Dr. David A. Gates

Publication list: November 2007

*1. Gates, DA; Menard, J; Maingi, R; et al., “Progress towards steady state at low aspect ratio on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)” NUCLEAR FUSION, 47 1376-1382 (2007)

2. Sontag, AC; Sabbagh, SA; Zhu, W; et al., “Investigation of resistive wall mode stabilization physics in high-beta plasmas using applied non-axisymmetric fields in NSTX“ NUCLEAR FUSION, 47 1005-1011 (2007)

3. Delgado-Aparicio, LF; Stutman, D; Tritz, K; et al., “A 'multi-colour' SXR diagnostic for time and space-resolved measurements of electron temperature, MHD activity and particle transport in MU plasmas” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 49 1245-1257 (2007)

4. Kaye, SM; Levinton, FM; Stutman, D; et al., “Confinement and local transport in the national spherical torus experiment (NSTX)” NUCLEAR FUSION, 47 499-509 (2007)

5. Kugel, HW; Bell, MG; Bell, R; et al., “Effect of lithium PFC coatings on NSTX density control” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 363 791-796 (2007)

6. Levinton, FM; Yuh, H; Bell, MG; et al., “Transport with reversed shear in the national spherical torus experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 14 Art. No. 056119 (2007)

7. Kaye, SM; Bell, RE; Gates, D; et al., “Scaling of electron and ion transport in the high-power spherical torus NSTX” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 98 Art. No. 175002 (2007)

8. Doyle, EJ; Garofalo, AM; Greenfield, CM; et al., “Progress on advanced tokamak and steady-state scenario development on DIII-D and NSTX” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 48 B39-B52 (2006)

9. Maingi, R; Bell, MG; Fredrickson, ED; et al., “Characterization of small, Type V edge-localized modes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 13 Art. No. 092510 (2006)

10. Menard, JE; Bell, RE; Gates, DA; et al., “Observation of instability induced current redistribution in a spherical-torus plasma” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 97 Art. No. 095002 (2006)

11. Bell, MG; Bell, RE; Gates, DA; et al., “New capabilities and results for the National Spherical Torus Experiment” NUCLEAR FUSION, 46 S565-S572 (2006)

*12. Gates, DA; Ferron, JR; Bell, M; et al., ”Status of the control system on the national spherical torus experiment (NSTX)” FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 81 1911-1916 (2006)

13. Davis, WM; Mastrovito, DM; Bush, CE; et al., “Storage and analysis techniques for fast 2D camera data on NSTX” FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 81 1975-1979 (2006)

14. Sabbagh, SA; Bell, RE; Menard, JE; et al., “Active stabilization of the resistive-wall mode in high-beta, low-rotation plasmas” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 97 Art. No. 045004 (2006)

15. Sabbagh, SA; Sontag, AC; Bialek, JM; et al., “Resistive wall stabilized operation in rotating high beta NSTX plasmas” NUCLEAR FUSION, 46 635-644 (2006)

16. Reimerdes, H; Hender, TC; Sabbagh, SA; et al., “Cross-machine comparison of resonant field amplification and resistive wall mode stabilization by plasma rotation” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 13 Art. No. 056107 (2006)

17. Kessel, CE; Bell, RE; Bell, MG; et al., “Long pulse high performance plasma scenario development for the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 13 Art. No. 056108 (2006)

*18. Gates, DA; Maingi, R; Menard, J; et al., “Effect of plasma shaping on performance in the national spherical torus experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 13 Art. No. 056122 (2006)

*19. Gates, DA; Kessel, C; Menard, J; et al., “Progress towards steady state on NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 46 S22-S28 (2006)

*20. Gates, DA; Ferron, JR; Bell, M; et al., “Plasma shape control on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) using real-time equilibrium reconstruction” NUCLEAR FUSION, 46 17-23 (2006)

21. Peng, YKM; Fogarty, PJ; Burgess, TW; et al., “A component test facility based on the spherical tokamak” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 47 B263-B283 (2005)

22. Leuer, JA; Deranian, RD; Ferron, JR; et al., “DIII-D integrated plasma control tools applied to next generation tokamaks” FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 74 645-649 (2005)

23. Kaye, SM; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Progress towards high performance plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)” NUCLEAR FUSION, 45 S168-S180 (2005)

24. Maingi, R; Bush, CE; Fredrickson, ED; et al., “H-mode pedestal, ELM and power threshold studies in NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 45 1066-1077 (2005)

25. Kessel, CE; Synakowski, EJ; Bell, ME; et al., “Advanced ST plasma scenario simulations for NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 45 814-824 (2005)

26. Menard, JE; Bell, RE; Fredrickson, ED; et al., “Internal kink mode dynamics in high-beta NSTX plasmas” NUCLEAR FUSION, 45 539-556 (2005)

27. Sontag, AC; Sabbagh, SA; Zhu, W; et al., “Resistive wall mode stabilization of high-beta plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 12 Art. No. 056112 (2005)

28. Maingi, R; Tritz, K; Fredrickson, ED; et al., “Observation of a high performance operating regime with small edge-localized modes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” NUCLEAR FUSION, 45 264-270 (2005)

29. Peng, YKM; Neumeyer, CA; Fogarty, PJ; et al., “Fusion engineering and plasma science conditions of spherical torus component test facility” FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 47 370-383 (2005)

30. Kugel, HW; Maingi, R; Bell, M; et al., “Development of NSTX particle control techniques” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 337 495-499 (2005)

31. Maingi, R; Sabbagh, SA; Bush, CE; et al., “ELMS and the H-mode pedestal in NSTX” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 337 727-731 (2005)

*32. Gates, DA; Menard, JE; Marsala, RJ, “Vessel eddy current measurement for the National Spherical Torus Experiment” REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 75 5090-5093 (2004)

*33. Gates, DA; Mynick, HE; White, RB, “Collisional transport in a low aspect ratio tokamak” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 11 L45-L48 (2004)

34. Mastrovito, D; Ferron, J; Gates, D; et al., “Real-time control software on NSTX” FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 71 65-69 (2004)

35. Maingi, R; Chang, CS; Ku, SH; et al., “Effect of gas fuelling location on H-mode access in NSTX.” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 46 A305-A313 (2004)

36. LeBlanc, BP; Bell, RE; Kaye, SM; et al., “Confinement studies of auxiliary heated NSTX plasmas” NUCLEAR FUSION, 44 513-523 (2004)

37. Sabbagh, SA; Bialek, JM; Bell, RE; et al., “The resistive wall mode and feedback control physics design in NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 44 560-570 (2004)

38. Ono, M; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Progress towards highperformance, steady-state spherical torus” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 45 A335-A350 (2003)

39. Menard, JE; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Aspect ratio scaling of ideal no-wall stability limits in high bootstrap fraction tokamak plasmas” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 11 639-646 (2004)

40. Synakowski, EJ; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “The national spherical torus experiment (NSTX) research programme and progress towards high beta, long pulse operating scenarios” NUCLEAR FUSION, 43 1653-1664 (2003)

41. Maingi, R; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “H-mode research in NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 43 969-974 (2003)

42. Synakowski, EJ; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Initial studies of core and edge transport of NSTX plasmas” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 44 A165-A173 (2002)

43. Bush, CE; Maingi, R; Bell, MG; et al., “Evolution and termination of H-modes in NSTX” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 44 A323-A332 (2002)

44. Menard, JE; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “beta-limiting MHD instabilities in improved-performance NSTX spherical torus plasmas” NUCLEAR FUSION, 43 330-340 (2003)

45. Maingi, R; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Recent results from the national spherical torus experiment” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 45 657-669 (2003)

46. Gorelenkov, NN; Fredrickson, E; Belova, E; et al., “Theory and observations of high frequency Alfven eigenmodes in low aspect ratio plasmas” NUCLEAR FUSION, 43 228-233 (2003)

*47. Gates, DA, “High beta, long pulse, bootstrap sustained scenarios on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 10 1659-1664 (2003)

48. Wilson, JR; Bell, RE; Bernabei, S; et al., “Exploration of high harmonic fast wave heating on the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 10 1733-1738 (2003)

49. Bush, CE; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “H-mode threshold and dynamics in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 10 1755-1764 (2003)

50. Kugel, HW; Soukhanovskii, V; Bell, M; et al., “Impact of the wall conditioning program on plasma performance in NSTX” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 313 187-193 (2003)

51. Mueller, D; Ono, M; Bell, MG; et al., “Results of NSTX heating experiments” IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 31 60-67 (2003)

52. Rosenberg, AL; Gates, DA; Pletzer, A; et al., “Modeling of neoclassical tearing mode stability for generalized toroidal geometry” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 9 4567-4572 (2002)

53. Gorelenkov, NN; Cheng, CZ; Fredrickson, E; et al., “Compressional Alfven eigenmode instability in NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 42 977-985 (2002)

54. Paoletti, F; Sabbagh, SA; Manickam, J; et al., “Impact of MHD equilibrium input variations on the high beta stability boundaries of NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 42 418-426 (2002)

55. Skinner, CH; Kugel, HW; Maingi, R; et al., “Effect of boronization on ohmic plasmas in NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 42 329-332 (2002)

56. Fredrickson, ED; Gorelenkov, N; Cheng, CZ; et al., “Study of the effect of compressional Alfven modes on thermal transport in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 9 2069-2076 (2002)

57. Sabbagh, SA; Bell, RE; Bell, MG; et al., “Beta-limiting instabilities and global mode stabilization in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 9 2085-2092 (2002)

58. Kugel, HW; Maingi, R; Wampler, W; et al., “Overview of impurity control and wall conditioning in NSTX (vol 290, pg 1185, 2001)” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 300 278-278 (2002)

59. Maingi, R; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Characteristics of the first H-mode discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 88 Art. No. 035003 (2002)

60. Ryan, PM; Wilson, JR; Swain, DW; et al., “Initial operation of the NSTX phased array for launching high harmonic fast waves” FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 56-7 569-573 (2001)

61. Sabbagh, SA; Kaye, SM; Menard, J; et al., “Equilibrium properties of spherical torus plasmas in NSTX” NUCLEAR FUSION, 41 1601-1611 (2001)

*62. Gates, DA; Gorelenkov, NN; White, RB, “Ion heating by fast particle- induced Alfven turbulence” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 87 Art. No. 205003 (2001)

63. Ono, M; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Overview of the initial NSTX experimental results” NUCLEAR FUSION, 41 1435-1447 (2001)

64. Menard, JE; LeBlanc, BP; Sabbagh, SA; et al., “Ohmic flux consumption during initial operation of the NSTX spherical torus” NUCLEAR FUSION, 41 1197-1206 (2001)

65. Raman, R; Jarboe, TR; Mueller, D; et al., “Non-inductive current generation in NSTX using coaxial helicity injection” NUCLEAR FUSION, 41 1081-1086 (2001)

66. Kaye, SM; Bell, MG; Bell, RE; et al., “Initial physics results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 8 1977-1987 (2001)

67. Raman, R; Jarboe, TR; Mueller, D; et al., “Initial results from coaxial helicity injection experiments in NSTX” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 43 305-312 (2001)

68. Kugel, HW; Maingi, R; Wampler, W; et al., “Overview of impurity control and wall conditioning in NSTX” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 290 1185-1189 (2001)

69. Mueller, D; Gates, DA; Ferron, JR, “Upgrade for the National Spherical Torus Experiment control computer” IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 47 219-221 (2000)

*70. Gates, DA; Mueller, D; Neumeyer, C; et al., “Control system development plan for the National Spherical Torus Experiment” IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 47 222-224 (2000)

71. Ono, M; Kaye, SM; Peng, YKM; et al., “Exploration of spherical torus physics in the NSTX device” NUCLEAR FUSION, 40 557-561 (2000)

72. Peng, YKM; Reiersen, W; Kaye, SM; et al., “Science and technology of the 10 MA spherical tori” NUCLEAR FUSION, 40 583-587 (2000)

73. Mirnov, S; Wesley, J; Fujisawa, N; et al., “Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions” NUCLEAR FUSION, 39 2251-2389 (1999)

74. Buttery, RJ; De' Benedetti, M; Gates, DA; et al., “Error field mode studies on JET, COMPASS-D and DIII-D, and implications for ITER” NUCLEAR FUSION, 39 1827-1835 (1999)

75. Perkins, FW; Bondeson, A; Buttery, RJ; et al., “Neoclassical islands, beta-limits, error fields and ELMs in reactor scale tokamaks” NUCLEAR FUSION, 39 2051-2054 (1999)

*76. Gates, DA; Lloyd, B; Morris, AW; et al., “Neoclassical islands on COMPASS-D” NUCLEAR FUSION, 37 1593-1606 (1997)

77. Carolan, PG; Akers, RJ; Appel, L; et al., “Enhanced performance in the START tokamak” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 40 615-620 (1998)

78. Fielding, SJ; Valovic, M; Carolan, PG; et al., “H-modes on COMPASS-D with high-power ECRH” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 40 731-735 (1998)

*79. Gates, DA; Akers, R; Appel, L; et al., “High-performance discharges in the Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak (START)” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 5 1775-1783 (1998)

80. Gryaznevich, M; Akers, R; Carolan, PG; et al., “Achievement of record beta in the START spherical tokamak” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 80 3972-3975 (1998)

81. Zohm, H; Gates, DA; Wilson, HR; et al., “Neoclassical MHD in ASDEX upgrade and COMPASS-D” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 39 B237-B246 (1997)

82. Sykes, A; Akers, R; Appel, L; et al., “High-beta performance of the START spherical tokamak” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 39 B247-B260 (1997)

*83. Gates, DA; Hender, TC, “Resistive wall induced forbidden bands of mode rotation frequency on the COMPASS-D tokamak” NUCLEAR FUSION, 36 273-282 (1996)

84. Fielding, SJ; Axon, KB; Booth, MG; et al., “ELM structure in the boundary plasma on COMPASS-D” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 241 902-907 (1997)

85. Sauter, O; LaHaye, RJ; Chang, Z; et al., “Beta limits in long-pulse tokamak discharges” PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 4 1654-1664 (1997)

86. Wilson, HR; Alexander, M; Connor, JW; et al., “The collisionality dependence of tokamak beta-limits” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 38 A149-A163 (1996)

87. Fielding, SJ; Ashall, JD; Carolan, PG; et al., “The H-mode in COMPASS-D” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 38 1091- 1102 (1996)

88. Colton, AL; Buttery, RJ; Fielding, SJ; et al., “ELM studies on the COMPASS-D tokamak” PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, 38 1359-1365 (1996)

89. FIELDING, SJ; ASHALL, JD; AXON, KB; et al., “OHMIC H-MODE POWER THRESHOLDS AND RECYCLING ON COMPASS-D” JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 220 284-287 (1995)

90. SANKAR, MKV; EISNER, E; GAROFALO, A; et al., “INITIAL HIGHBETA OPERATION OF THE HBT-EP TOKAMAK” JOURNAL OF FUSION ENERGY, 12 303-310 (1993)

91. HERSHKOWITZ, N; NELSON, B; PEW, J; et al., “SELF-EMISSIVE PROBES” REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 54 29-34 (1983)