Y. Zhang, W. W. Heidbrink, H Boehmer, R. McWilliams, G. Chen, S. Vincena, T. Carter, D. Leneman, W. Gekelman, P. Pribyl, and B. Brugman, Spectral gap of shear Alfvén waves in a periodic array of magnetic mirrors , Phys. Plasmas, v15, 012103, (2008).
D. Leneman, Reflection of Alfvén waves from boundaries with different conductivities, Phys. Plasmas, v14, 122109, (2007).
B. Jacobs, W. Gekelman, P. Pribyl, M. Barnes, and M. Kilgore, Laser-induced fluorescence measurements in an inductively coupled plasma reactor, App. Phys. Lett., 91 161505, (2007.)
Y. Zhang, H. Boehmer, W. W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, D. Leneman, and S. Vincena, Lithium ion sources for investigations of fast ion transport in magnetized plasmas, Rev. Sci. Instrum, 78, 013302 (2007).
W. Gekelman, A. Collette, and S. Vincena , Three-dimensional current systems generated by plasmas colldiing in a background magnetoplasma , Phys. Plasmas, 14, 062109 (2007).
J.E. Maggs, T.A. Carter, and R.J. Taylor, Transition from Bohm to classical diffusion due to edge rotation of a cylindrical plasma, Phys. Plasmas, 14, 052507 (2007).
F.S. Tsung, G.J. Morales, and J. Tonge, Alfvénic phenomena triggered by resonant absorption of an O-mode pulse, Phys. Plasmas, 14, 042101, 2007.
W. Gekelman, J. Wise, P. Pribyl, R. Baker, W. Layton, J. Skrzypek, P. Niknejadi, R. Ransom, D. Lee, R. Zarinshesnas, T. Kim, R. Buck, E. Warfel, T. Tasoff, J. Carmona, S. Skolnik, L. Kim, D. Furlong, and N. Gibson, Ion acoustic wave experiments in a high school plasma physics laboratory, Am. J. Phys. 75 (2) 2007.
Y. Zhang, H. Boehmer, W.W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, D. Leneman, and S. Vincena, Lithium ion sources for investigations of fast ion transport in magnetized plasma, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 78, 013302, 2007.
V.A. Manasson, A. Avakian, A. Brailovsky,
W. Gekelman, A. Gigliotti, L. Giubbolinni, I. Gordion, M. Felman,
V. Khodos, V. Litvinov, P. Pribyl, L. Sadovnik, Time/Space-Probing
Interferometer for Plasma Diagnostics, Proceedings of
the 2006 Antenna Applications Symposium, Allerton Park, Monticello,
Illinois, Sept 20-22, 2006
P. Pribyl, W. Gekelman, M. Nakamoto, E. Lawrence, F. Chiang, J.
Stillman, J. Judy, N. Katz, P. Kintner, and P. Niknejadi, Debye
size microprobes for electric field measurements in laboratory
plasmas, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77, 073504 (2006) (8 pages)
S. Vincena and W. Gekelman, Drift-Alfven
wave mediated particle transport in an elongated density depression,
Physics of Plasmas, vol.13, no.6, June 2006, pp. 64503-1-4
G. J. Morales and J. E. Maggs, Differential
equation model of an Alfvén wave maser, Phys. Plasmas
13, 052109 (2006) (13 pages)
T.A. Carter, B. Brugman, P. Pribyl, and W. Lybarger, Laboratory Observation of a Nonlinear Interaction between Shear Alfven Waves, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 155001, 2006.
D. Leneman, W. Gekelman, and J. Maggs,
The plasma source of the Large
Plasma Device at University of California, Los Angeles, Rev.
Sci. Instrum., 77, 015108 , 2006
T.A. Carter, Intermittent
turbulence and turbulent structures in a linear magnetized plasma,
Phys. Plasmas, 13, 010701-1 , 2006
B. Van Compernolle, W. Gekelman and P. Pribyl, Generation of suprathermal electrons and Alfvén waves by a high power pulse at the electron plasma frequency, Physics of Plasmas, vol 13, 092112, 2006.
B. Van Compernolle, W. Gekelman,
P. Pribyl, T. Carter, Generation
of Alfvén waves by a high power pulse at the electron plasma
frequency, Geo. Phys. Res. Letts. , 32, L08101, 2005
N. Palmer, W. Gekelman, and S. Vincena,
Measurement of Ion
Motion in a Shear Alfvén Wave, Phys. Plasmas 12, 072102 (2005).
L. Zhao, W. W. Heidbrink, H. Boehmer,
R. McWilliams, D. Leneman, and S. Vincena, Measurements
of classical transport of fast ions, Phys. Plasmas 12, 052108 (2005).
S. Vincena and W. Gekelman, Visualizing
shear Alfvén wave currents near the ion-cyclotron frequency,
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., pp 552, v33, n2, (2005).
W. Gekelman and S. Vincena, Imaging
complex three-dimensional Alfvén wave currents, Phys. Plasmas,
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., pp 546, v33, n2, (2005).
W. Horton, J. Perez, T. Carter, and
R. Bengtson, Vorticity
probes and the characterization of vortices in the Kelvin-Helmholtz
instability in the large plasma device experiment, Phys. Plasmas,
v12, n2, (2005).
J. Maggs, G. Morales, and T. Carter,
An Alfvén wave
maser in the laboratory, Phys. Plasmas, v12, n1, (2005).
Tsung FS, Tonge JW, Morales GJ.,
Particle simulation of Alfven
waves excited at a boundary, Physics of Plasmas, vol.12, no.1,
Jan. 2005, pp. 12508-1-11
S. Vincena, W. Gekelman, and J. Maggs,
Shear Alfvén wave perpendicular
propagation from the kinetic to the inertial regime, Phys.
Rev. Lett, v93 n10, 2004. Experimental verification of
the zero perpendicular group velocity turning point for Alfvén
waves with a parallel phase speed near the electron thermal speed.
H. Boehmer, D. Edrich, W. Heidbrink,
R. McWilliams, L. Zhao, and D. Leneman, Operation
of a 0.2-1.1 keV ion source within a magnetized laboratory plasma,
Rev. Sci. Instr., v75, n4, (2004).
P. Pribyl and W. Gekelman, 24kA
solid state switch for plasma discharge experiments, Rev.
Sci. Instr., v75, n3, (2004).
R. Boswell, Cosmic
Waves in the Lab, Nature, 25, 352, (2003) {review of the Alfvén
wave maser}
Tsung FS, Morales GJ, Leboeuf JN.
Dynamics of a supersonic
plume moving along a magnetized plasma, Physical Review Letters,
vol.90, no.5, 7 Feb. 2003, pp. 0550041-4
Morales GJ, Tsung FS, Leboeuf JN.
Dynamics of a supersonic plume moving along a magnetized plasma.
AIP Conference Proceedings, no.669, 2003, pp. 749-5
W. Gekelman, M. Van Zeeland, S. Vincena,
P. Pribyl, Laboratory
Experiments of Alfvén waves caused by rapidly
expanding plasmas and their relationship to space phenomena,
J. Geophys. Res. 108, SMP-8-1 (2003)
J. Maggs and G. Morales, Magnetic
fluctuations of a large nonuniform plasma column, Phys. Plasmas,
v10, n6, (2003).
J. Maggs and G. Morales, Laboratory
realization of an Alfvén wave maser, Phys. Rev. Lett., v91,
n3, (2003).
C. Kletzing, S. Bounds, J. Martin-Hiner,
W. Gekelman, C. Mitchell, Measurements
of the shear Alfven wave dispersion
for finite perpendiular wave number, Phys. Rev. Lett, 90
(2003). A novel antenna is used to launch Alfven waves with small
perpendicular (to B ) wavelengths.
M. Van Zeeland, W. Gekelman, S. Vincena,
J. Maggs, Currents and
shear Alfven radiation generated by an expanding
laser-produced plasma: perpendicular incidence , Phys. Plasmas,
10, 1243, (2003)
W. Gekelman, LAPTAG-
A Physics Outreach Program at UCLA, APS news Oct (2002)
C. Mitchell, J. Maggs, W. Gekelman,
Field line resonances in
a cylindrical Plasma, Phys. Plasmas, 9, 2909, (2002).
Experiment on Alfven field line resonances and comparison with
theory.
S. Rosenberg, W. Gekelman, A
three dimensional experimental study of lower hybrid wave interactions
with field aligned density depletions, Jour. Geophys. Res.,
106, 28,867 (2001). Experimental study of an ionospheric
phenomena
D, Leneman, W. Gekelman, A
novel angular motion feedthrough, Rev. Sci. Instrum, 72,
3473, (2001)
S. Vincena, W. Gekelman, and J. Maggs,
Shear Alfvén
waves in a magnetic beach and the roles of electron and ion damping.
Phys. Plasmas, v8, n9, Sept., 2001.
M. VanZeeland, W.Gekelman, S. Vincena,
and G. Dimonte, Production
of Alfvén Waves by a Rapidly Expanding Dense Plasma,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2001.
T. Drozdenko, G.J. Morales,
Effect of Cross Field Flow on inertial Alfvén waves of
small transverse scale length, Phys. Plasmas, 8, 3177, (2001)
T. Drozdenko, G.J. Morales,
Nonlinear effects
resulting from the interaction of large-scale Alfvén wave
with a density filament, Phys. Plasmas, 8, 3265 (2001)
Mitchell, C.; Vincena, S.; Maggs,
J.; Gekelman, W. Laboratory
observation of Alfvén resonance. Geophysical Research
Letters, vol.28, (no.5), American Geophys. Union, 1 March 2001.
p.923-6.
S. Rosenberg and W.Gekelman, A
three-dimensional experimental study of lower hybrid wave interactions
with field-aligned density depletion.Geophys. Res. Lett,
27, 859-862 (2000)
Experimental Measurements of Large
Amplitude Shear Waves and corresponding density perturbations,
includes LIF measurements. W.Gekelman, S. Vincena, N. Palmer,
P. Pribyl, D. Leneman, C. Mitchell, J. Maggs, Experimental
Measurements of the Propagation of large-amplitude shear Alfvén
waves, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 42, B15-B26 (2000)
T. Drozdenko, G.J. Morales,
Interaction of a Shear Alfvén wave with a filamentary density
perturbation in a low beta plasma, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 823,
(2000)
Burke AT, Maggs JE, Morales GJ. Experimental
study of fluctuations excited by a narrow temperature filament
in a magnetized plasma. [Journal Paper] Physics of Plasmas,
vol.7, no.5, May 2000, pp. 1397-407
Burke AT, Maggs JE, Morales GJ. Experimental
study of classical heat transport in a magnetized plasma.
[Journal Paper] Physics of Plasmas, vol.7, no.2, Feb. 2000, pp.
544-53.
Study of Fluctuations that spontaneously
develop in a skin depth size temperature filament, A.T. Burke,
J. Maggs, G. Morales, Spontaneous
Fluctuations of a Temperature Filament in a Magnetized Plasma,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, 1451 (2000)
Penano JR, Morales GJ, Maggs JE.
Drift-Alfvén fluctuations
associated with a narrow pressure striation. [Journal Paper]
Physics of Plasmas, vol.7, no.1, Jan. 2000, pp. 144-57
Observations of kinetic and inertial
shear Alfvén waves: D. Leneman, W. Gekelman, and J. Maggs,
Laboratory
Observations of Shear Alfvén Waves Launched from a Small
Source, Phys. Rev. Letters, 82, 2673-2676 (1999).
A review paper on Alfvén wave
experiments over the years: W. Gekelman, Review
of laboratory experiments on Alfvén waves and their relationship
to space observations, Jour. Geophys. Res., 104,14,14,417-14,435
(1999)
S. Vincena, W. Gekelman, 3D
Observations of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Wave Propagation
in a Laboratory Plasma Column,Ú IEEE Transactions on Plasma
Science, 27 (1) ,1999
An atomic model for a helium d.c.
discharge using the Los Alamos suite of atomic physics codes was
used to calculate the density and temperature in the LAPD device.
The results were compared with experimental data in: J. Abdalllah
Jr., N. Palmer, W. Gekelman, J. Maggs, and R.E.H. Clark, Time-dependent
kinetics model for a helium discharge plasma, J. Phys. B:
At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 32 1001-1008 (1999)
Morales GJ, Maggs JE, Burke AT, Penano
JR. Alfvenic turbulence
associated with density and temperature filaments. [Conference
Paper; Journal Paper] IOP Publishing. Plasma Physics and Controlled
Fusion, vol.41, suppl.3A, March 1999, pp. A519-29. UK.
Using military flight simulation
techniques to view large plasma physics data sets: C. Mitchell,
W. Gekelman, Real-time
physics data-visualization system using Performer, Computers
in Physics 12, 371 Jul/Aug 1998
Measurement of the electric field
of whistler and lower hybrid waves at a density striation: S.
Rosenberg, W.Gekelman, Electric
Field Measurements of directly converted lower hybrid waves at
a density striation, Geophys. Res. Letts., 25, 865 (1998)
A.T. Burke, J.E. Maggs and G.J. Morales,
Observation
of Simultaneous Axial and Transverse Classical Heat Transport
in a Magnetized Plasma, Phys. Rev. Letters, 81, 3659 (1998)
A thorough review of the properties
of Alfvén wave cones in the context of space plasmas illustrating
their three dimensional propagation and interference effects has
been published and may be downloaded. W. Gekelman, S. Vincena,
D. Leneman, J. Maggs, Laboratory
Experiments on shear Alfvén waves and their relationship
to space plasmas, Jour. of Geophys. Res., 102, 7225-7236 (1997)
Morales GJ, Maggs JE. Structure
of kinetic Alfven waves with small transverse scale length,
Physics of Plasmas, vol.4, no.11, Nov. 1997, pp. 4118-25
Maggs JE, Morales GJ, Gekelman W.,
Laboratory studies
of field-aligned density striations and their relationship to
auroral processes, Physics of Plasmas, vol.4, no.5, pt.2,
May 1997, pp. 1881-8
Penano JR, Morales GJ, Maggs JE.
Properties of drift
waves in a filamentary density depletion, Physics of Plasmas,
vol.4, no.3, March 1997, pp. 555-65
The three dimensional current structure
of Alfvén wave cones is presented in: W. Gekelman, S. Vincena,
D. Leneman, Experimental
Observations of Shear Alfvén waves generated by narrow
current channels, Plasma Phys. and Control. Fusion, 39, A101-A112
(1997)
Maggs JE, Morales GJ. Fluctuations
associated with a filamentary density depletion, Physics of
Plasmas, vol.4, no.2, Feb. 1997, pp. 290-9
Maggs JE, Morales GJ. Magnetic
fluctuations associated with field-aligned striations. [Journal
Paper] Geophysical Research Letters, vol.23, no.6, 15 March 1996,
pp. 633-6. Publisher: American Geophys. Union, USA.
Laboratory study of the interaction
of a whistler wave with a density striation showing its direct
conversion to lower-hybrid waves: J.F. Bamber, J.E. Maggs, and
W. Gekelman, Whistler
Wave Interaction with a Density Striation: A Laboratory Investigation
of an Auroral Process, Jour. of Geophys. Res., 100, 23795-23810
(1995)
Morales GJ, Loritsch RS, Maggs JE.
Properties of Alfven waves with transverse scale on the order
of the skin-depth. [Conference Paper] 1994 International Conference
on Plasma Physics. Joint Conference of the 10th Kiev International
Conference on Plasma Theory, 10th International Congress on Waves
and Instabilities in Plasmas, Combined with 6th Latin American
Workshop on Plasma Physics. Proceedings . INPE. Part vol.3, 1994,
pp. 189-92 vol.3. Sao Jose des Campos, Brazil.
Morales GJ, Loritsch RS, Maggs JE.,
Structure of Alfven waves
at the skin-depth scale, Physics of Plasmas, vol.1, no.12,
Dec. 1994, pp. 3765-74.
W. Gekelman, D. Leneman, J. Maggs,
S. Vincena, Experimental
Observation of Alfven wave cones, Phys. Plasmas, 1,
3775 (1994). Alfven waves geberated by narrow, fluctuating current
channels.
Srivastava S, Morales GJ, Maggs JE.,
Nonlinear Landau damping
of resonantly excited fields in nonuniform plasmas, Physics
of Plasmas, vol.1, no.3, March 1994, pp. 567-78.
Presentations:
APS-DPP
distinguished lecture by Walter Gekelman. Given in 1999-2000