Francis W. Perkins

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Francis W. Perkins's Degrees

PhD Plasma Physics Princeton University
Bachelors Physics Stanford University

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Beta limits in long-pulse tokamak discharges (1997) (392)
Spread F and ionospheric currents (1973) (372)
Study of driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma (1997) (231)
Parametric instabilities and ionospheric modification (1974) (224)
Thermal Self-Focusing of Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas (1974) (209)
Heating tokamaks via the ion-cyclotron and ion-ion hybrid resonances (1977) (207)
Radiofrequency sheaths and impurity generation by ICRF antennas (1989) (154)
Fluid models of phase mixing, Landau damping, and nonlinear gyrokinetic dynamics (1992) (146)
Parametric Instabilities in Inhomogeneous Plasmas (1971) (144)
Radar Thomson scatter studies of photoelectrons in the ionosphere and Landau damping (1968) (136)
Strong Electromagnetic Waves in Overdense Plasmas (1971) (111)
On the role of plasma instabilities in ionospheric heating by radio waves (1971) (101)
ENHANCEMENT OF PLASMA DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS BY NONTHERMAL ELECTRONS (1965) (92)
Deformation and striation of plasma clouds in the ionosphere: 1 (1973) (90)
Deformation and striation of plasma clouds in the ionosphere: 2. Numerical simulation of a nonlinear two‐dimensional model (1973) (89)
HEAT CONDUCTIVITY, PLASMA INSTABILITIES, AND RADIO STAR SCINTILLATIONS IN THE SOLAR WIND. (1973) (83)
Scattering of lower‐hybrid waves by drift‐wave density fluctuations: Solutions of the radiative transfer equation (1983) (78)
Self‐focusing of radio waves in an underdense ionosphere (1981) (74)
INCOHERENT SCATTER FROM PLASMA OSCILLATIONS IN THE IONOSPHERE (1965) (72)
A theoretical model for short‐scale field‐aligned plasma density striations (1974) (72)
Stabilization of neoclassical tearing modes using a continuous localized current drive (1999) (72)
Double layers without current (1981) (70)
Velocity shear and the E × B instability (1975) (65)
Identification of Y-Shaped and O-Shaped Diffusion Regions During Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma (1997) (65)
Ionospheric heating by radio waves: Predictions for Arecibo and the satellite power station (1978) (64)
Alfven resonance effects on magnetosonic modes in large tokamaks (1979) (63)
Plasma‐wave instabilities in the ionosphere over the aurora (1968) (62)
INSTABILITY OF A RELATIVISTICALLY STRONG ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE OF CIRCULAR POLARIZATION. (1972) (61)
Velocity shear and low-frequency plasma instabilities (1971) (61)
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND LOW FREQUENCY WAVES IN COLLISIONAL PLASMAS. (1970) (61)
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TURBULENCE (1973) (60)
Thresholds of parametric instabilities near the lower‐hybrid frequency (1976) (60)
SATURATION OF THE DECAY INSTABILITY FOR COMPARABLE ELECTRONIC AND ION TEMPERATURES. (1972) (60)
Overview of TFTR transport studies (1991) (56)
Collisional Effects in Plasmas-Drift-Wave Experiments and Interpretation (1967) (53)
Generation of plasma rotation in a tokamak by ion-cyclotron absorption of fast Alfvén waves (2001) (49)
Ion-streaming instabilities: Electromagnetic and electrostatic (1975) (49)
Comparison of ITER performance predicted by semi-empirical and theory-based transport models (2003) (48)
Lower hybrid parametric instabilities—Nonuniform pump waves and tokamak applications (1977) (48)
Stationary, high bootstrap fraction plasmas in DIII-D without inductive current control (2005) (48)
Spectral broadening of lower-hybrid waves by time-dependent density fluctuations (1983) (45)
Radar Thomson scatter observations of temperature and ion-neutral collision frequency in the E region (1968) (45)
Temperature and composition of the ionosphere: diurnal variations and waves (1970) (44)
Drift Instabilities in a Uniformly Rotating Plasma Cylinder (1969) (43)
Production of Ionospheric Striations by Self-Focusing of Intense Radio Waves (1974) (42)
Deformation and striation of plasma clouds in the ionosphere, 3. Numerical simulations of a multilevel model with recombination chemistry (1976) (38)
Modelling of feedback and rotation stabilization of the resistive wall mode in tokamaks (2003) (37)
Determination of striation scale sizes for plasma clouds in the ionosphere (1975) (36)
On the Murakami density limit in tokamaks and reversed‐field pinches (1985) (33)
Neoclassical islands, ?-limits, error fields and ELMs in reactor scale tokamaks (1999) (30)
Auroral phenomena driven by the magnetospheric plasma (1971) (30)
Enhanced fusion performance due to plasma shape modification of simulated ITER discharges in DIII-D (1997) (28)
Higher stable beta by use of pre-emptive electron cyclotron current drive on DIII-D (2005) (28)
Initial results from investigation of three‐dimensional magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma (1991) (24)
A Resonant-Cavity ICRF Coupler for Large Tokamaks (1984) (24)
Maser Action in Interstellar OH (1966) (22)
Thomson Scatter Measurements of Magnetic Field Effects on the Landau Damping and Excitation of Plasma Waves (1969) (22)
ICRF Heating Theory (1984) (21)
Analytic criteria for power exhaust in divertors due to impurity radiation (1995) (20)
Drift wave model tokamak ignition projections with a zero-dimensional transport code (1989) (20)
Motion of a Test Particle in a Plasma (1965) (20)
Parametric excitation by magnetosonic waves in a multispecies plasma (1974) (18)
Ionospheric modification theory: Past, present, and future (1974) (17)
Ion‐cyclotron waves in nonuniform plasmas and parametric instabilities (1976) (17)
A high magnetic Reynolds number dynamo (1987) (15)
Comparison of optimized ECCD for different launch locations in a next step tokamak reactor plasma (2001) (15)
Thermal and particle transport in tokamaks: Theoretical models for ignition studies (1987) (15)
Parabolic approximation method for fast magnetosonic wave propagation in tokamaks (1986) (13)
A gyrotron-powered pellet accelerator for tokamak refuelling (2006) (11)
On plasma rotation induced by traveling fast Alfvén waves (2002) (11)
Prospects for electron cyclotron current drive stabilization of neoclassical tearing modes in ITER (1997) (11)
Transverse Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a Q -Machine Plasma (1970) (10)
COMPLETE SUPPRESSION OF THE m/n=2/1 NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODE USING RADIALLY LOCALIZED ELECTRON CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE ON DIII-D AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ITER (2003) (10)
REMOTE FEEDBACK STABILIZATION OF COLLISIONAL DRIFT INSTABILITY BY MODULATED MICROWAVE ENERGY SOURCE. (1970) (10)
INCREASED STABLE BETA IN DIII-D BY SUPPRESSION OF A NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODE USING ELECTRON CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE AND ACTIVE FEEDBACK (2002) (8)
ITER physics program and implications for plasma measurements (1997) (8)
Effects of impurity radiation on reversed-field pinch evolution (1981) (8)
Lower-hybrid heating in large tokamak (1974) (8)
Prospects for Heating Tokamaks by Parametric Decay of Intense Extraordinary Mode Radiation (1979) (7)
Magnetic reconnection of plasma toroids with co- and counter-helicity (1990) (7)
Coupling of slow and fast waves to plasmas near the lower hybrid frequency (1977) (7)
Current driven instabilities of the kinetic shear Alfven wave: application to reversed field pinches and spheromaks (1984) (6)
Parasitic Coupling of the Fringing Fields of an Ion-Bernstein Wave Antenna (1990) (6)
Operation and control of ITER plasmas (2000) (6)
Natural fueling of a tokamak fusion reactor (2009) (6)
MASS ACCRETION AND PULSATIONAL STABILITY. (1971) (6)
Physics requirements for ITER engineering systems (1995) (6)
ITER physics program and implications for plasma measurements (abstract) (1997) (5)
Generation of Plasma Rotation in a Tokamak by Ion-Cyclotron Absorption of Fast Alfven Waves (2000) (4)
A mechanism to produce a dawn-dusk component of plasma flow during magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail (1994) (4)
Confinement scaling and ignition in tokamaks (1985) (4)
The role of impurities in producing thermal instability in Ohmically heated plasmas (1981) (4)
ITER-EDA Physics Design Requirements and Plasma Performance Assessments (1996) (3)
Deformation and striation of barium clouds in the ionosphere (1972) (3)
Criteria for Suppression of Neoclassical Tearing Modes (2000) (3)
Lower hybrid parametric instabilities: saturation by cascading and pump depletion (1976) (3)
Counterstreaming-ion tokamak fusion reactors (1976) (3)
CONFERENCE REPORT: Report on the 5th European Fusion Physics Workshop, Sesimbra, Portugal, 10-12 December 1997 (1999) (3)
Correction [to “Auroral phenomena driven by the magnetospherie plasma”] (1971) (2)
Artificial production of traveling ionospheric disturbances and large‐scale atmospheric motion (1974) (2)
Generation and Sustainment of Plasma Rotation by ICRF Heating (2000) (2)
Irregularities in ionospheric plasma clouds: their evolution and effect on radio communication. Technical report (1980) (2)
Parallel Current and Sheath Effects on Collisional Drift Waves in an Axially Symmetric Device with End Plates (1972) (2)
Cavity launchers for ICRF (1983) (2)
Accessibility for lower hybrid waves in PBX-M (1993) (2)
Anomalous transport and confinement scaling studies in tokamaks (1984) (2)
ITER Operational Limits (1997) (1)
Microinstability-based models for confinement properties and ignition criteria in tokamaks (1987) (1)
Rf sheaths and impurity generation by ICRF (ion cyclotron range of frequencies) antennas (1988) (1)
Comparison of Theory of ICRH-Induced Torques with Rotation Measurments in JET Plasmas (2001) (1)
3.2 Remote Feedback Stabilization of Drift Instability by Microwaves (1970) (1)
Propagation of Relativistic Electromagnetic Waves in a Plasma (1972) (1)
Generation of high intensity RF pulses in the ionosphere by means of in situ compression (1993) (1)
A Gyrotron-Powered Pellet Accelerator (2005) (1)
Neoclassical tearing modes in DIII-D and calculations of the stabilizing effects of localized electron cyclotron current drive (1999) (1)
INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTS ON COLLISIONAL DRIFT MODES. (1967) (1)
STABILIZATION OF NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODES BY LOCALIZED ECCD IN DIII-D (2002) (1)
Report of the FESAC Panel on a Burning Plasma Program Strategy to Advance Fusion Energy (2001) (1)
Oblique Electron Cyclotron Emission as Diagnostic for Fast Electrons in the DIII-D Tokamak (2001) (0)
Gyrotron-Powered Pellet Accelerator for ITER : Improvements and Experiments (2006) (0)
New Physics in Burning Plasmas (2001) (0)
High Bootstrap Fraction, Transformerless, Quasi-Stationary Operation of DIII-D (2003) (0)
Fast magnetosonic wave propagation and absorption in Tokamaks (1985) (0)
Velocity-space stability of counterstreaming-ion tokamak plasmas (1976) (0)
Kinetic studies of microinstabilities in toroidal plasmas: Simulation and theory (1992) (0)
Comparison of Theory with Rotation Measurements in JET ICRH Plasmas (2001) (0)
Review of plasma heating by waves in the ion-cyclotron range of frequencies (1978) (0)
Theoretical studies of lower hybrid current drive and ion-cyclotron heating in tokamaks (1985) (0)
Stabilization of the m=2/n=1 neoclassical tearing mode in ITER using a continuous localized current drive (1998) (0)
Advanced ICRF launchers for heating and current drive in large tokamaks (1984) (0)
SCALING AND MODELING STUDIES OF HIGH-BOOTSTRAP FRACTION TOKAMAKS (2002) (0)
Tokamak fusion reactor start-up simulation (1987) (0)
An Incompressible Fluid Model for High-Speed Pellet Propagation in Guide-tubes* (2006) (0)
Issues in Tokamak / Stellarator Transport and j Confinement Enhancement Mechanisms 2 a (2009) (0)
Generation of Plasma Rotation in a Tokamak by Absorption of Fast Alfven Waves 12 (2000) (0)
Fueling ITER: Pellet Launch from the Transformer Core (2004) (0)
UC-70 Generation of Plasma Rotation in a Tokamak by Ion-Cyclotron Absorption of Fast Alfvén Waves by (2000) (0)
Role of impurities in producing thermal instability in the RFP (1980) (0)
Theoretical studies of enhanced confinement properties in tokamaks (1989) (0)
1 TH / P 3-10 Modeling of Feedback and Rotational Stabilization of the Resistive Wall Mode in Tokamaks (2002) (0)
GA – A 24011 SUPPRESSION OF TEARING MODES BY MEANS OF LOCALIZED ELECTRON CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE IN THE DIII – D TOKAMAK (2002) (0)
Modeling Studies of Steady-State, Advanced Tokamak Configurations (2001) (0)
Parametric instability induced in a multispecies plasma by magnetosonic waves (1974) (0)
Rotation and particle loss in Tore Supra (2000) (0)
Report of the U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Panel on Burning Plasma Physics (2000) (0)
Heavy ion fusion III (1987) (0)
PPPL-3460 PPPL-3460 UC-70 Rotation and Particle Loss in Tore Supra (2000) (0)
Further Development of the Gyrotron- Powered Pellet Accelerator (2007) (0)
Application of nonlinear plasma physics to space physics. Final report, 1 Jan-31 Dec 1974 (1975) (0)
Transport coefficient, profile consistency and confinement scaling (1986) (0)
Jason 1978 Sonic Boom Report (1978) (0)
Numerical application of the parabolic approximation method for fast magnetosonic wave propagation in tokamaks (1986) (0)
Eluding Neoclassical Tearing Modes in DIII-D by Prior Application of Electron Cyclotron Current Drive (2004) (0)
Certain Mean Value Theorems, with Applications in the Theory of Harmonic and Subharmonic Functions (1939) (0)
Report of the FESAC panel on burning plasmas (2002) (0)
Scattering of lower-hybrid waves by density fluctuations (1981) (0)
Blue-Green Lasers and Electrodeless Flashlamps (1983) (0)
Plasma Modification Associated with Parametric Instabilities Driven by Intense Electromagnetic Waves. (Part 1). Parametric Instabilities and Ionospheric Modification. (Part 2) (1973) (0)
Two Problems in the Kinetic Theory of Plasmas: Propagation of a Test Particle in a Plasma and the Spectrum of Electron-Density Fluctuations for a Non-Maxwellian Electron Gas. (1964) (0)
Parametric Instabilities Generated in the Ionosphere by Intense Radio Waves (1972) (0)
Optimizing Fueling Profiles in ITER and DIII-D by a Gyrotron-Powered Pellet Injector (GPPI) (2006) (0)
GA – A 21842 ENHANCED FUSION PERFORMANCE DUE TO PLASMA SHAPE MODIFICATION OF SIMULATED ITER DISCHARGES IN DIII – D by (1997) (0)
GA – A 24850 ONSET AND SUPPRESSION OF 2 / 1 NTM IN DIII – D by (2004) (0)
COMPLETE SUPPRESSION OF THE mln = 2 / 1 NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODE USING RADIALLY LOCALIZED ELECTRON CYCLOTRON REQUIREMENTS FOR ITER CURRENT DRIVE ON DIII-D AND THE by (2008) (0)
Abstract Submitted for the APR06 Meeting of The American Physical Society A Gyrotron-Powered Pellet Accelerator for Tokamak Fueling1 (2012) (0)
niSTRIGuTIGii OF THIS HGSUIVIEHT IS UNLIMITED -2- I. ANALYSIS OF ANOMALOUS THEFMAL CONFINEMENT IN TOKAMAKS (2009) (0)
Hydromagnetic wave heating of tokamak plasmas (1973) (0)
A Radiative Transfer Model for Undersea Optics Applications. (1982) (0)
SUPPRESSION OF TEARING MODES BY MEANS OF LOCALIZED ELECTRON CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE IN THE DIII-D TOKAMAK (2002) (0)
Radiation Induced F-Region Plasma Phenomena (1972) (0)
Problems in Laminar Flow-Turbulent Flow (1975) (0)
Nonambipolarity, orthogonal conductivity, poloidal flow, and torque (1989) (0)
GA – A 23959 STABILIZATION OF NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODES BY LOCALIZED ECCD IN DIII – D by (2002) (0)
Issues in tokamak/stellarator transport and confinement enhancement mechanisms (1990) (0)
Alfven resonance heating via magnetosonic modes in large tokamaks (1978) (0)
FINITE ION LARMOR RADIUS AND ION--ION COLLISION EFFECTS ON EQUILIBRIUM, CRITICAL FLUCTUATION, AND DRIFT-WAVE STATES OF ALKALI-METAL PLASMAS. (1968) (0)
On Plasma Rotation Induced by Traveling Fast Alfvin Waves (2001) (0)

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Princeton University