P.H. Rutherford
Princeton University
21 Papers
330 Citations
P.H. Rutherford is an academic researcher from Princeton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tokamak & Plasma. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 21 publications.
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Papers
Ion-temperature-gradient instability in toroidal plasmas
TL;DR: In this paper, the stability of the ion-temperature gradient mode in a toroidal plasma is investigated using the ballooning-mode formalism, an ordinary difference-differential equation is derived which includes full kinetic effects.
Stabilization of Resistive Kink Modes in the Tokamak
TL;DR: Optimized current profiles are shown to be capable of providing simultaneous stability against all resistive kink modes in the tokamak as discussed by the authors. But their performance is limited by the complexity of the current profiles.
Confinement studies of neutral beam heated discharges in TFTR
M. Murakami,V. Arunasalam,J. D. Bell,M. G. Bell,Manfred Bitter,W. R. Blanchard,F.P. Boody,N. Bretz,Robert Budny,C. E. Bush,J. D. Callen,Joseph L. Cecchi,Samuel Cohen,R. J. Colchin,S.K. Combs,J. Coonrod,S. L. Davis,D. Dimock,H. F. Dylla,P. C. Efthimion,L. C. Emerson,A. C. England,H.P. Eubank,R. J. Fonck,E.D. Fredrickson,Harold P. Furth,L. R. Grisham,S. von Goeler,Robert James Goldston,B. Grek,R. Groebner,R. J. Hawryluk,H. W. Hendel,K. W. Hill,D. L. Hillis,W. W. Heidbrink,R. A. Hulse,David W. Johnson,L. C. Johnson,R. Kaita,R. Kamperschroer,Stanley Kaye,S. J. Kilpatrick,H.W. Kugel,P. H. LaMarche,R. Little,C. H. Ma,Dennis M. Manos,D. K. Mansfield,M. McCarthy,R. T. McCann,D. C. McCune,K. McGuire,Dale Meade,S. S. Medley,S. L. Milora,D. R. Mikkelsen,D. Mueller,E. Nieschmidt,D. K. Owens,V. K. Pare,Hyeon K. Park,B. Prichard,A. T. Ramsey,David A Rasmussen,M. H. Redi,A. L. Roquemore,P.H. Rutherford,N. R. Sauthoff,J.F. Schivell,G. L. Schmidt,S. D. Scott,S. Sesnic,M. Shimada,J. E. Simpkins,J. Sinnis,F. Stauffer,J. D. Strachan,Brentley Stratton,G. D. Tait,G. Taylor,C. E. Thomas,H. H. Towner,M. Ulrickson,R. M. Wieland,J. B. Wilgen,M. Williams,K. L. Wong,S. Yoshikawa,K. M. Young,M. C. Zarnstorff,S. J. Zweben +91 more
TL;DR: The TFTR tokamak has reached its original machine design specifications (Ip=2.5 MA and BT=5.2 T) by operating at low plasma current and low density (ne approximately=1*1019 m-3), high ion temperatures (9+or2 keV) and rotation speeds (7*105 m/s) have been achieved during injection.
Drift-Modified Tearing Instabilities Due to Trapped Electrons
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the collisional detrapping of magnetically trapped electrons in tokamaks can excite drift tearing modes with high azimuthal mode numbers.
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Thermal Equilibrium and Stability of Tokamak Discharges
TL;DR: In this article, stable state temperature and magnetic field profiles are derived in cylindrical geometry, including classical electron ion equilibration, Ohmic heating, and the classical ion thermal transport appropriate to tokamak geometry.
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