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Comments on Fusion Energy and Desalination by Hooper, E. B.

“…A fusion energy reactor is a potential source of electricity and heat for desalination of water. This note discusses the motivation, environmental issues, and…”
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Comparison of deuterium and hydrogen experiments in the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment by Wood, R.D., Hill, D.N., Hooper, E.B., McLean, H.S., Ryutov, D., Woodruff, S.

“…In this paper we report on the results of deuterium and hydrogen experiments in the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX). We have compared ∼500…”
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Theory of edge plasma in a spheromak by Hooper, E.B, Cohen, R.H, Ryutov, D.D

“…Properties of the edge plasma in the SSPX spheromak during the plasma formation and sustainment phases are discussed. For the breakdown and formation phase,…”
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Particle control in the sustained spheromak physics experiment by Wood, R.D., Hill, D.N., Hooper, E.B., Buchenauer, D., McLean, H., Wang, Z., Woodruff, S., Wurden, G.

“…In this paper we report on density and impurity measurements in the sustained spheromak physics experiment (SSPX) which has recently started operation. The…”
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Characterization and conditioning of SSPX plasma facing surfaces by Buchenauer, D.A., Mills, B.E., Wood, R., Woodruff, S., Hill, D.N., Hooper, E.B., Cowgill, D.F., Clift, M.W., Yang, N.Y.

“…The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) will examine the confinement properties of spheromak plasmas sustained by DC helicity injection…”
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Sheath over a finely structured divertor plate by Cohen, R.H., Cid, R.E., Hooper, E.B., Molvik, A.W., Porter, G.D., Ryutov, D.D.

“…The surface of a divertor plate typically has fine structure. Depending on the material and the duration of exposure to the plasma, the characteristic size of…”
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Fluctuation measurements of the ultrashort pulse reflectometry system on SSPX by Domier, C.W., Roh, Y., Luhmann, N.C., Woodruff, S., Hill, D.N., Hooper, E.B.

“…Summary form only given, as follows. Summary form only given. New physics understanding of the ultrashort pulse reflectometry (USPR) diagnostic technique has…”
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A study of the magnetized coaxial gun operation driving a Spheromak in the presence of a rotating n=1 asymmetry by Holcomb, C.T., Jarboe, T.R., Hill, D.N., Woodruff, S., Wood, R.D., McLean, H.S., Stallard, B.W., Hooper, E.B.

“…Summary form only given. In the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX), a large toroidal n=1 magnetic mode is observed within the coaxial gun (/spl…”
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Wave-electron coupling in helicon source by Molvik, A.W., Stallard, B.W., Hooper, E.B.

“…Summary form only given. Helicon studies by Ellingboe et al. (1994), have shown that argon emission intensity is strongly modulated at the 13.56 MHz RF…”
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Improved spheromak operation with reduced fluctuations in SSPX by Hill, D.N., Holcomb, C., Hooper, E.B., McLean, H., Romero-Talamas, C., Stallard, B.W., Wood, R.D., Woodruff, S.

“…Summary form only given, as follows. We will report recent results from the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) in which we measure peak electron…”
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Experiments and modeling of a helicon source by Molvik, A. W., Rognlien, T. D., Byers, J. A., Cohen, R. H., Ellingboe, A. R., Hooper, E. B., McLean, H. S., Stallard, B. W., Vitello, P. A.

“…We report on experimental results from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Helicon Source plasma source and numerical models used to understand the…”
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Nonlinear absorption of high power free-electron-laser-generated microwaves at electron cyclotron resonance heating frequencies in the MTX tokamak by Allen, SL, Brown, MD, Byers, JA, Casper, TA, Cohen, BI, Cohen, RH, Fenstermacher, ME, Foote, JH, Hooper, EB, Lasnier, CJ, Lopez, P, Makowski, MA, Marinak, MM, Meyer, WH, Moller, JM, Nevins, WM, Rice, BW, Rognlien, TD, Smith, GR, Stallard, BW, Scharlemann, ET, Thomassen, KI, Wood, RD, Hoshino, K, Oasa, K, Oda, T, Odajima, K, Ogawa, T, Ohgo, T

“…We report the first measurements of single-pass propagation of intense ([gt]1-GW, 20-ns) microwaves through a high-density [[ital n][sub [ital…”
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TMX-U thermal-barrier experiments by Simonen, T.C., Allen, S.L., Barter, J.D., Casper, T.A., Correll, D.L., Carter, M.R., Clauser, J.F., Dimonte, G., Foote, J.H., Futch, A.H., Goodman, R.K., Grubb, D.P., Hill, D.N., Hooper, E.B., Hornady, R.S., James, R.A., Molvik, A.W., Nexsen, W.E., Porter, G.D., Rognlien, T.D., Silver, E.H., Stallard, B.W., Turner, W.C., Wood, R.D.

“…Thermal-barrier experiments in the Tandem Mirror Experiment Upgrade (TMX-U) are reported, along with progress made at the Lawrence Livermore National…”
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Initial wall conditioning for the TMX‐U fusion experiment by Allen, S. L., Clower, C., Drake, R. P., Hooper, E. B., Hunt, A. L., Munger, R., Bastasz, R. J., Bauer, W., Hsu, W. L.

“…The introduction of impurities and hydrogen from the walls and liners of the TMX‐U device can have a deleterious effect on the plasma. The area of these…”
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Report of the FESAC panel on burning plasmas by Freidberg, J.P., Berk, H., Betti, R., Dahlburg, J., Hooper, E.B., Meade, D., Navratil, G., Nevins, W., Ono, M., Perkins, F., Prager, S., Schoenburg, K., Taylor, T., Uckan, N.

“…On October 5, 2000 Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, then Director of the Office of Science within the U.S. Department of Energy, instructed the Fusion Energy Sciences…”
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Microwave absorption diagnostics on the MTX tokamak by Meassick, S., Hooper, E.B., Rice, B., Stallard, B., Brooksby, C., Verboncouer, J., Marinak, M., Lorbeck, J.

“…Summary Form only given, as follows. The Microwave Tokamak Experiment (MTX) is designed to investigate nonlinear electron cyclotron heating (ECH) resulting…”
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Experimental design of spectroscopic measurements of microwave electric field in MTX tokamak plasma by Mizuno, K., Oda, T., Hooper, E.B., Takiyama, K., Kawasaki, K., Matsuda, Y.

“…Summary Form only given, as follows. As part of the Microwave Tokamak Experiment (MTX), a method has been developed to measure the spatially resolved microwave…”
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Summary Abstract: Control of gas input and background pressure in the end plug regions of the TMX‐U thermal barrier experiment by Turner, W. C., Nexsen, W. E., Allen, S. L., Hooper, E. B., Hunt, A. L., Lang, D. D., Margolies, D. S., Pickles, W. L., Simonen, T. C.

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Gas pressure in the end plug regions of the TMX‐U thermal barrier experiment by Turner, W. C., Nexsen, W. E., Allen, S. L., Hooper, E. B., Hunt, A. L., Lang, D. D., Margolies, D. S., Pickles, W. L., Simonen, T. C.

“…We consider briefly the upper bound on background pressure (0.5 to 1.0×10− 6 Torr) that is required for operation of the thermal barrier end plugs of TMX‐U and…”
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Observation of a Persistent, Energetic-Electron Current in the Superconducting Levitron by Anderson, O. A., Birdsall, D. H., Hartman, C. W., Hooper, E. B.

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