Papers

Published Journal Papers

Physics

• "Observation of flat electron temperature profile in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment." D. P. Boyle, R. Majeski, J. C. Schmitt, C. Hansen, R. Kaita, S. Kubota, M. Lucia, and T. D. Rognlien, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 015001 (2017)
• "Results and future plans of the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX)." J. C. Schmitt, T. Abrams, L. R. Baylor, L. Berzak Hopkins, T. Biewer, D. Bohler, D. Boyle, E. Granstedt, T. Gray, J. Hare, C. M. Jacobson, M. Jaworski, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, B. LeBlanc, D. P. Lundberg, M. Lucia, R. Maingi, R. Majeski, E. Merino, A. Ryou, E. Shi, J. Squire, D. Stotler, C. E. Thomas, K. Tritz, L. Zakharov, J. Nucl. Mater. 438, S1096 (2013).
• "Particle control and plasma performance in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment." R. Majeski, T. Abrams, D. Boyle, E. Granstedt, J. Hare, C. M. Jacobson, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, B. LeBlanc, D. P. Lundberg, M. Lucia, E. Merino, J. Schmitt, D. Stotler, T. M. Biewer, J. M. Canik, T. K. Gray, R. Maingi, A. G. McLean, S. Kubota, W. A. Peebles, P. Beiersdorfer, J. H. T. Clementson, and K. Tritz, Phys. Plasmas 20, 056103 (2013).
• "Plasma equilibrium reconstructions in the lithium tokamak experiment." L. Berzak Hopkins, J. Menard, R Majeski, D.P. Lundberg, E. Granstedt, C. Jacobson, R. Kaita, T. Kozub and L. Zakharov, Nucl. Fusion 52, 063025 (2012).

Engineering

• "Experiments with liquid metal walls: Status of the lithium tokamak experiment." Robert Kaita, Laura Berzak, Dennis Boyle, Timothy Gray, Erik Granstedt, Gregory Hammett, Craig M. Jacobson, Andrew Jones, Thomas Kozub, Henry Kugel, Benoit Leblanc, Nicholas Logan, Matthew Lucia, Daniel Lundberg, Richard Majeski, Dennis Mansfield, Jonathan Menard, Jeffrey Spaleta, Trevor Strickler, John Timberlake, Jongsoo Yoo, L. Zakharov, Rajesh Maingi, Vlad Soukhanovskii, Kevin Tritz, Sophia Gershman, Fus. Eng. Des. 85, 6, 874 (2010).
• "The impact of lithium wall coatings on NSTX discharges and the engineering of the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX)." R. Majeski, H. Kugel, R. Kaita, S. Avasarala, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, L. Berzak, P. Beiersdorfer, S.P. Gerhardt, E. Granstedt, T. Gray, C. Jacobson, J. Kallman, S. Kaye, T. Kozub, B.P. LeBlanc, J. Lepson, D.P. Lundberg, R. Maingi, D. Mansfield, S.F. Paul, G.V. Pereverzev, H. Schneider, V. Soukhanovskii, T. Strickler, D. Stotler, J. Timberlake, L.E. Zakharov, The NSTX and LTX Research Teams, Fus. Eng. Des. 85 7-9, 1283 (2010).
• "Lithium Operations on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment." T. Kozub, R. Majeski, R. Kaita, E. Granstedt, C. Jacobson, D. Lundberg, J. Timberlake, 2011 IEEE/NPSS 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE).
• "Magnetic Perturbation Diagnostics in the High-Temperature, Lithiated Environment of LTX-β." P.E. Hughes, R. Majeski, R. Kaita, T. Kozub, C. Hansen, and D. P. Boyle, Rev. Sci. Inst. 89, 10J104 (2018)

Theses

• Anurag Maan, 2019.
• Measurements of impurity concentrations and transport in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment. Dennis Boyle, 2016
• Material Surface Characteristics and Plasma Performance in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment. Matt Lucia, 2015.
• Electron transport in plasmas with lithium-coated plasma-facing components. Craig Jacobson, 2014.
• The Low-Recycling Lithium Boundary and Implications for Plasma Transport. Erik Granstedt, 2013.
• Fueling studies on the lithium tokamak experiment. Daniel Lundberg, 2012.
• Plasma start-up in a spherical tokamak with close-fitting conducting walls. Laura Berzak, 2010.

Group Reports

• Jan. 2020 Notable Report
• March 2019 Notable Report