Volume 2 Regular Issue (2007)

Rapid Communications

Townsend Avalanche Breakdown Assisted by Radio Frequency Wave in Tokamaks
Makoto HASEGAWA, Kazuaki HANADA, Kohnosuke SATO, Kazuo NAKAMURA, Hideki ZUSHI, Mizuki SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi IDEI, Shoji KAWASAKI, Hisatoshi NAKASHIMA and Aki HIGASHIJIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 007 (2007) <Published on 19 Mar. 2007>

Rapid Communications

A New Explanation for Toroidal Spin-Up of a Field-Reversed Configuration
Toshiki TAKAHASHI, Hidefumi YAMAURA, Fusaki P. IIZIMA, Yoshiomi KONDOH, Tomohiko ASAI, Tsutomu TAKAHASHI, Yoshiki MATSUZAWA, Taichi OKANO, Yoichi HIRANO, Naoki MIZUGUCHI, Yukihiro TOMITA and Shigeru INAGAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 008 (2007) <Published on 10 Apr. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Alleviation of Helium Holes/Bubbles on Tungsten Surface by Use of Transient Heat Load
Shin KAJITA, Shuichi TAKAMURA, Noriyasu OHNO and Tentaro NISHIMOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 009 (2007) <Published on 24 Apr. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Investigation of Carbon Films on Material Probes in the Vicinity of Local Island Divertor in the Large Helical Device
Tomoaki HINO, Tomoya HIRATA, Yuji NOBUTA, Suguru MASUZAKI, Naoko ASHIKAWA, Akio SAGARA, Nobuaki NODA, Nobuyoshi OHYABU, Akio KOMORI, Osamu MOTOJIMA and LHD Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 011 (2007) <Published on 23 Apr. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Microwave Propagation via Laser Plasma Channels
Hirotomo NAKAJIMA, Kazuhisa HASHIMOTO, Michiteru YAMAURA, Yoshinori SHIMADA, FUJITA Masayuki and Kazuo A. TANAKA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 012 (2007) <Published on 02 May 2007>

Rapid Communications

Influence of Electrostatic and Magnetic Fields on Hot Electron Emission in Ultra-Intense Laser Matter Interactions
Toshinori YABUUCHI, Yasuhiko SENTOKU, Takeshi MATSUOKA, Hideaki HABARA, Ken ADUMI, Zenglin CHEN, Ryosuke KODAMA, Kiminori KONDO, Anle LEI, Kunioki MIMA, Motonobu TAMPO, Tsuyoshi TANIMOTO and Kazuo A. TANAKA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 015 (2007) <Published on 02 May 2007>

Rapid Communications

Formation of C₆₀- Encapsulated Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Novel Electrical Transport Properties Based on Plasma Technology
Yongfeng LI, Rikizo HATAKEYAMA, Toshiro KANEKO, Toshiaki KATO and Takeru OKADA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 017 (2007) <Published on 01 May 2007>

Rapid Communications

New Control Method of the Unstable Operating Point in the FFHR Helical Reactor
Osamu MITARAI, Akio SAGARA, Nobuyoshi OHYABU, Ryuichi SAKAMOTO, Akio KOMORI and Osamu MOTOJIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 021 (2007) <Published on 05 Jun. 2007>

Rapid Communications

First Observation of RF-Induced Visible Light Fluctuations
Yuki TORII, Akira EJIRI, Tetsuya MASUDA, Takuya OOSAKO, Makoto SASAKI, Hiroshi TOJO, Hideo NUGA, Yoshiyuki SHIMADA, Nobuyuki SUMITOMO, Jiro TSUJIMURA, Soichiro KAINAGA, Junichi SUGIYAMA and Yuichi TAKASE
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 023 (2007) <Published on 01 Jun. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Observation of Simultaneous Oscillation of Multiple Modes in a CW 300 GHz Gyrotron
Teruo SAITO, Tomoaki NAKANO, Seitaro MITSUDO, Isamu OGAWA and Toshitaka IDEHARA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 024 (2007) <Published on 11 Jun. 2007>

Rapid Communications

X-Ray Spectra from Neon-like Tungsten Ions in the Interaction with Electrons
Hirofumi WATANABE, Nobuyuki NAKAMURA, Daiji KATO, Tomohide NAKANO and Shunsuke OHTANI
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 027 (2007) <Published on 21 Jun. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Production and Extraction of Highly Charged Ions from the Tokyo EBIT
Yunqing FU, Jian SUN, Makoto SAKURAI, Nobuyuki NAKAMURA, Masahide TONA, Hirofumi WATANABE, Chikashi YAMADA, Nobuo YOSHIYASU and Shunsuke OHTANI
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 028 (2007) <Published on 27 Jun. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Study of Metastable Population Density in a Hollow Cathode Helium Discharge
Atsushi OKAMOTO, Takashi KOBUCHI, Sumio KITAJIMA and Mamiko SASAO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 029 (2007) <Published on 02 Jul. 2007>

Rapid Communications

ECCD Experiments in Heliotron J: Recent Results Regarding the Dependence on Magnetic Configuration and Wave Polarization
Alvaro CAPPA, Kazunobu NAGASAKI, Gen MOTOJIMA, Tohru MIZUUCHI, Hiroyuki OKADA, Shinji KOBAYASHI, Katsumi KONDO, Hajime ARIMOTO, Shinya WATANABE, Masatoshi NOSAKU, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Fumimichi SANO and Angela FERNÁNDEZ
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 030 (2007) <Published on 29 Jun. 2007>

Rapid Communications

A Study on Low-Frequency Fluctuations Using New Azimuthal Probe Array in High-Density Helicon Linear Plasma
Kenichiro TERASAKA, Shunjiro SHINOHARA , Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Takuma YAMADA, Masato KAWAGUCHI, Takashi MARUTA, Shigeru INAGAKI, Yoshinobu KAWAI, Naohiro KASUYA, Masatoshi YAGI, Akihide FUJISAWA, Kimitaka ITOH and Sanae-I. ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 031 (2007) <Published on 11 Jul. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Effects of Laser Wavelength on Interaction of Ultrashort Intense Laser with Finite-Scale Length Dense Plasmas
Susumu KATO, Eiichi TAKAHASHI, Yuji MATSUMOTO and Isao OKUDA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 032 (2007) <Published on 11 Jul. 2007>

Rapid Communications

A Newly Developed Large Diameter Diaphragmless Shock Tube for Studies on CO₂-N₂ Gas-Dynamic Laser
Israel da Silveira RÊGO, Kohnosuke SATO, Yoriaki MIYOSHI, Taketora ANDO, Kentaro GOTO, Mizuki SAKAMOTO, Shoji KAWASAKI and TRIAM Exp. Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 033 (2007) <Published on 13 Jul. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Observation of Competition between Drift Instability and Flute Instability in a Bounded Linear ECR Plasma
Kunihiro KAMATAKI, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Shunjiro SHINOHARA, Yoshinobu KAWAI, Sigeru INAGAKI, Masatoshi YAGI, Kimitaka ITOH and Sanae-I. ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 034 (2007) <Published on 13 Jul. 2007>

Rapid Communications

E × B Plasma Rotation and n = 1 Oscillation Observed in the NSTX-CHI Experiments
Masayoshi NAGATA, Roger RAMAN, Vlad SOUKHANOVSKII, Brian A. NELSON, Ronald E. BELL, Dennis MUELLER, Thomas R. JARBOE, Michael G. BELL and the NSTX Research Team
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 035 (2007) <Published on 12 Jul. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Hard X-Ray Radiation from a Z-Pinch with a Divergent Gas-Puff
Keiichi TAKASUGI and Ena KIUCHI
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 036 (2007) <Published on 18 Jul. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Measurement of Single Pass Electron Cyclotron (EC) Absorption Using Transmitted Waves in Heliotron J
Kazunobu NAGASAKI, Takayuki TSUJI, Masatoshi NOSAKU, Nobuhide SHIMAZAKI, Tohru MIZUUCHI, Hiroyuki OKADA, Shinji KOBAYASHI, Kinzo SAKAMOTO, Zhen FENG, Katsumi KONDO, Masashi KANEKO, Gen MOTOJIMA, Shinya WATANABE, Alvaro CAPPA and Fumimichi SANO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 039 (2007) <Published on 02 Aug. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Long-Lived Pure Electron Plasma in Ring Trap-1
Haruhiko SAITOH, Zensho YOSHIDA, Junji MORIKAWA, Sho WATANABE, Yoshihisa YANO and Junko SUZUKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 045 (2007) <Published on 12 Oct. 2007>

Rapid Communications

High-Beta Plasma Confinement in TPE-RX During Pulsed Poloidal Current Drive Operation in Reversed-Field Pinch Plasma
Haruhisa KOGUCHI, Yoichi HIRANO, Hajime SAKAKITA, Kiyoyuki YAMBE, Toshio SHIMADA and Satoru KIYAMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 050 (2007) <Published on 03 Dec. 2007>

Rapid Communications

Detection of Cascading in Drift Wave Turbulence Using Probe Array in Linear Plasmas
Takuma YAMADA, Sanae -I. ITOH, Takashi MARUTA, Shunjiro SHINOHARA, Naohiro KASUYA, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Masatoshi YAGI, Kenichiro TERASAKA, Masato KAWAGUCHI, Shigeru INAGAKI, Yoshinobu KAWAI, Masayuki FUKAO, Akihide FUJISAWA and Kimitaka ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 051 (2007) <Published on 14 Dec. 2007>

Letters

Zonal Proton Generation from Target Edges Using Ultra-Intense Laser Pulse
Toshinori YABUUCHI, Hideaki HABARA, Motonobu TAMPO, Ryosuke KODAMA, Shinya AWANO, Kiminori KONDO, Kunioki MIMA and Kazuo A. TANAKA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 003 (2007) <Published on 15 Feb. 2007>

Letters

Observation of Visible and Near-UV M1 Transitions from Highly Charged Kr, Mo and Xe Ions in LHD and its Prospect to Impurity Spectroscopy for D-T Burning Plasmas
Ryuji KATAI, Shigeru MORITA and Motoshi GOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 006 (2007) <Published on 14 Mar. 2007>

Letters

Negative Ion Production in High Electron Temperature Plasmas
Hiroyuki TOBARI, Takayoshi SEKI, Naoyuki TAKADO, Masaya HANADA, Takashi INOUE, Mieko KASHIWAGI, Akiyoshi HATAYAMA and Keishi SAKAMOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 022 (2007) <Published on 04 Jun. 2007>

Letters

Plasma Effects on Electrostatic Chuck Characteristics on Capacitive RF Discharge
Gyu Il SHIM, Takeshi YAMAUCHI and Hideo SUGAI
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 044 (2007) <Published on 09 Oct. 2007>

Letters

Pellet Injection and Internal Diffusion Barrier Formation in Large Helical Device
Ryuichi SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi YAMADA, Nobuyoshi OHYABU, Masahiro KOBAYASHI, Junichi MIYAZAWA, Satoshi OHDACHI, Tomohiro MORISAKI, Suguru MASUZAKI, Ichihiro YAMADA, Kazumichi NARIHARA, Motoshi GOTO, Shigeru MORITA, Satoru SAKAKIBARA, Kenji TANAKA, Kazuo KAWAHATA, Akio KOMORI, Osamu MOTOJIMA and LHD experimental group
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 047 (2007) <Published on 15 Nov. 2007>

Letters

Effects of Relativistic Thermal Velocity Spread of Beam on Electromagnetic Instabilities in Fast Ignition
Peiyong YE and Katsunobu NISHIHARA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 049 (2007) <Published on 05 Dec. 2007>

Letters

Performance Test of Diamond-Like Carbon Films for Lubricating ITER Blanket Maintenance Equipment under GPa-Level High Contact Stress
Nobukazu TAKEDA, Satoshi KAKUDATE, Masataka NAKAHIRA and Kiyoshi SHIBANUMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 052 (2007) <Published on 21 Dec. 2007>

Regular Articles

Isothermal Confinement
Tihiro OHKAWA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 001 (2007) <Published on 22 Jan. 2007>

Regular Articles

Impact of Reflector on Calculation Accuracy of Tritium Production in DT Neutronics Blanket Experiment
Satoshi SATO, Masayuki WADA, Takeo NISHITANI and Chikara KONNO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 002 (2007) <Published on 01 Feb. 2007>

Regular Articles

A Self-Organized Plasma with Induction, Reconnection, and Injection Techniques: the SPIRIT Concept for Field Reversed Configuration Research
Masaaki YAMADA, Hantao JI, Stefan P. GERHARDT, Elena V. BELOVA, Ronald C. DAVIDSON and David R. MIKKELSEN
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 004 (2007) <Published on 01 Mar. 2007>

Regular Articles

Roles of Toroidal Rotation at the Plasma Edge, Toroidal Field Ripple and Configuration on ELMs in the JT-60U Tokamak
Kensaku KAMIYA, Hajime URANO, Naoyuki OYAMA and Yutaka KAMADA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 005 (2007) <Published on 07 Mar. 2007>

Regular Articles

Numerical Method for the Stability Analysis of Ideal MHD Modes with a Wide Range of Toroidal Mode Numbers in Tokamaks
Nobuyuki AIBA, Shinji TOKUDA, Takaaki FUJITA, Takahisa OZEKI, Ming S. CHU, Philip B. SNYDER and Howard R. WILSON
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 010 (2007) <Published on 25 Apr. 2007>

Regular Articles

X-Ray Polarization Spectroscopy of Heα Line Emission for Diagnosis of the Anisotropy of Hot Electrons
Yuichi INUBUSHI, Takeshi KAI, Tohru KAWAMURA, Shinsuke FUJIOKA, Hiroaki NISHIMURA and Kunioki MIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 013 (2007) <Published on 10 May 2007>

Regular Articles

High-Resolution VUV Spectra of Carbon, Neon and Argon in a Wavelength Range of 250 to 2300 Å for Plasma Diagnostics Observed with a 3 m Normal Incidence Spectrometer in LHD
Ryuji KATAI, Shigeru MORITA and Motoshi GOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 014 (2007) <Published on 09 May 2007>

Regular Articles

MHD Stability in Flowing Plasmas: Connection between Fusion Plasma and Astrophysics Research
Masaru FURUKAWA, Zensho YOSHIDA, Makoto HIROTA and Vinod KRISHAN
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 016 (2007) <Published on 10 May 2007>

Regular Articles

High Energy Electron Generation by Laser-Cone Interaction
Tatsufumi NAKAMURA, Hitoshi SAKAGAMI, Tomoyuki JOHZAKI, Hideo NAGATOMO, Kunioki MIMA and James KOGA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 018 (2007) <Published on 10 May 2007>

Regular Articles

Neutron Emission Profile Measurement and Fast Charge Exchange Neutral Particle Flux Measurement for Transport Analysis of Energetic Ions in JT-60U
Masao ISHIKAWA, Takeo NISHITANI, Yoshinori KUSAMA, Atsuhiko SUKEGAWA, Manabu TAKECHI, Koji SHINOHARA, Anatoli KRASILNIKOV, Yuri KASHUCK, Mamiko SASAO, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Mamoru BABA and Toshio ITOGA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 019 (2007) <Published on 28 May 2007>

Regular Articles

Construction of a Gyrokinetic Plasma Simulation Model for Electromagnetic Phenomena
Yasushi TODO and Atsushi ITO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 020 (2007) <Published on 21 May 2007>

Regular Articles

Nonlinear Drive of Tearing Mode by Microscopic Plasma Turbulence
Masatoshi YAGI , Sanae-I. ITOH, Kimitaka ITOH, Masafumi AZUMI, Patrick H. DIAMOND, Atsushi FUKUYAMA and Takayuki HAYASHI
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 025 (2007) <Published on 20 Jun. 2007>

Regular Articles

Pulse Expansion and Doppler Shift of Ultrahigh Intense Short Pulse Laser by Slightly Overdense Plasma
Hitoshi SAKAGAMI and Kunioki MIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 026 (2007) <Published on 27 Jun. 2007>

Regular Articles

A Simultaneous Spectroscopic Measurement of the Global and Edge Local Structures in the Ion Temperature and Plasma Rotation Profiles in the Compact Helical System
Shin NISHIMURA, Ken-ichi NAGAOKA, Yasuo YOSHIMURA, Kiichiro NAKAMURA, Harukazu IGUCHI, Tsuyoshi AKIYAMA, Takashi MINAMI, Tetsutaro OISHI, Katsumi IDA, Kazuo TOI, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Chihiro SUZUKI, Chihiro TAKAHASHI, Shoichi OKAMURA, Keisuke MATSUOKA and CHS Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 037 (2007) <Published on 31 Jul. 2007>

Regular Articles

Verification of Polarization Reversal of Electromagnetic Waves with Electron Cyclotron Frequency Controlling Plasma-Structure Formation
Toshiro KANEKO, Kazunori TAKAHASHI and Rikizo HATAKEYAMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 038 (2007) <Published on 03 Aug. 2007>

Regular Articles

Relative Frequency Calibration for Fast Frequency Sweep Microwave Reflectometry
Akira EJIRI, Yoshiyuki SHIMADA, Takuma YAMADA, Takuya OOSAKO, Yuichi TAKASE and Hiroshi KASAHARA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 040 (2007) <Published on 28 Aug. 2007>

Regular Articles

Simulation Study of Ignition and Burn Characteristics of Fast Ignition DT Targets
Tomoyuki JOHZAKI, Kunioki MIMA and Yasuyuki NAKAO
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 041 (2007) <Published on 12 Sep. 2007>

Regular Articles

Escaping Ion Measurement with High Time Resolution during Bursting Modes Induced by Neutral Beam Injection on CHS
Kouji SHINOHARA, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Douglass S. DARROW, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Kenichi NAGAOKA and Shoichi OKAMURA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 042 (2007) <Published on 03 Sep. 2007>

Regular Articles

Heat- and Particle-Deposition Distribution on Helical Divertor Plates in LHD During Real-Time Magnetic-Axis Swing Operations
Hironori OGAWA, Suguru MASUZAKI, Tsuguhiro WATANABE, Tomohiro MORISAKI, Takashi MUTOH, Ryuhei KUMAZAWA, Tetsuo SEKI, Kenji SAITO, Yukio NAKAMURA, Akio KOMORI, Nobuyoshi OHYABU and the LHD experimental group
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 043 (2007) <Published on 04 Oct. 2007>

Regular Articles

Neutronics and Activation Analyses for Li/V-alloy and Flibe/V-alloy Blankets of FFHR2 with and without Beryllium
Zaixin LI, Teruya TANAKA and Takeo MUROGA
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 046 (2007) <Published on 31 Oct. 2007>

Regular Articles

Density Fluctuation Measurement for Studying the Effect of Potential and Electric Field Formation in GAMMA 10
Masayuki YOSHIKAWA, Toshiaki MATSUMOTO, Yoriko SHIMA, Yoshiaki MIYATA, Hideto KAKIUCHI, Masanori MIZUGUCHI, Makoto ICHIMURA, Tsuyoshi IMAI, Akiyosi ITAKURA, Isao KATANUMA, Junko KOHAGURA, Yoshinori TATEMATSU, Yousuke NAKASHIMA, Tomoharu NUMAKURA, Mafumi HIRATA, Hitoshi HOJO, Yuusuke KUBOTA, Ryutaro MINAMI, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Yuusuke YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi SAIMARU, Yuta HIGASHIZONO, Teruji CHO and GAMMA 10 Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 2, 048 (2007) <Published on 19 Nov. 2007>