Volume 5 Regular Issue (2010)

Announcement from the Editorial Board

Review Articles

A Review -Observations of Turbulence and Structure in Magnetized Plasmas
Akihide FUJISAWA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 046 (2010) <Published on 16 Dec. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Chemical Erosion of Diamond-Coated Graphite under Low-Energy Hydrogen Atom Irradiation
Yuji TAKEGUCHI, Masaaki KYO, Yoshihiko UESUGI, Yasunori TANAKA and Suguru MASUZAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 003 (2010) <Published on 25 Jan. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Suppression of Carbon Dust Formation by Nitrogen Injection into Hydrogen Plasmas in Detached Plasma Conditions
Masaaki KYO, Yuji TAKEGUCHI, Yoshihiko UESUGI, Yasunori TANAKA and Suguru MASUZAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 004 (2010) <Published on 25 Jan. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Simulation of Laser-Accelerated Proton Focusing and Diagnosis with a Permanent Magnet Quadrupole Triplet
Hironao SAKAKI, Mamiko NISHIUCHI, Toshihiko HORI, Paul R. BOLTON, Motonobu TAMPO, Akifumi YOGO, Kiminori KONDO, Shunichi KAWANISHI, Hiroshi IWASE and Koji NIITA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 009 (2010) <Published on 15 Feb. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Monte-Carlo Study Based on Real Coordinates for Perpendicularly Injected High-Energy Ions in the LHD High-Beta Plasma
Ryosuke SEKI, Yutaka MATSUMOTO, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Kiyomasa WATANABE, Kiyotaka HAMAMATSU and Masafumi ITAGAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 014 (2010) <Published on 07 May 2010>

Rapid Communications

Direct Measurements of High Harmonic Fast Wave Profile in the UTST Spherical Tokamak Plasma
Takuma WAKATSUKI, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Takuya OOSAKO, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Byung Il AN, Hidetoshi KAKUDA, Takuma YAMADA, Ryota IMAZAWA, Osamu WATANABE, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki KURASHINA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Kotaro YAMADA, Takuya SAKAMOTO, Kentaro HANASHIMA, Junichi HIRATSUKA, Shuji KAMIO, Ryuma HIHARA, Keita ABE, Morio SAKUMURA, Qinghong CAO, Michiaki INOMOTO, Yasushi ONO, Akira EJIRI and Yuichi TAKASE
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 018 (2010) <Published on 04 Jun. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Global Profile Relaxation and Entropy Dynamics in Turbulent Transport
Kenji IMADERA, Yasuaki KISHIMOTO and Jiquan LI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 019 (2010) <Published on 14 Jun. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Observation of Edge Reynolds Stress Increase Preceding an L-H Transition in Compact Helical System
Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Kenichi NAGAOKA, Kimitaka ITOH, Akihide FUJISAWA, Mitsutaka ISOBE, Tsuyoshi AKIYAMA, Chihiro SUZUKI, Shin NISHIMURA, Yasuo YOSHIMURA, Keisuke MATSUOKA, Shoichi OKAMURA, Yuichi TAKASE, Akira EJIRI, Sanae -I. ITOH, Masatoshi YAGI and CHS Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 022 (2010) <Published on 14 Jun. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Evaluation of Edge Electron Temperature Fluctuations Using a Conditional Technique on TST-2
Jun'ichi OZAKI, Masateru SONEHARA, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Yuichi TAKASE, Akira EJIRI, Kotaro YAMADA, Hidetoshi KAKUDA, Shigeru INAGAKI, Takuya OOSAKO, Byung Il AN, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Kentaro HANASHIMA, Junichi HIRATSUKA, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Hiroki KURASHINA, Takuya SAKAMOTO, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Osamu WATANABE and Takuma WAKATSUKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 023 (2010) <Published on 28 Jun. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Electron Density Measurements of Non-Inductive Start-Up Plasmas in the TST-2 Spherical Tokamak
Hiroki KURASHINA, Akira EJIRI, Yuichi TAKASE, Kentaro HANASHIMA, Takuya SAKAMOTO, Osamu WATANABE, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Byung Il AN, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Kotaro YAMADA, Hazuki MATSUZAWA, Hidetoshi KAKUDA, Junichi HIRATSUKA, Takuma WAKATSUKI and Takuya OOSAKO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 024 (2010) <Published on 07 Jul. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Analysis of Relativistic Particle Orbit in a Transversely Focused High-Power Laser Field by Using the Noncanonical Lie Perturbation Method
Natsumi IWATA, Kenji IMADERA and Yasuaki KISHIMOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 028 (2010) <Published on 20 Aug. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Electrostatic Oscillations Observed in Non-Neutral Electron Plasmas Confined in a Magnetic Field Gradient
Hiroyuki HIGAKI, Kiyokazu ITO and Hiromi OKAMOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 029 (2010) <Published on 20 Aug. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Optics Design for Microwave Imaging Reflectometry in LHD
Tomokazu YOSHINAGA, Yoshio NAGAYAMA, Daisuke KUWAHARA, Hayato TSUCHIYA, Soichiro YAMAGUCHI, Yuichiro KOGI, Shunji TSUJI-IIO, Hitoshi HOJO and Atsushi MASE
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 030 (2010) <Published on 27 Aug. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Cross-scale Dynamo Action in Multiscale Plasma Turbulence
Jiquan LI and Yasuaki KISHIMOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 031 (2010) <Published on 27 Aug. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Correlation between Low-Frequency Fluctuations and Plasma Stored Energy in GAMMA 10
Yoshiaki MIYATA, Masayuki YOSHIKAWA, Fumiaki YAGUCHI, Makoto ICHIMURA, Tatsuya MURAKAMI and Tsuyoshi IMAI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 033 (2010) <Published on 27 Aug. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Demonstration for Inactivation of Zooplankton by Irradiation with a Pulsed Intense Relativistic Electron Beam
Hironobu KONDO, Hiroki TAKEHARA, Takashi KIKUCHI, Toru SASAKI, Go IMADA and Nob. HARADA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 036 (2010) <Published on 01 Oct. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Mechanism of Structure-Driven Nonlinear Instability of Double Tearing Mode in Reversed Magnetic Shear Plasmas
Miho JANVIER, Yasuaki KISHIMOTO and Jiquan LI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 038 (2010) <Published on 06 Oct. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Deepening of Floating Potential for Tungsten Target Plate on the way to Nanostructure Formation
Shuichi TAKAMURA, Takanori MIYAMOTO and Noriyasu OHNO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 039 (2010) <Published on 08 Oct. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Forced Magnetic Reconnection in Helical Plasmas
Seiya NISHIMURA, Yoshiro NARUSHIMA, Shinichiro TODA, Masatoshi YAGI, Kimitaka ITOH and Sanae -I. ITOH
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 040 (2010) <Published on 08 Oct. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Microscopic and Spectroscopic Observations of Plasma Generation in the Microwave Heating of Powder Material
Akihiro MATSUBARA, Kazuya NAKAYAMA, Shigeki OKAJIMA and Motoyasu SATO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 041 (2010) <Published on 04 Nov. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Real-Time Control of Beam Trajectories Using Digital Signal Processor for the Heavy Ion Beam Probe on the Large Helical Device
Shigetoshi NAKAMURA, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Takeshi IDO, Kazuo TOI, Masaki NISHIURA and LHD Experiment Group
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 043 (2010) <Published on 10 Nov. 2010>

Rapid Communications

Improved Resolution and Stability in a Dispersion Interferometer Using a Modulation Amplitude Ratio
Tsuyoshi AKIYAMA, Kazuo KAWAHATA, Shigeki OKAJIMA and Kazuya NAKAYAMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 047 (2010) <Published on 30 Nov. 2010>

Letters

A δf Drift-Kinetic Simulation for Off-Diagonal Neoclassical Transport Coefficients in Quasi-Symmetric Toroidal Configurations
Akinobu MATSUYAMA and Kiyoshi HANATANI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 005 (2010) <Published on 10 Feb. 2010>

Letters

Synthesis of Ammonia through Direct Chemical Reactions between an Atmospheric Nitrogen Plasma Jet and a Liquid
Yuusuke KUBOTA, Kazutaka KOGA, Masatomi OHNO and Tamio HARA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 042 (2010) <Published on 09 Nov. 2010>

Letters

Feasibility of a Multi-Pass Thomson Scattering System with Confocal Spherical Mirrors
Junichi HIRATSUKA, Akira EJIRI, Yuichi TAKASE and Takashi YAMAGUCHI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 044 (2010) <Published on 30 Nov. 2010>

Regular Articles

Collisional-Radiative Model for Spectroscopic Diagnostic of Optically Thick Helium Plasma
Keiji SAWADA, Yusuke YAMADA, Takamasa MIYACHIKA, Naomichi EZUMI, Atsushi IWAMAE and Motoshi GOTO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 001 (2010) <Published on 25 Jan. 2010>

Regular Articles

Magnetic Island Formation by External Cyclic Perturbation in Rotating and Non-rotating Plasmas
Yasutomo ISHII
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 002 (2010) <Published on 25 Jan. 2010>

Regular Articles

Effects of Plasma Resonance on Surface Waves in Axially Non-Uniform Plasmas
Hitoshi HOJO, Yasuyoshi YASAKA and Atsushi MASE
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 006 (2010) <Published on 10 Feb. 2010>

Regular Articles

Weibel Instability in a Bi-Maxwellian Laser Fusion Plasma
Abdelaziz SID, Abdennasser GHEZAL, Azzeddine SOUDANI and Mohamed BEKHOUCHE
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 007 (2010) <Published on 03 Mar. 2010>

Regular Articles

Flute-Mode Stability of Quadrupole-Anchored Tandem Mirror Plasmas
Hitoshi HOJO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 008 (2010) <Published on 24 Feb. 2010>

Regular Articles

Basic Study on the Generation of RF Plasmas in Premixed Oxy-combustion with Methane
Yugo OSAKA, Noriyuki KOBAYASHI, M. A. RAZZAK, Noriyasu OHNO, Shuichi TAKAMURA and Yoshihiko UESUGI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 010 (2010) <Published on 29 Mar. 2010>

Regular Articles

Theoretical Modeling of Transport Barriers in Helical Plasmas
Shinichiro TODA, Kimitaka ITOH and Nobuyoshi OHYABU
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 011 (2010) <Published on 29 Mar. 2010>

Regular Articles

Microscopic Deformation of Tungsten Surfaces by High Energy and High Flux Helium/Hydrogen Particle Bombardment with Short Pulses
Masayuki TOKITANI, Naoaki YOSHIDA, Kazutoshi TOKUNAGA, Hajime SAKAKITA, Satoru KIYAMA, Haruhisa KOGUCHI, Yoichi HIRANO and Suguru MASUZAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 012 (2010) <Published on 07 Apr. 2010>

Regular Articles

Formation, Spatiotemporal Dynamics, and Control of Structures in Weakly Developed Drift Wave Turbulence
Olaf GRULKE, Thomas WINDISCH, Christian BRANDT, Stefan ULLRICH and Thomas KLINGER
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 013 (2010) <Published on 12 May 2010>

Regular Articles

Development of a Lithium Beam Probe and Measurement of Density Pedestal in JT-60U
Atsushi KOJIMA, Kensaku KAMIYA, Takaaki FUJITA, Hirotaka KUBO, Harukazu IGUCHI, Naoyuki OYAMA, Takahiro SUZUKI, Yutaka KAMADA and the JT-60 Team
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 015 (2010) <Published on 28 Apr. 2010>

Regular Articles

Gyrokinetic Vlasov Code Including Full Three-dimensional Geometry of Experiments
Masanori NUNAMI, Tomo-Hiko WATANABE and Hideo SUGAMA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 016 (2010) <Published on 07 May 2010>

Regular Articles

Beyond the Intelligent-shell Concept: the Clean-mode-control for Tearing Perturbations
Paolo ZANCA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 017 (2010) <Published on 25 May 2010>

Regular Articles

Improved Open Boundary Model for Plasma Particle Simulations
Hiroki HASEGAWA and Tetsuya SATO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 020 (2010) <Published on 04 Jun. 2010>

Regular Articles

MHD Instabilities in Current Carrying Heliotron Plasmas
Goshi YAMADA, Yuji NAKAMURA and Katsumi KONDO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 021 (2010) <Published on 14 Jun. 2010>

Regular Articles

Change of Resonant Electron Orbits from Trapped to Passing in Fast Wave Current Drive
Kun YAO and Yanping ZHAO
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 025 (2010) <Published on 09 Jul. 2010>

Regular Articles

Kinetic Particle Simulation Study of Parallel Heat Transport in Scrape-off Layer Plasmas over a Wide Range of Collisionalities
Aaron FROESE, Tomonori TAKIZUKA and Masatoshi YAGI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 026 (2010) <Published on 02 Aug. 2010>

Regular Articles

Monte Carlo Study Based on a Real Coordinate System for Tangentially Injected High-Energy Particles in the Large Helical Device
Ryosuke SEKI, Yutaka MATSUMOTO, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Kiyomasa WATANABE, Kiyotaka HAMAMATSU and Masafumi ITAGAKI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 027 (2010) <Published on 02 Aug. 2010>

Regular Articles

Magnetic Axial Dependency of Hα Emission Location in Peripheral Plasmas of Large Helical Device as Determined by Plasma Polarization Spectroscopy
Atsushi IWAMAE, Atsushi SAKAUE, Nobuhiro NESHI, Jun YANAGIBAYASHI, Masahiro HASUO, Daisuke NAKAMURA, Keiji SAWADA, Motoshi GOTO and Shigeru MORITA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 032 (2010) <Published on 27 Aug. 2010>

Regular Articles

Studies of MHD Stability Using Data Mining Technique in Helical Plasmas
Satoshi YAMAMOTO, David PRETTY, Boyd BLACKWELL, Kazunobu NAGASAKI, Hiroyuki OKADA, Fumimichi SANO, Tohru MIZUUCHI, Shinji KOBAYASHI, Katsumi KONDO, Ruben JIMÉNEZ-GÓMEZ, Enrique ASCASÍBAR, Kazuo TOI and Satoshi OHDACHI
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 034 (2010) <Published on 01 Oct. 2010>

Regular Articles

Comparison of Au and Pt Foils for an Imaging Bolometer
Byron J. PETERSON, Evgeny A. DRAPIKO, Dongcheol SEO and Naoko ASHIKAWA
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 035 (2010) <Published on 01 Oct. 2010>

Regular Articles

Effect of Magnetic Island Associated with Neoclassical Tearing Modes on Plasma Rotation in JT-60U
Akihiko ISAYAMA, Go MATSUNAGA, Yasutomo ISHII, Yoshiteru SAKAMOTO, Shinichi MORIYAMA, Yutaka KAMADA, Takahisa OZEKI and the JT-60 team
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 037 (2010) <Published on 06 Oct. 2010>

Regular Articles

Relativistic Degeneracy Effect on Propagation of Arbitrary Amplitude Ion-Acoustic Solitons in Thomas-Fermi Plasmas
Abdolrasoul ESFANDYARI-KALEJAHI, Massoud AKBARI-MOGHANJOUGHI and Ehsan SABERIAN
Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 045 (2010) <Published on 25 Nov. 2010>