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T. Peebles
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 9
Citations - 323
T. Peebles is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Magnetic confinement fusion & Bootstrap current. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 314 citations.
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Progress towards high performance plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
Stanley Kaye,M.G. Bell,R. E. Bell,S. Bernabei,J.M. Bialek,T. M. Biewer,W. Blanchard,J.A. Boedo,C.E. Bush,Mark D. Carter,Wonho Choe,Neal Crocker,D. S. Darrow,W. Davis,L. F. Delgado-Aparicio,S. J. Diem,J.R. Ferron,A. R. Field,J. Foley,E.D. Fredrickson,D.A. Gates,T. Gibney,R. W. Harvey,R. Hatcher,William Heidbrink,K. W. Hill,J. C. Hosea,Thomas Jarboe,David Johnson,Robert Kaita,C.E. Kessel,S. Kubota,H.W. Kugel,J. Lawson,B.P. LeBlanc,K. C. Lee,Fred Levinton,Rajesh Maingi,J. Manickam,R.J. Maqueda,R. Marsala,D. Mastrovito,T. K. Mau,S. S. Medley,Jonathan Menard,H. F. Meyer,D. R. Mikkelsen,D. Mueller,Tobin Munsat,B. A. Nelson,C. Neumeyer,Nobuhiro Nishino,Masayuki Ono,Hyeon K. Park,W. Park,S.F. Paul,T. Peebles,M. Peng,C. K. Phillips,A. Pigarov,R. I. Pinsker,Abhay K. Ram,S. Ramakrishnan,R. Raman,David A Rasmussen,M. H. Redi,M.E. Rensink,G. Rewoldt,J. Robinson,P. Roney,A. L. Roquemore,E. Ruskov,P.M. Ryan,Steven Sabbagh,H. Schneider,C.H. Skinner,David R. Smith,Aaron Sontag,Vlad Soukhanovskii,T. Stevenson,D.P. Stotler,B. Stratton,Dan Stutman,D.W. Swain,E. J. Synakowski,Yuichi Takase,G. Taylor,Kevin Tritz,A. von Halle,M. R. Wade,Roscoe White,John B Wilgen,M. Williams,James R. Wilson,W. Zhu,Stewart Zweben,R.J. Akers,Peter Beiersdorfer,Riccardo Betti,T.S. Bigelow,Manfred Bitter,P.T. Bonoli,Clarisse Bourdelle,Choong-Seock Chang,J. Chrzanowski,Calvin Domier,L. Dudek,P. C. Efthimion,Michael Finkenthal,E. Fredd,Guoyong Fu,Alan H. Glasser,Robert James Goldston,N. L. Greenough,Larry R. Grisham,Nikolai Gorelenkov,Luca Guazzotto,R.J. Hawryluk,J.T. Hogan,Wayne A Houlberg,D.A. Humphreys,F. Jaeger,M. Kalish,Sergei Krasheninnikov,L.L. Lao,J. Lawrence,J.A. Leuer,D. W. Liu,Neville C. Luhmann,E. Mazzucato,G. Oliaro,D. Pacella,R. Parsells,M.J. Schaffer,I.B. Semenov,Ker-Chung Shaing,Michael A. Shapiro,K. Shinohara,P. Sichta,Xian-Zhu Tang,R. Vero,D. Walker,William R. Wampler +142 more
TL;DR: The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) as mentioned in this paper has been used to understand basic toroidal confinement physics at low aspect ratio and high βT in order to advance the spherical torus (ST) concept.
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Overview of the initial NSTX experimental results
Masayuki Ono,M.G. Bell,R. E. Bell,T.S. Bigelow,Manfred Bitter,W. Blanchard,D. S. Darrow,E.D. Fredrickson,David Gates,Larry R. Grisham,J. C. Hosea,David Johnson,Robert Kaita,Stanley Kaye,S. Kubota,H.W. Kugel,B.P. LeBlanc,Rajesh Maingi,Ricardo Maqueda,E. Mazzucato,Jonathan Menard,D. Mueller,B. A. Nelson,C. Neumeyer,F. Paoletti,S.F. Paul,Yueng Kay Martin Peng,S. Ramakrishnan,R. Raman,P.M. Ryan,S.A. Sabbagh,C.H. Skinner,T. Stevenson,Dan Stutman,D.W. Swain,E. J. Synakowski,G. Taylor,A. von Halle,John B Wilgen,M. Williams,James R. Wilson,Stewart Zweben,R. Ackers,R. E. Barry,Abraham Bers,J.M. Bialek,P.T. Bonoli,Mark D. Carter,J. Chrzanowski,W. Davis,E. J. Doyle,L. Dudek,P. C. Efthimion,R. A. Ellis,J.R. Ferron,Michael Finkenthal,E. Fredd,T. Gibney,Robert James Goldston,R. Hatcher,R.J. Hawryluck,H. Hayashiya,K. W. Hill,Thomas Jarboe,Stephen Jardin,Hantao Ji,M. Kalish,P. H. LaMarche,L.L. Lao,K. C. Lee,Fred Levinton,Neville C. Luhmann,Richard Majeski,J. Manickam,R. Marsala,T. K. Mau,B. McCormack,S. S. Medley,M.M. Menon,Osamu Mitarai,Masayoshi Nagata,Nobuhiro Nishino,G. Oliaro,Hyeon K. Park,R. Parsells,G. Pearson,T. Peebles,C. K. Phillips,R. I. Pinsker,G.D. Porter,Abhay K. Ram,J. Robinson,P. Roney,A. L. Roquemore,A. Rosenberg,M.J. Schaffer,Syun'ichi Shiraiwa,P. Sichta,D.P. Stotler,B. C. Stratton,Yuichi Takase,William R. Wampler,G. A. Wurden,Xueqiao Xu,J.G. Yang,Lei Zeng,W. Zhu +106 more
TL;DR: The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) as discussed by the authors was the first experiment to establish the fusion physics principles of the spherical torus (ST) concept, and the NSTX device began plasma operations in February 1999 and the plasma current Ip was successfully brought up to the design value of 1-MA on 14 December 1999.
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Initial Physics Results From the National Spherical Torus Experiment
S. M. Kaye,M. G. Bell,R. E. Bell,J.M. Bialek,T.S. Bigelow,M. Bitter,P.T. Bonoli,D. Darrow,P. C. Efthimion,J.R. Ferron,E. D. Fredrickson,D. Gates,L. Grisham,J. Hosea,D. Johnson,R. Kaita,S. Kubota,H. Kugel,B.-J. LeBlanc,Rajesh Maingi,J. Manickam,T. K. Mau,Ricardo Maqueda,E. Mazzucato,J. Menard,D. Mueller,B. A. Nelson,Nobuhiro Nishino,M. Ono,F. Paoletti,S. Paul,Y-K.M. Peng,C. K. Phillips,R. Raman,P.M. Ryan,S.A. Sabbagh,M.J. Schaffer,C. H. Skinner,Dan Stutman,D.W. Swain,E. Synakowski,Yuichi Takase,John B Wilgen,J. R. Wilson,W. Zhu,S. J. Zweben,Abraham Bers,Mark D. Carter,B. Deng,Calvin Domier,E. J. Doyle,Michael Finkenthal,K. Hill,Thomas Jarboe,Stephen Jardin,Hantao Ji,L.L. Lao,K. C. Lee,Neville C. Luhmann,R. Majeski,S. Medley,H. Park,T. Peebles,R. I. Pinsker,G.D. Porter,Abhay K. Ram,M. Rensink,Thomas Rognlien,D. Stotler,B. Stratton,G. Taylor,William R. Wampler,G. A. Wurden,Xueqiao Xu,Lei Zeng +74 more
TL;DR: The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) as mentioned in this paper was designed to operate with up to 6 MW of High Harmonic Fast Wave (HHFW) heating and current drive, 5 MW of Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) and Co-Axial Helicity Injection(CHI) for non-inductive startup.
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The national spherical torus experiment (NSTX) research programme and progress towards high beta, long pulse operating scenarios
E. J. Synakowski,M.G. Bell,R. E. Bell,T.S. Bigelow,Manfred Bitter,W. Blanchard,J.A. Boedo,Clarisse Bourdelle,C.E. Bush,D. S. Darrow,P. C. Efthimion,E.D. Fredrickson,David Gates,Mark Gilmore,Larry R. Grisham,J. C. Hosea,David Johnson,Robert Kaita,Stanley Kaye,S. Kubota,H.W. Kugel,B.P. LeBlanc,K. C. Lee,Rajesh Maingi,J. Manickam,Ricardo Maqueda,E. Mazzucato,S. S. Medley,Jonathan Menard,D. Mueller,Brian Nelson,C. Neumeyer,Masayuki Ono,F. Paoletti,Hyeon K. Park,S.F. Paul,Yueng Kay Martin Peng,C. K. Phillips,S. Ramakrishnan,Roger Raman,A. L. Roquemore,A. Rosenberg,P.M. Ryan,S.A. Sabbagh,C.H. Skinner,Vlad Soukhanovskii,T. Stevenson,Dan Stutman,D.W. Swain,G. Taylor,A. von Halle,John B Wilgen,M. Williams,James R. Wilson,Stewart Zweben,R.J. Akers,R. E. Barry,Peter Beiersdorfer,J.M. Bialek,B. Blagojevic,P.T. Bonoli,R.V. Budny,Mark D. Carter,Choong-Seock Chang,J. Chrzanowski,W. Davis,B. H. Deng,E.J. Doyle,L. Dudek,Jan Egedal,R. A. Ellis,J.R. Ferron,Michael Finkenthal,J. Foley,E. Fredd,Alan H. Glasser,T. Gibney,Robert James Goldston,R. W. Harvey,R. Hatcher,R.J. Hawryluk,William Heidbrink,K. W. Hill,Wayne A Houlberg,Thomas Jarboe,Stephen Jardin,Hantao Ji,M. Kalish,J. Lawrance,L.L. Lao,K.C. Lee,Fred Levinton,Neville C. Luhmann,Richard Majeski,R. Marsala,D. Mastravito,T. K. Mau,B. McCormack,M.M. Menon,Osamu Mitarai,Masayoshi Nagata,Nobuhiro Nishino,M. Okabayashi,G. Oliaro,D. Pacella,R. Parsells,T. Peebles,B. Peneflor,D. Piglowski,R.I. Pinsker,G.D. Porter,Abhay K. Ram,M. H. Redi,M. Rensink,G. Rewoldt,J. Robinson,P. Roney,M.J. Schaffer,Ker-Chung Shaing,Syun'ichi Shiraiwa,P. Sichta,D.P. Stotler,B. C. Stratton,Yuichi Takase,Xian-Zhu Tang,R. Vero,William R. Wampler,G. A. Wurden,X.Q. Xu,J.G. Yang,Lei Zeng,W. Zhu +131 more
TL;DR: In this article, the viability of long, high bootstrap current fraction operations has been established for ELMing H mode plasmas with toroidal beta values in excess of 15% and sustained for several current relaxation times.
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Overview of recent physics results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
J.E. Menard,M. G. Bell,R. E. Bell,S. Bernabei,J.M. Bialek,T. M. Biewer,W. R. Blanchard,J.A. Boedo,C.E. Bush,Mark D. Carter,Wonho Choe,Neal Crocker,D.S. Darrow,W. Davis,L. F. Delgado-Aparicio,S. J. Diem,Calvin Domier,D. A. D'Ippolito,J.R. Ferron,A. R. Field,J. Foley,E.D. Fredrickson,D.A. Gates,T. Gibney,R. W. Harvey,R. Hatcher,William Heidbrink,K. W. Hill,J.C. Hosea,Thomas Jarboe,David W. Johnson,R. Kaita,Stanley Kaye,Charles Kessel,S. Kubota,H.W. Kugel,J. Lawson,B. LeBlanc,K. C. Lee,Fred Levinton,Neville C. Luhmann,Rajesh Maingi,Richard Majeski,J. Manickam,D. K. Mansfield,R.J. Maqueda,R. Marsala,D. Mastrovito,T. K. Mau,E. Mazzucato,S. S. Medley,H. F. Meyer,D. R. Mikkelsen,D. Mueller,Tobin Munsat,J.R. Myra,B. A. Nelson,C. Neumeyer,Nobuhiro Nishino,M. Ono,Hyeon K. Park,W. Park,S. F. Paul,T. Peebles,M. Peng,C. K. Phillips,A. Pigarov,R.I. Pinsker,Abhay K. Ram,S. Ramakrishnan,Roger Raman,David A Rasmussen,M. H. Redi,M.E. Rensink,G. Rewoldt,J. Robinson,P. Roney,A. L. Roquemore,E. Ruskov,P.M. Ryan,S.A. Sabbagh,H. Schneider,C.H. Skinner,David R. Smith,Aaron Sontag,Vlad Soukhanovskii,T. Stevenson,D. P. Stotler,Brentley Stratton,Dan Stutman,D.W. Swain,E. J. Synakowski,Yuichi Takase,G. Taylor,Kevin Tritz,A. von Halle,M. R. Wade,Roscoe White,John B Wilgen,M. Williams,J. R. Wilson,Howard Yuh,Leonid E. Zakharov,W. Zhu,S. J. Zweben,R. J. Akers,Peter Beiersdorfer,Riccardo Betti,T.S. Bigelow,Manfred Bitter,P.T. Bonoli,Clarisse Bourdelle,Choong-Seock Chang,J. Chrzanowski,L. Dudek,P. C. Efthimion,Michael Finkenthal,E. Fredd,Guoyong Fu,Alan H. Glasser,Robert James Goldston,N. L. Greenough,L. R. Grisham,N. N. Gorelenkov,Luca Guazzotto,R. J. Hawryluk,J.T. Hogan,Wayne A Houlberg,D.A. Humphreys,F. Jaeger,M. Kalish,Sergei Krasheninnikov,L.L. Lao,J. Lawrence,J.A. Leuer,D. W. Liu,G. Oliaro,D. Pacella,R. Parsells,M.J. Schaffer,I.B. Semenov,Ker-Chung Shaing,Michael A. Shapiro,Kouji Shinohara,P. Sichta,Xian-Zhu Tang,R. Vero,M.L. Walker,William R. Wampler +148 more
TL;DR: The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) has made considerable progress in advancing the scientific understanding of high performance long-pulse plasmas needed for future spherical torus (ST) devices and ITER.