Recent Publications

Alfvén Waves

Christopher Watts, Alfvén wave measurements in HelCat, APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting (Oct. 2006).

Christopher Watts and Jeremy Hanna, Alfvén Wave Propagation in Partially Ionized Plasmas, Physics of Plasmas, 11, 1358 (2004)

.Jeremy Hanna, Christopher Watts, Alfvén wave measurements in a helicon plasma, Physics of Plasmas, 8, 4251 (2001).

Chaos

Christopher Watts, Chaos and Simple Determinism in Reversed Field Pinch Plasmas, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison (1993).

Electron Temperature Fluctuations

Christopher Watts, A Review of ECE Correlation Radiometry Techniques for Detection of Core Electron Temperature Fluctuations, Fusion Science and Technology, to appear August (2007)

Christopher Watts, H. J. Hartfuss and M. Häse, Comparison of different methods of electron cyclotron emission-correlation radiometry for the measurement of temperature fluctuations in the plasma core, Review of Scientific Instruments, 75, 3177 (2004)

Christopher Watts, et al., Upper limit on turbulent electron temperature fluctuations on Alcator C-Mod, Nuclear Fusion, 44 (2004).

J. Heard, C. Watts, R. F. Gandy, P. E. Phillips, G. Cima, R. Chatterjee, A. Blair, A. E. Hubbard, C. W. Domier, N. C. Luhmann, Jr., High resolution electron cyclotron emission temperature profile and fluctuation diagnostic for Alcator C-Mod, Rev. Sci. Inst., 70, 1011 (1999).

HelCat (and Alpha) Device

Christopher Watts, Alpha: A Large-area Plasma Helicon Array, Review of Scientific Instruments, 75, 1975 (2004).

Christopher Watts, Model for neutral profile of a helicon plasma, APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting (Oct. 2003).

Christopher Watts, Coupling of multiple helicon sources on alpha, APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting (Oct. 2003).

Student Theses

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