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May 1998
ISSN 1070-664X
EISSN 1089-7674
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ARTICLES
Basic Plasma Phenomena, Waves, Instabilities
Instability criterion of tearing mode for arbitrary magnetic shear configuration
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1231–1238 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872781
The continuum of unstable magnetohydrodynamic modes in a simple magnetized atmosphere
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1259–1264 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872783
Electron plasma profiles from a cathode with an potential variation
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1265–1272 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872784
Nonlinear Phenomena, Turbulence, Transport
The derivation of equations for fluctuations and transport in flux-tube geometries
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1273–1278 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872785
Exact evaluation of the quadratic response tensor for three-wave interactions in Maxwellian plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1279–1287 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872786
Magnetic field line transport in three dimensional turbulence: Lévy random walk and spectrum models
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1288–1297 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872787
Damping of perpendicular magnetosonic pulses in a two-ion-species plasma
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1298–1304 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872788
Two-dimensional bounce-averaged collisional particle transport in a single species non-neutral plasma
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1305–1314 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872789
Linear and nonlinear particle-magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the toroidal Alfvén eigenmode
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1321–1327 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872791
Magnetically Confined Plasmas, Heating, Confinement
Effects of shear on edge turbulence of the China Tokamak-6B
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1328–1335 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872792
On the stability of Mercier and ballooning modes in stellarator configurations
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1336–1344 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872793
Kinetic theory of plasma adiabatic major radius compression in tokamaks
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1345–1353 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872794
Predictive simulations of tokamak plasmas with a model for ion-temperature-gradient-driven turbulence
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1369–1379 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872797
Equilibrium pellet and liquid jet shape under high ablation pressures
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1380–1386 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872798
Analytical stability condition for the ideal kink mode in a toroidal plasma with elliptic cross section
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1387–1402 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872799
Toroidal rotation effect on the ballooning modes of low frequency under gyrokinetic description
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1403–1409 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872800
Characterization of the separatrix plasma parameters in DIII-D
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1410–1422 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872830
Inertially Confined Plasmas, Dense Plasmas, Equations of State
Equations describing strong laser field in interaction with matter within a plasma in the hydrodynamic limit
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1423–1445 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872801
Growth rates of the ablative Rayleigh–Taylor instability in inertial confinement fusion
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1446–1454 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872802
Nonlinear theory of power transfer between multiple crossed laser beams in a flowing plasma
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1461–1466 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872804
Scaling laws of the Rayleigh–Taylor ablation front mixing zone evolution in inertial confinement fusion
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1467–1476 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872805
Hydromagnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability in high-velocity gas-puff implosions
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1477–1484 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872806
Saturation of perturbation growth in ablatively driven planar laser targets
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1491–1505 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872808
Ionspheric, Solar-system, and Astrophysical Plasmas
Lasers, Particle Beams, Accelerators, Radiation Generation
Conductivity and ion density of a plasma channel induced by a mildly relativistic electron beam from a gas-filled diode
E. H. Choi; J. J. Ko; M. C. Choi; T. S. Cho; Y. Jung; D. I. Kim; Y. Seo; G. S. Cho; S. O. Kang; H. M. Shin; H. S. Uhm
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1514–1521 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872824
Low-temperature Plasmas, Plasma Applications, Plasma Sources, Sheaths
Multipactor electron discharge physics using an improved secondary emission model
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1535–1540 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872811
Diagnostics of plasma emission spectra during electron assisted chemical vapor deposition of diamond films
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1541–1544 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872812
Sheath and presheath structure in the plasma–wall transition layer in an oblique magnetic field
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1545–1553 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872813
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Modulational instability of incoherent photons in high-temperature electron-positron plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1554–1556 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872814
On the continuous plug potential profile in a tandem mirror
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1560–1562 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872815
COMMENTS
INVITED AND REVIEW PAPERS FROM THE 39TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DIVISION OF PLASMA
Fusion plasma experiments on TFTR: A 20 year retrospective
R. J. Hawryluk; S. Batha; W. Blanchard; M. Beer; M. G. Bell; R. E. Bell; H. Berk; S. Bernabei; M. Bitter; B. Breizman; N. L. Bretz; R. Budny; C. E. Bush; J. Callen; R. Camp; S. Cauffman; Z. Chang; C. Z. Cheng; D. S. Darrow; R. O. Dendy; W. Dorland; H. Duong; P. C. Efthimion; D. Ernst; N. J. Fisch; R. Fisher; R. J. Fonck; E. D. Fredrickson; G. Y. Fu; H. P. Furth; N. N. Gorelenkov; B. Grek; L. R. Grisham; G. W. Hammett; G. R. Hanson; H. W. Herrmann; M. C. Herrmann; K. W. Hill; J. Hogan; J. C. Hosea; W. A. Houlberg; M. Hughes; R. A. Hulse; D. L. Jassby; F. C. Jobes; D. W. Johnson; R. Kaita; S. Kaye; J. S. Kim; M. Kissick; A. V. Krasilnikov; H. Kugel; A. Kumar; B. Leblanc; F. M. Levinton; C. Ludescher; R. P. Majeski; J. Manickam; D. K. Mansfield; E. Mazzucato; J. McChesney; D. C. McCune; K. M. McGuire; D. M. Meade; S. S. Medley; R. Mika; D. R. Mikkelsen; S. V. Mirnov; D. Mueller; A. Nagy; G. A. Navratil; R. Nazikian; M. Okabayashi; H. K. Park; W. Park; S. F. Paul; G. Pearson; M. P. Petrov; C. K. Phillips; M. Phillips; A. T. Ramsey; M. H. Redi; G. Rewoldt; S. Reznik; A. L. Roquemore; J. Rogers; E. Ruskov; S. A. Sabbagh; M. Sasao; G. Schilling; J. Schivell; G. L. Schmidt; S. D. Scott; I. Semenov; C. H. Skinner; T. Stevenson; B. C. Stratton; J. D. Strachan; W. Stodiek; E. Synakowski; H. Takahashi; W. Tang; G. Taylor; M. E. Thompson; S. Von Goeler; A. Von Halle; R. T. Walters; R. White; R. M. Wieland; M. Williams; J. R. Wilson; K. L. Wong; G. A. Wurden; M. Yamada; V. Yavorski; K. M. Young; L. Zakharov; M. C. Zarnstorff; S. J. Zweben
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1577–1589 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872825
TUTORIAL ARTICLES
Laboratory studies of waves and instabilities in dusty plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1607–1614 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872828
Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators: Wakefield excitation, channel guiding, and laser triggered particle injection
W. P. Leemans; P. Volfbeyn; K. Z. Guo; S. Chattopadhyay; C. B. Schroeder; B. A. Shadwick; P. B. Lee; J. S. Wurtele; E. Esarey
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1615–1623 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872820
INVITED PAPERS
Basic Plasma Phenomena, Waves, Instabilities
Precise control of the global rotation of strongly coupled ion plasmas in a Penning trap
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1656–1663 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872834
Microwave ponderomotive forces in solid-state ionic plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1664–1670 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872835
Excitation and propagation of electrostatic ion-cyclotron waves in plasma with structured transverse flow
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1671–1680 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872889
Nonlinear Phenomena, Turbulence, Transport
Magnetically Confined Plasmas, Heating, Confinement
Experimental constraints on transport from dimensionless parameter scaling studies
C. C. Petty; T. C. Luce; D. R. Baker; B. Ballet; T. N. Carlstrom; J. G. Cordey; J. C. DeBoo; P. Gohil; R. J. Groebner; B. W. Rice; D. M. Thomas; M. R. Wade; R. E. Waltz
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1695–1702 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872838
Toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes in TFTR deuterium–tritium plasmas
R. Nazikian; G. Y. Fu; Z. Chang; S. H. Batha; H. Berk; R. V. Budny; Y. Chen; C. Z. Cheng; D. S. Darrow; N. N. Gorelenkov; F. M. Levinton; S. Medley; M. P. Petrov; M. Redi; E. Ruskov; D. A. Spong; R. B. White; S. J. Zweben
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1703–1711 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872818
Ion cyclotron range of frequencies heating and flow generation in deuterium–tritium plasmas
J. R. Wilson; R. E. Bell; S. Bernabei; K. Hill; J. C. Hosea; B. LeBlanc; R. Majeski; R. Nazikian; M. Ono; C. K. Phillips; G. Schilling; S. von Goeler; C. E. Bush; G. R. Hanson
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1721–1726 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872840
Radiative divertor plasmas with convection in DIII-D
A. W. Leonard; G. D. Porter; R. D. Wood; S. L. Allen; J. Boedo; N. H. Brooks; T. E. Evans; M. E. Fenstermacher; D. N. Hill; R. C. Isler; C. J. Lasnier; R. D. Lehmer; M. A. Mahdavi; R. Maingi; R. A. Moyer; T. W. Petrie; M. J. Schaffer; M. R. Wade; J. G. Watkins; W. P. West; D. G. Whyte
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1736–1743 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872842
Measurements of the high confinement mode pedestal region on Alcator C-Mod
A. E. Hubbard; R. L. Boivin; R. S. Granetz; M. Greenwald; I. H. Hutchinson; J. H. Irby; Y. In; J. Kesner; B. LaBombard; Y. Lin; J. E. Rice; T. Sunn Pedersen; J. A. Snipes; P. C. Stek; Y. Takase; S. M. Wolfe; S. Wukitch
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1744–1751 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872843
optimization of small aspect ratio stellarator/tokamak hybrid devices
D. A. Spong; S. P. Hirshman; J. C. Whitson; D. B. Batchelor; B. A. Carreras; V. E. Lynch; J. A. Rome
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1752–1758 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872844
Volume recombination and opacity in Alcator C-Mod divertor plasmas
J. L. Terry; B. Lipschultz; A. Yu. Pigarov; S. I. Krasheninnikov; B. LaBombard; D. Lumma; H. Ohkawa; D. Pappas; M. Umansky
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1759–1766 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872845
High-performance discharges in the Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak (START)
D. A. Gates; R. Akers; L. Appel; P. G. Carolan; N. Conway; J. Dowling; M. Gryaznevich; T. Hender; O. J. Kwon; R. Martin; M. Nightingale; M. Price; C. Roach; A. Sykes; M. R. Tournianski; M. Walsh; C. D. Warrick; START team; NBI team
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1775–1783 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872819
Theory and simulation of rotational shear stabilization of turbulence
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1784–1792 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872847
Predicting temperature and density profiles in tokamaks
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1793–1799 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872848
Results from current drive experiments on the Helicity Injected Torus
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1807–1814 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872850
Observation of particle transport barriers in reverse shear plasmas on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
P. C. Efthimion; S. von Goeler; W. A. Houlberg; E. J. Synakowski; M. C. Zarnstorff; S. H. Batha; R. E. Bell; M. Bitter; C. E. Bush; F. M. Levinton; E. Mazzucato; D. McCune; D. Mueller; H. Park; A. T. Ramsey; A. L. Roquemore; G. Taylor
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1832–1838 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872853
Deuterium–tritium plasmas in the Joint European Torus (JET): Behavior and implications
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1839–1847 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872854
flow shear and enhanced confinement in the Madison Symmetric Torus reversed-field pinch
B. E. Chapman; A. F. Almagri; J. K. Anderson; C.-S. Chiang; D. Craig; G. Fiksel; N. E. Lanier; S. C. Prager; J. S. Sarff; M. R. Stoneking; P. W. Terry
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1848–1854 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872855
Active control of 2/1 magnetic islands in a tokamak
G. A. Navratil; C. Cates; M. E. Mauel; D. Maurer; D. Nadle; E. Taylor; Q. Xiao; W. A. Reass; G. A. Wurden
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1855–1863 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872856
Inertially Confined Plasmas, Dense Plasmas, Equations of State
Equation of state measurements of hydrogen isotopes on Nova
G. W. Collins; P. Celliers; L. B. Da Silva; R. Cauble; D. Gold; M. Foord; K. S. Budil; R. Stewart; N. C. Holmes; M. Ross; B. A. Hammel; J. D. Kilkenny; R. J. Wallace; A. Ng
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1864–1869 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872857
Measurements of core and pusher conditions in surrogate capsule implosions on the OMEGA laser system
D. K. Bradley; J. A. Delettrez; R. Epstein; R. P. J. Town; C. P. Verdon; B. Yaakobi; S. Regan; F. J. Marshall; T. R. Boehly; J. P. Knauer; D. D. Meyerhofer; V. A. Smalyuk; W. Seka; D. A. Haynes, Jr.; M. Gunderson; G. Junkel; C. F. Hooper, Jr.; P. M. Bell; T. J. Ognibene; R. A. Lerche
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1870–1879 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872858
Relativistic laser-plasma interaction by multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1880–1886 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872821
Propagation of realistic beams in underdense plasma
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1887–1894 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872859
Design of a distributed radiator target for inertial fusion driven from two sides with heavy ion beams
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1895–1900 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872860
Direct-drive laser fusion: Status and prospects
Stephen E. Bodner; Denis G. Colombant; John H. Gardner; Robert H. Lehmberg; Stephen P. Obenschain; Lee Phillips; Andrew J. Schmitt; John D. Sethian; Robert L. McCrory; Wolf Seka; Charles P. Verdon; James P. Knauer; Bedros B. Afeyan; Howard T. Powell
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1901–1918 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872861
Non local-thermodynamical-equilibrium effects in the simulation of laser-produced plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1919–1926 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872862
Improved gas-filled hohlraum performance on Nova with beam smoothing
Robert L. Kauffman; L. V. Powers; S. N. Dixit; S. G. Glendinning; S. H. Glenzer; R. K. Kirkwood; O. L. Landen; B. J. MacGowan; J. D. Moody; T. J. Orzechowski; D. M. Pennington; G. F. Stone; L. J. Suter; R. E. Turner; T. L. Weiland; A. L. Richard; M. A. Blain
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1927–1934 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872822
Hydrodynamic perturbation growth in start-up phase in laser implosion
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1945–1952 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872864
The development and advantages of beryllium capsules for the National Ignition Facility
Douglas C. Wilson; Paul A. Bradley; Nelson M. Hoffman; Fritz J. Swenson; David P. Smitherman; Robert E. Chrien; Robert W. Margevicius; D. J. Thoma; Larry R. Foreman; James K. Hoffer; S. Robert Goldman; Stephen E. Caldwell; Thomas R. Dittrich; Steven W. Haan; Michael M. Marinak; Stephen M. Pollaine; Jorge J. Sanchez
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1953–1959 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872865
Indirect drive experiments utilizing multiple beam cones in cylindrical hohlraums on OMEGA
T. J. Murphy; J. M. Wallace; N. D. Delamater; Cris W. Barnes; P. Gobby; A. A. Hauer; E. L. Lindman; G. Magelssen; J. B. Moore; J. A. Oertel; R. Watt; O. L. Landen; P. Amendt; M. Cable; C. Decker; B. A. Hammel; J. A. Koch; L. J. Suter; R. E. Turner; R. J. Wallace; F. J. Marshall; D. Bradley; R. S. Craxton; R. Keck; J. P. Knauer; R. Kremens; J. D. Schnittman
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1960–1965 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872866
Hot electron production and heating by hot electrons in fast ignitor research
M. H. Key; M. D. Cable; T. E. Cowan; K. G. Estabrook; B. A. Hammel; S. P. Hatchett; E. A. Henry; D. E. Hinkel; J. D. Kilkenny; J. A. Koch; W. L. Kruer; A. B. Langdon; B. F. Lasinski; R. W. Lee; B. J. MacGowan; A. MacKinnon; J. D. Moody; M. J. Moran; A. A. Offenberger; D. M. Pennington; M. D. Perry; T. J. Phillips; T. C. Sangster; M. S. Singh; M. A. Stoyer; M. Tabak; G. L. Tietbohl; M. Tsukamoto; K. Wharton; S. C. Wilks
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1966–1972 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872867
Evidence of plasma fluctuations and their effect on the growth of stimulated Brillouin and stimulated Raman scattering in laser plasmas
D. S. Montgomery; B. B. Afeyan; J. A. Cobble; J. C. Fernández; M. D. Wilke; S. H. Glenzer; R. K. Kirkwood; B. J. MacGowan; J. D. Moody; E. L. Lindman; D. H. Munro; B. H. Wilde; H. A. Rose; D. F. Dubois; B. Bezzerides; H. X. Vu
Phys. Plasmas 5, 1973–1980 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872868
Ionospheric, Solar-system, and Astrophysical Plasmas
Two-dimensional mapping of the plasma density in the upper atmosphere with computerized ionospheric tomography (CIT)
Paul A. Bernhardt; R. P. McCoy; K. F. Dymond; J. M. Picone; R. R. Meier; F. Kamalabadi; D. M. Cotton; S. Charkrabarti; T. A. Cook; J. S. Vickers; A. W. Stephan; L. Kersley; S. E. Pryse; I. K. Walker; C. N. Mitchell; P. R. Straus; Helen Na; C. Biswas; G. S. Bust; G. R. Kronschnabl; T. D. Raymund
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2010–2021 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872872
Lasers, Particle Beams, Accelerators, Radiation Generation
First high power experiments with the Dutch free electron maser
A. G. A. Verhoeven; W. A. Bongers; V. L. Bratman; M. Caplan; G. G. Denisov; G. van Dijk; C. A. J. van der Geer; P. Manintveld; A. J. Poelman; J. Pluygers; M. Yu. Shmelyov; P. H. M. Smeets; A. B. Sterk; W. H. Urbanus
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2029–2036 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872874
A high brightness, -band photoinjector for the production of coherent synchrotron radiation
G. P. Le Sage; C. V. Bennett; W. E. White; E. C. Landahl; L. L. Laurent; N. C. Luhmann, Jr.; F. V. Hartemann; C. H. Ho; W. K. Lau; T. T. Yang
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2048–2054 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872876
Radiation environments produced by plasma -pinch stagnation on central targets
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2071–2080 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872879
Tungsten wire-array Z-pinch experiments at 200 TW and 2 MJ
R. B. Spielman; C. Deeney; G. A. Chandler; M. R. Douglas; D. L. Fehl; M. K. Matzen; D. H. McDaniel; T. J. Nash; J. L. Porter; T. W. L. Sanford; J. F. Seamen; W. A. Stygar; K. W. Struve; S. P. Breeze; J. S. McGurn; J. A. Torres; D. M. Zagar; T. L. Gilliland; D. O. Jobe; J. L. McKenney; R. C. Mock; M. Vargas; T. Wagoner; D. L. Peterson
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2105–2111 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872881
Radiation: Emission, Absorption, Transport
Multipactor discharge on metals and dielectrics: Historical review and recent theories
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2120–2126 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872883
Low-temperature Plasmas, Plasma Applications, Plasma Sources, Sheaths
Production of large-area plasmas by electron beams
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2137–2143 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872886
Improvement of surface properties by modification and alloying with high-power ion beams
Phys. Plasmas 5, 2144–2150 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872887
Hybrid direct drive with a two-sided ultraviolet laser
C. A. Thomas, M. Tabak, et al.
Toward first principles-based simulations of dense hydrogen
Michael Bonitz, Jan Vorberger, et al.
Progress toward fusion energy breakeven and gain as measured against the Lawson criterion
Samuel E. Wurzel, Scott C. Hsu