Volume 3 Regular Issue (2008)

Rapid Communications

On Fractal Properties of Equipotentials over a Real Rough Surface Faced to Plasma in Fusion Devices
Viacheslav Petrovich BUDAEV and Mikhail YAKOVLEV
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 001 (2008) <Published on 10 Jan. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Coincident Measurement of a Weakly Backscattered X-ray with a CPA Laser-Produced X-ray Pulse
Hajime KUWABARA, Yoshitaka MORI and Yoneyoshi KITAGAWA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 003 (2008) <Published on 15 Jan. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Observation of Simple Helical Structure in Low Aspect Ratio RFP Using Fast Camera
Takumi ONCHI, Nobuhiro NISHINO, Ryuya IKEZOE, Akio SANPEI, Haruhiko HIMURA and Sadao MASAMUNE
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 005 (2008) <Published on 29 Jan. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Effect of Micro Hydrodynamic Flow in Microgap Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure
Seiji MUKAIGAWA, Kota NAWA, Hiroshi ITO, Koichi TAKAKI and Tamiya FUJIWARA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 007 (2008) <Published on 06 Feb. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Simulation Study of Ultrashort-Pulse Reflectometry by Signal Record Analysis
Yuya YOKOTA, Atsushi MASE, Yuichiro KOGI, Hitoshi HOJO, Leonid BRUSKIN, Tokihiko TOKUZAWA and Kazuo KAWAHATA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 008 (2008) <Published on 04 Feb. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Visualization of Magnetic Surfaces during Current Ramp-Up Phase Using Thermal Lithium Sheet Beam in CPD
Tetsushi KIKUKAWA, Hideki ZUSHI, Tomohiro MORISAKI, Rajendraprasad BHATTACHARYAY, Tomofumi RYOUKAI, Tomokazu YOSHINAGA, Makoto HASEGAWA, Kazuaki HANADA, Hiroshi IDEI and CPD Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 010 (2008) <Published on 21 Feb. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Spectral Effect of Zonal Flows and Enhanced Growth Rate
Ken UZAWA, Jiquan LI and Yasuaki KISHIMOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 011 (2008) <Published on 28 Feb. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Structural Bifurcation of Microwave Helium Jet Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure
Shuichi TAKAMURA, Masakazu KITOH, Tadasuke SOGA, Hiroyoshi TAKASHIMA, Yuji NISHINO, Shinji HAYAKAWA, Yusuke BAN, Tsubasa YUHKI, Masashi KANDO and Noriyasu OHNO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 012 (2008) <Published on 28 Feb. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Direct Measurement of a Mode-Converted Electron Bernstein Wave in the Internal Coil Device Mini-RT
Eiichi YATSUKA, Daisuke SAKATA, Kiyotake KINJO, Junji MORIKAWA and Yuichi OGAWA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 013 (2008) <Published on 06 Mar. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Achievement of 1.5 MW, 1 s Oscillation by the JT-60U Gyrotron
Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Shinichi MORIYAMA, Masami SEKI, Masayuki SAWAHATA, Masayuki TERAKADO and Tsuneyuki FUJII
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 014 (2008) <Published on 10 Mar. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Polarizer Development for Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating Systems in a HL-2A Tokamak
Guo Qing ZHANG, Kazunobu NAGASAKI, Jun ZHOU, Jin Song ZHANG, Gang Yu CHEN, Mei HUANG, He WANG and Jun RAO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 020 (2008) <Published on 10 May 2008>

Rapid Communications

Proton Acceleration by High-Intensity UV Laser Irradiation with Thin Foils
Eiichi TAKAHASHI, Susumu KATO, Yuji MATSUMOTO and Isao OKUDA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 024 (2008) <Published on 22 May 2008>

Rapid Communications

Carbon Erosion and Dust Formation under Heavy Atomic Hydrogen Irradiation
Yuji TAKEGUCHI, Masaaki KYO, Yoshihiko UESUGI, Yasunori TANAKA and Suguru MASUZAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 025 (2008) <Published on 28 May 2008>

Rapid Communications

Development of a Compact Thomson Scattering System for the TST-2 Spherical Tokamak
Soichiro KAINAGA, Akira EJIRI, Yuichi TAKASE, Osamu WATANABE, Yuuki ADACHI, Takuya OOSAKO, Makoto SASAKI, Hiroshi TOJO, Tetsuya MASUDA, Junichi SUGIYAMA and Takashi YAMAGUCHI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 027 (2008) <Published on 05 Jun. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Quasi-Periodic Growth of a Single Helical Instability in a Low-Aspect Ratio RFP
Ryuya IKEZOE, Takumi ONCHI, Kensuke OKI, Akio SANPEI, Haruhiko HIMURA and Sadao MASAMUNE
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 029 (2008) <Published on 30 May 2008>

Rapid Communications

Measurement of Radial Structure of Energetic-Ion-Driven MHD Modes with a Fast Response Hα-Detector Array in the Large Helical Device
Kunihiro OGAWA, Kazuo TOI, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Fumitake WATANABE, Chihiro SUZUKI, Daiji KATO, Kuninori SATO and LHD Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 030 (2008) <Published on 29 May 2008>

Rapid Communications

Excitation of Stable Alfvén Eigenmodes by Application of Alternating Magnetic Field Perturbations in the Compact Helical System
Takafumi ITO, Kazuo TOI, Go MATSUNAGA, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Kenichi NAGAOKA, Tsuyoshi AKIYAMA, Takashi MINAMI and the CHS Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 033 (2008) <Published on 06 Jun. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Propagation Velocity Analysis of a Single Blob in the SOL
Satoru SUGITA, Masatoshi YAGI, Sanae -I. ITOH and Kimitaka ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 040 (2008) <Published on 10 Jul. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Plasma Current Sustainment by RF Power in ECH Start-up Plasma in the TST-2 Spherical Tokamak
Osamu WATANABE, Akira EJIRI, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Junichi SUGIYAMA, Takuya OOSAKO, Yuuki ADACHI, Kotaro YAMADA, Hiroshi TOJO, Soichiro KAINAGA, Yuichi TAKASE, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Makoto SASAKI and Tetsuya MASUDA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 049 (2008) <Published on 20 Aug. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Scientific Visualization of Magnetic Reconnection Simulation Data by the CAVE Virtual Reality System
Hiroaki OHTANI and Ritoku HORIUCHI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 054 (2008) <Published on 02 Oct. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Dramatic Enhancement of OH(A²Σ⁺) Density in a Recombining Hydrogen Plasma
Kanji SHIBAGAKI, Renge ASAKAWA, Daiyu HAYASHI and Koichi SASAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 055 (2008) <Published on 02 Oct. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Nonlinear Energy Transfer of Drift-Wave Fluctuation in a Cylindrical Laboratory Plasma
Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Sanae -I. ITOH, Shunjiro SHINOHARA, Masayuki FUKAO, Akihide FUJISAWA, Kenichiro TERASAKA, Yoshinobu KAWAI, Naohiro KASUYA, Masatoshi YAGI, Shigeru INAGAKI, Takuma YAMADA and Kimitaka ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 056 (2008) <Published on 27 Oct. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Discriminating Acquisition of 15-MeV Protons from D-³He Fusion Reaction in LHD
Tsuguhiro WATANABE, Junichi MIYAZAWA, Hiroshi YAMADA, Sadayoshi MURAKAMI, Suguru MASUZAKI, Masaki OSAKABE, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Masayuki TOKITANI and Osamu MOTOJIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 058 (2008) <Published on 27 Oct. 2008>

Rapid Communications

Proton Acceleration in the Interaction of an Intense Laser Light with a Cone Plasma Target and Coated Proton Layer
Weimin ZHOU, Hongbo CAI, Hideo NAGATOMO, Tomoyuki JOHZARKI, Atsushi SUNAHAHA and Kunioki MIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 062 (2008) <Published on 26 Dec. 2008>

Letters

2-D PSD Diagnostic System for the Pellet Trajectory in LHD Plasmas
Mitsuyasu HOSHINO, Ryuichi SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi YAMADA, Yasuhiko ITOH, Kohki KUMAGAI, Ryuhei KUMAZAWA, Tetsuo WATARI and the LHD Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 002 (2008) <Published on 10 Jan. 2008>

Letters

Modification of Probe Characteristics in a Supersonic Plasma Flow
Sho WATANABE, Haruhiko SAITOH and Zensho YOSHIDA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 019 (2008) <Published on 08 May 2008>

Letters

Primal Macro-Projective Integration Method for Multi-Scale Plasma Simulation
Miloš M. ŠKORIĆ, Aleksandra MALUCKOV and Seiji ISHIGURO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 021 (2008) <Published on 08 May 2008>

Letters

Electron Cyclotron Heating Start-Up Experiments on TST-2
Junichi SUGIYAMA, Akira EJIRI, Yuichi TAKASE, Osamu WATANABE, Yuuki ADACHI, Hiroshi TOJO, Makoto SASAKI, Tetsuya MASUDA, Takuya OOSAKO and Soichiro KAINAGA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 026 (2008) <Published on 28 May 2008>

Letters

Temporal Analysis of Electrostatic Chuck Characteristics in Inductively Coupled Plasma
Gyu Il SHIM and Hideo SUGAI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 028 (2008) <Published on 30 May 2008>

Letters

Red-F^* Laser and VUV-F₂ Emission Pumped at Low Pressure by Longitudinal, Lamp-Like Discharge
Kazuyuki UNO, Kenshi NAKAMURA, Tatsumi GOTO and Takahisa JITSUNO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 037 (2008) <Published on 07 Jul. 2008>

Letters

Numerical Matching Scheme for Linear Magnetohydrodynamic Stability Analysis
Yasuhiro KAGEI and Shinji TOKUDA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 039 (2008) <Published on 08 Jul. 2008>

Letters

Observation of Zonal Flow Type Oscillation in Linear Cylindrical ECR Plasmas
Kunihiro KAMATAKI, Sanae -I. ITOH, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Shigeru INAGAKI, Shunjiro SHINOHARA, Masatoshi YAGI, Takuma YAMADA, Yoshinobu KAWAI, Akihide FUJISAWA and Kimitaka ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 047 (2008) <Published on 20 Aug. 2008>

Letters

Dechuck Operation of Coulomb Type and Johnsen-Rahbek Type of Electrostatic Chuck Used in Plasma Processing
Gyu Il SHIM and Hideo SUGAI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 051 (2008) <Published on 19 Sep. 2008>

Letters

Frequency Dependence of Fast Magnetic Fluctuations in TPE-RX Reversed-Field Pinch Plasma
Kiyoyuki YAMBE, Lorenzo FRASSINETTI, Satoru KIYAMA, Yoichi HIRANO, Haruhisa KOGUCHI and Hajime SAKAKITA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 060 (2008) <Published on 21 Nov. 2008>

Regular Articles

Effects of Neutral Particle Density on Equilibrium of Field-Reversed Configuration Sustained by Rotating Magnetic Field
Michiaki INOMOTO, Katsuhisa KITANO and Shigefumi OKADA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 004 (2008) <Published on 31 Jan. 2008>

Regular Articles

Systematic Analysis of Current Decay Time during Disruption in HYBTOK-II Tokamak
Masaaki OKAMOTO, Noriyasu OHNO and Shuichi TAKAMURA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 006 (2008) <Published on 29 Jan. 2008>

Regular Articles

Modification of Symmetry of Poloidal Eigenmode of Geodesic Acoustic Modes
Makoto SASAKI, Kimitaka ITOH, Akira EJIRI and Yuichi TAKASE
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 009 (2008) <Published on 26 Feb. 2008>

Regular Articles

A New Method of Measuring the Magnetic Field in Hot Plasmas Using Helium Neutral Beam Injection
Yoichi HIRANO, Benjamin HUDSON, Haruhisa KOGUCHI, Hajime SAKAKITA and Satoru KIYAMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 015 (2008) <Published on 07 Apr. 2008>

Regular Articles

Particle Orbit Analysis in the Finite Beta Plasma of the Large Helical Device using Real Coordinates
Ryousuke SEKI, Yutaka MATSUMOTO, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Kiyomasa WATANABE and Masafumi ITAGAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 016 (2008) <Published on 22 Apr. 2008>

Regular Articles

Irradiation Creep Behavior of Vanadium Alloys during Neutron Irradiation in a Liquid Metal Environment
Kenichi FUKUMOTO, Minoru NARUI, Hideki MATSUI, Takuya NAGASAKA and Takeo MUROGA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 017 (2008) <Published on 21 Apr. 2008>

Regular Articles

Development of a Plasma Diagnostics System Using an Impulse Waveform Voltage
Tokihiko TOKUZAWA, Kazuo KAWAHATA, Yasuhiko ITO, Kenji TANAKA, Ichihiro YAMADA and LHD Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 018 (2008) <Published on 28 Apr. 2008>

Regular Articles

Configuration Effects on Local Transport in High-Beta LHD Plasmas
Hisamichi FUNABA, Kiyomasa WATANABE, Sadayoshi MURAKAMI, Satoru SAKAKIBARA, Hiroshi YAMADA, Kazumichi NARIHARA, Ichihiro YAMADA, Kenji TANAKA, Tokihiko TOKUZAWA, Masaki OSAKABE, Junichi MIYAZAWA, Masayuki YOKOYAMA, Kazuo KAWAHATA and the LHD Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 022 (2008) <Published on 19 May 2008>

Regular Articles

Temporal and Spatial Variations in Electron Density and Blackbody Temperature in the Initial Phase of a Laser Ablation BN Plasma
Koichi SASAKI, Shin YASUDA and Noriharu TAKADA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 023 (2008) <Published on 19 May 2008>

Regular Articles

Electrostatic Potential Measurement by Using 6-MeV Heavy Ion Beam Probe on LHD
Takeshi IDO, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Masaki NISHIURA, Shinji KATO, Haruhisa NAKANO, Akimitsu NISHIZAWA, Yasuji HAMADA, Mitsuhiro YOKOTA, Kiwamu TSUKADA, Hideki OGAWA, Tomoyuki INOUE, Katsumi IDA, Mikiro YOSHINUMA, Sadayoshi MURAKAMI, Kenji TANAKA, Kazumichi NARIHARA, Ichihiro YAMADA, Kazuo KAWAHATA, Naoki TAMURA and the LHD Experimental Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 031 (2008) <Published on 18 Jun. 2008>

Regular Articles

Assessment of Laser Transmission Mirror Materials for ITER Edge Thomson Scattering Diagnostics
Shin KAJITA, Takaki HATAE and Vladimir S. VOITSENYA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 032 (2008) <Published on 17 Jun. 2008>

Regular Articles

High-Beta Axisymmetric Equilibria with Flow in Reduced Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid Models
Atsushi ITO, Jesús J. RAMOS and Noriyoshi NAKAJIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 034 (2008) <Published on 23 Jun. 2008>

Regular Articles

Multi-Species Ion Acceleration in Expansion of Finite-Size Plasma Targets
Peiyong YE, Akira TAKATA, Masanori NUNAMI, Masakatsu MURAKAMI and Katsunobu NISHIHARA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 035 (2008) <Published on 07 Jul. 2008>

Regular Articles

LHD Bootstrap Current Coefficient Calculations with the VENUS+δ f code
Maxim Yu. ISAEV, Kiyomasa Y. WATANABE, Masayuki YOKOYAMA, Nobuyoshi OHYABU, Craig D. BEIDLER, Henning MAASSBERG, Wilfred A. COOPER, Trach-Minh TRAN and Mikhail I. MIKHAILOV
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 036 (2008) <Published on 07 Jul. 2008>

Regular Articles

A Computational Study of the Decomposition of Carbon Tetrafluoride in Wet Argon under Electron Beam Irradiation
Susumu KATO, Isao OKUDA, Eiichi TAKAHASHI and Yuji MATSUMOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 038 (2008) <Published on 10 Jul. 2008>

Regular Articles

Gyrokinetic Studies of Ion Temperature Gradient Turbulence and Zonal Flows in Helical Systems
Hideo SUGAMA, Tomo-Hiko WATANABE and Sergi FERRANDO-MARGALET
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 041 (2008) <Published on 14 Jul. 2008>

Regular Articles

Mitigation of Critical Current Degradation in Mechanically Loaded Nb₃Sn Superconducting Multi-Strand Cables by Ice Molding
Kazutaka SEO, Arata NISHIMURA, Yoshimitsu HISHINUMA, Kazuya NAKAMURA, Tomoaki TAKAO, Gen NISHIJIMA and Kazuo WATANABE
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 042 (2008) <Published on 17 Jul. 2008>

Regular Articles

Optimization of Extreme Ultraviolet Emission from Laser-Produced Tin Plasmas Based on Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations
Atsushi SUNAHARA, Katsunobu NISHIHARA and Akira SASAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 043 (2008) <Published on 04 Aug. 2008>

Regular Articles

Experimental Study of Drift Wave Turbulence in Linear Plasmas
Takuma YAMADA, Sanae -I. ITOH, Takashi MARUTA, Naohiro KASUYA, Shunjiro SHINOHARA, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Masatoshi YAGI, Kenichiro TERASAKA, Shigeru INAGAKI, Yoshinobu KAWAI, Masayuki FUKAO, Akihide FUJISAWA and Kimitaka ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 044 (2008) <Published on 10 Jul. 2008>

Regular Articles

Experimental Parameters of Fine Particle Plasmas Explicitly Expressed by Dimensionless Characteristic Parameters
Hiroo TOTSUJI
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 046 (2008) <Published on 20 Aug. 2008>

Regular Articles

Formation and Long Term Evolution of an Externally Driven Magnetic Island in Rotating Plasmas
Yasutomo ISHII and Andrei SMOLYAKOV
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 048 (2008) <Published on 20 Aug. 2008>

Regular Articles

Density Reconstruction Using a Multi-Channel Far-Infrared Laser Interferometer and Particle Transport Study of a Pellet-Injected Plasma on the LHD
Kenji TANAKA, Kazuo KAWAHATA, Tokihiko TOKUZAWA, Shigeki OKAJIMA, Yasuhiko ITO, Katsunori MURAOKA, Ryuichi SAKAMOTO, Kiyomasa WATANABE, Tomohiro MORISAKI, Hiroshi YAMADA and the LHD Experimental group
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 050 (2008) <Published on 02 Oct. 2008>

Regular Articles

Growth of Ionization Balance from F-like to Bare Ions of Heavy Atoms in an Electron Beam Ion Trap
Jian SUN, Nobuyuki NAKAMURA, Masahide TONA, Chikashi YAMADA, Hirofumi WATANABE, Shunsuke OHTANI and Yunqing FU
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 052 (2008) <Published on 19 Sep. 2008>

Regular Articles

Microwave Imaging Reflectometry Experiment in TPE-RX
Yoshio NAGAYAMA, Soichiro YAMAGUCHI, Zhongbing SHI, Yuichiro KOGI, Atsushi MASE, Shoji SUGITO, Yoichi HIRANO, Satoru KIYAMA, Haruhisa KOGUCHI, Hajime SAKAKITA, Kiyoyuki YAMBE and Nobuyoshi OHYABU
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 053 (2008) <Published on 27 Oct. 2008>

Regular Articles

The Conjugate Variable Method in Hamilton-Lie Perturbation Theory - Applications to Plasma Physics -
Shinji TOKUDA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 057 (2008) <Published on 02 Oct. 2008>

Regular Articles

Development of a Helicon Plasma Source for the Measurement of He^* Component in a He⁰ Beam
Atsushi OKAMOTO, Keisuke IWAZAKI, Takehiro ISONO, Takashi KOBUCHI, Sumio KITAJIMA and Mamiko SASAO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 059 (2008) <Published on 30 Oct. 2008>

Regular Articles

Benchmark Tests of Fusion Plasma Simulation Codes for Studying Microturbulence and Energetic-Particle Dynamics
Tomo-Hiko WATANABE, Yasushi TODO and Wendell HORTON
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 061 (2008) <Published on 26 Dec. 2008>

Regular Articles

Particle-in-Cell Simulation of the Measurement of Laser Wakefields with Raman Scattering of Probe Laser Light
Weimin ZHOU, Kunioki MIMA and Hideo NAGATOMO
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 063 (2008) <Published on 26 Dec. 2008>

Errata

Erratum: “High-Beta Axisymmetric Equilibria with Flow in Reduced Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid Models” [Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 034 (2008)]
Atsushi ITO, Jesús J. RAMOS and Noriyoshi NAKAJIMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 3, 045 (2008) <Published on 29 Jul. 2008>