of ISSN: 13616587 07413335
Contributors: Pueschel, M.J.; Rossi, G.; Told, D.; Terry, P.W.; Jenko, F.; Carter, T.A.
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Chaotic edge density fluctuations in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

Physics of Plasmas
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85016717645

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Zhu, Z.; White, A.E.; Carter, T.A.; Baek, S.G.; Terry, J.L.
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Effect of magnetic islands on profiles, flows, turbulence and transport in nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85013413987

Part of ISSN: 13616587 07413335
Contributors: Navarro, A.B.; Bardóczi, L.; Carter, T.A.; Jenko, F.; Rhodes, T.L.
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Experimental Observation of Convective Cell Formation due to a Fast Wave Antenna in the Large Plasma Device

Physical Review Letters
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85034643657

Part of ISSN: 10797114 00319007
Contributors: Martin, M.J.; Gekelman, W.; Van Compernolle, B.; Pribyl, P.; Carter, T.
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Impact of neoclassical tearing mode-turbulence multi-scale interaction in global confinement degradation and magnetic island stability

Physics of Plasmas
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85038381406

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Bardóczi, L.; Carter, T.A.; La Haye, R.J.; Rhodes, T.L.; McKee, G.R.
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Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfvén wave

Physics of Plasmas
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85015363495

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Schroeder, J.W.R.; Skiff, F.; Howes, G.G.; Kletzing, C.A.; Carter, T.A.; Dorfman, S.
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Multi-field/-scale interactions of turbulence with neoclassical tearing mode magnetic islands in the DIII-D tokamak

Physics of Plasmas
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85014539846

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Bardóczi, L.; Rhodes, T.L.; Bañón Navarro, A.; Sung, C.; Carter, T.A.; La Haye, R.J.; McKee, G.R.; Petty, C.C.; Chrystal, C.; Jenko, F.
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Shrinking of core neoclassical tearing mode magnetic islands due to edge localized modes and the role of ion-scale turbulence in island recovery in DIII-D

Physics of Plasmas
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85020694240

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Bardóczi, L.; Rhodes, T.L.; Carter, T.A.; La Haye, R.J.; Bañón Navarro, A.; McKee, G.R.
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Direct measurement of electron sloshing of an inertial Alfvén wave

Geophysical Research Letters
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84969920101

Part of ISSN: 19448007 00948276
Contributors: Schroeder, J.W.R.; Skiff, F.; Kletzing, C.A.; Howes, G.G.; Carter, T.A.; Dorfman, S.
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Measurements of the nonlinear beat wave produced by the interaction of counterpropagating Alfvén waves

Physics of Plasmas
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84958191448

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Drake, D.J.; Howes, G.G.; Rhudy, J.D.; Terry, S.K.; Carter, T.A.; Kletzing, C.A.; Schroeder, J.W.R.; Skiff, F.
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Modulation of Core Turbulent Density Fluctuations by Large-Scale Neoclassical Tearing Mode Islands in the DIII-D Tokamak

Physical Review Letters
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84971320891

Part of ISSN: 10797114 00319007
Contributors: Bardóczi, L.; Rhodes, T.L.; Carter, T.A.; Bañón Navarro, A.; Peebles, W.A.; Jenko, F.; McKee, G.
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Non-perturbative measurement of cross-field thermal diffusivity reduction at the O-point of 2/1 neoclassical tearing mode islands in the DIII-D tokamak

Physics of Plasmas
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84969556988

Part of ISSN: 10897674 1070664X
Contributors: Bardóczi, L.; Rhodes, T.L.; Carter, T.A.; Crocker, N.A.; Peebles, W.A.; Grierson, B.A.
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The upgraded Large Plasma Device, a machine for studying frontier basic plasma physics

Review of Scientific Instruments
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84958794019

Part of ISSN: 10897623 00346748
Contributors: Gekelman, W.; Pribyl, P.; Lucky, Z.; Drandell, M.; Leneman, D.; Maggs, J.; Vincena, S.; Van Compernolle, B.; Tripathi, S.K.P.; Morales, G. et al.
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