Erik P. Gilson
Principal Research Physicist
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Refereed Publications
2023
- A Reduced-Turbulence Regime in the Large Helical Device Upon Injection of Low-Z Materials Powders, Nespoli F., Tanaka K.,Masukazi S., Ashikawa N., Shoji M., Gilson E. P., Lunsford R., Oishi T., Ida K., Yoshinuma M., Takemura Y., Suzuki C., Nagy A., Bortolon A., Pablant N. A., Mollen A., Tamura N., Gates D. A., Morisaki T., Nuclear Fusion 63 076001 (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/acd465
2022
- Experimental study on boron distribution and transport at plasma-facing components during impurity powder dropping in the Large Helical Device, Kawate T., Ashikawa N., Goto M., Oishi T., Kawamoto Y, Toyoda H., Shoji M., Kawamura G., Masuzaki S., Nespoli F., Gilson E. P., Lunsford R., Suzuki C., Nagy A., Gates D., Nuclear Fusion 62 126052 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac9ac6
- Real-time wall conditioning and recycling modification utilizing boron and boron nitride powder injections into the Large Helical Device, Lunsford R., Masuzaki S., Nespoli F., Ashikawa N., Gilson E. P., Gates D. A., Ida K., Kawamura G., Morisaki T., Nagy A., Oishi T., Shoji M., Nuclear Fusion 8 086021 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac6ff5
- DIII-D research advancing the physics basis for optimizing the tokamak approach to fusion energy, M. E. Fenstermacher et al., Nuclear Fusion62, 042024 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac2ff2
- Observation of axisymmetric standard magnetorotational instability in the laboratory, Yin Wang, Erik P. Gilson, Fatima Ebrahimi, Jeremy Goodman, and Hantao Ji, Physical Review Letters 129 115001 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.115001
- Identification of a non-axisymmetric mode in laboratory experiments searching for standard magnetorotational instability, Yin Wang, Erik Gilson, Fatima Ebrahimi, Jeremy Goodman, Kyle Caspary, Himawan Winarto, and Hantao Ji, Nature Communications 13, 4679 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32278-0
- Observation of a Reduced-Turbulence Regime with Boron Powder Injection in a Stellarator, F. Nespoli, S. Masuzaki, K. Tanaka, N. Ashikawa, M. Shoji, E. P. Gilson, R. Lunsford, T. Oishi, K. Ida, M. Yoshinuma, Y. Takemura, T. Kinoshita, G. Motojima, N. Kenmochi, G. Kawamura, C. Suzuki, A. Nagy, A. Bortolon, N. A. Pablant, A. Mollen, N. Tamura, D. A. Gates and T. Morisaki, Nature Physics 18, 350 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01460-4
2021
- Wall Conditioning and ELM Mitigation with Boron Nitride Powder Injection in KSTAR, E. P. Gilson, H. H. Lee, A. Bortolon, W. Choe, A. Diallo, S. H. Hong, H. M. Lee, J. Lee, R. Maingi, D. K. Mansfield, A. Nagy, S. H. Park, I. W. Song, J. I. Song, S. W. Yun, S. W. Yoon, R. Nazikian, Nuclear Materials and Energy 28, 101043 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2021.101043
- Type-I ELM mitigation by continuous lithium granule gravitational injection into the upper tungsten divertor in EAST Z. Sun, Y. Z. Qian, R. Maingi, Y. F. Wang, Y. M. Wang, A. Nagy, K. Tritz, R. Lunsford, E. Gilson, G. Z. Zuo, W. Xu, M. Huang, X. C. Meng, D. K. Mansfield, Q. Zang, X. Zhu, X. Lin, H. Q. Liu, Y. M. Duan, L. Zhang, B. Lyu, Y. Liu, L. Wang, A. Bortolon, G. S. Xu, X. Z. Gong, J. S. Hu, and the EAST team Nuclear Fusion 61, 06022 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/abf855
- Generation of mean flows in rotating anisotropic turbulence: The case of solar near-surface shear layer, A. Barekat, M. J. Käpylä, P. J. Käpylä, E. P. Gilson, H. Ji, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 655, A79 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202040052
- Line Identification of Boron and Nitrogen Emissions in EUV and VUV Wavelength Ranges in the Impurity Powder Dropping Experiments of LHD and its Application to Spectroscopic Diagnostics, Tetsutarou OISHI (大石鉄太郎), Naoko ASHIKAWA (芦川直子), Federico NESPOLI, Suguru MASUZAKI (増崎貴), Mamoru SHOJI (庄司主), Erik P. GILSON, Robert LUNSFORD, Shigeru MORITA (森田繁), Motoshi GOTO (後藤基志), Yasuko KAWAMOTO (川本靖子), Chihiro SUZUKI (鈴木千尋), Zhen SUN (孙震), Alex NAGY, David A. GATES, and Tomohiro MORISAKI (森崎友宏) Plasma Science and Technology 23, 084002 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-6272/abfd88
2020
- First impurity powder injection experiments in LHD, F. Nespoli, N. Ashikawa, E. P. Gilson, R. Lunsford, S. Masuzaki, M. Shoji, T. Oishi, C. Suzuki, A. Nagy, A. Mollen, N. A. Pablant, K. Ida, M. Yoshinuma, N. Tamura, D. A. Gates, T. Morisaki, the LHD experiment group, Nuclear Materials and Energy 25, 100842 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2020.100842
- ELM Suppression by Boron Powder Injection and Comparison with Lithium Powder Injection on EAST, R. Maingi, J. S. Hu, Z. Sun, A. Diallo, K. Tritz, Y. Z. Qian, W. Xu, G. Z. Zuo, C. L. Li, M. Huang, Y. Ye, A. Bortolon, E. P. Gilson, R. Lunsford, D. K. Mansfield, A. Nagy, J. P. Qian, X. Z. Gong, and the EAST team, Journal of Fusion Energy 39, 429 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-020-00256-3
- Observations of Wall Conditioning by Means of Boron Powder Injection in DIII D H-mode Plasmas, A. Bortolon, R. Maingi, A. Nagy, J. Ren, J. Duran, A. Maan, D. Donovan, J. Boedo, D. Rudakov, A. Hyatt, T. Wilks, M. Shafer, C. Samuell, M. Fenstermacher, E. Gilson, R. Lunsford, D. Mansfield, T. Abrams, R. Nazikian, Nuclear Fusion 60, 126010 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/abaf31
- Parameter Space Mapping of the Princeton Magnetorotational Instability Experiment, H. W. Winarto, H. Ji, J. Goodman, F. Ebrahimi, E. P. Gilson, Y. Wang, Physical Review E 102, 023113 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.023113
- Overview of Lithium Injection and Flowing Liquid Lithium Results from the US-China Collaboration on EAST, D. Andruczyk, R. Maingi, J. S. Hu, G. Z. Zuo, R. Rizkallah, M. Parsons, A. Shone, D. O'Dea, A. Kapat, M. Szott, S. Stemmley, Z. Sun, W. Xu, X. C. Meng, R. Lunsford, E. P. Gilson, A. Diallo, K. Tritz and the EAST team, Physica Scripta 2020, 014067 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ab6ce1
2019
- Full‐Torus Impurity Transport Simulation for Optimizing Plasma Discharge Operation Using a Multi‐Species Impurity Powder Dropper in the Large Helical Device, M. Shoji, G. Kawamura, R. Smirnov, Y. Tanaka, S. Masuzaki, Y. Uesugi, N. Ashikawa, E. Gilson, R. Lunsford, Contributions to Plasma Physics, 201900101 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.201900101
- Nonaxisymmetric Simulations of the Princeton Magnetorotational Instability Experiment with Insulating and Conducting Axial Boundaries, D. Choi, F. Ebrahimi, K. J. Caspary, E. P. Gilson, J. Goodman, H. Ji, Physical Review E 100, 033116 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.033116
- Deuterium Pellet Fueling in Type-III ELMy H-mode Plasmas on EAST Superconducting Tokamak, J. Hou, J. Hu, Y. Chen, Y. Wang, Q. Zang, J. Xu, H. Liu, K. Tritz, E. Gilson, X. Yuan, Z. Sun, R. Maingi, H. Zhao, J. Li Fusion Engineering and Design 145, 79 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.05.038
- Turbulence and Jet-Driven Zonal Flows: Secondary Circulation in Rotating Fluids Due to Asymmetric Forcing, M.  J. Burin, K. J. Caspary, E. M. Edlund, R. Ezeta, E. P. Gilson, H. Ji, M. McNulty, J. Squire, and G. R. Tynan, Physical Review E 99, 023108 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.023108
- A Horizontal Powder Injector for W7-X, A. Nagy, A. Bortolon, D. Gates, E. Gilson, C. Killer, T. Klinger, R. Lunsford, R. Maingi, D. Mansfield, D .Mauzey, R. Nazikian, L. Roquemore, E. Wolfe, Fusion Engineering and Design 146, 1403 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.12.099
- Experimental Confirmation of the Standard Magnetorotational Instability Mechanism with a Spring-Mass Analogue, D. M. H. Hung, E. G. Blackman, K. J. Caspary, E. P. Gilson, H. Ji, Communications Physics 2, 7 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-018-0103-7
2018
- A Multispecies Powder Dropper for Magnetic Fusion Applications, A. Nagy, A. Bortolon, D. M. Mauzey, E. Wolfe, E. P. Gilson, R. Lunsford, R. Maingi, D. K. Mansfield, R. Nazikian, A. L. Roquemore, Review of Scientific Instruments 89, 10K121 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5039345
- Design and Implementation of a Thomson Parabola for Fluence Dependent Energy-Loss Measurements at the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment, F. Treffert, Q. Ji, P. A. Seidl, A. Persaud, B. Ludewigt, J. J. Barnard, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, E. P. Gilson, I. D. Kaganovich, M. Roth, T. Schenkel Review of Scientific Instruments 89, 103302 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5030541
- Effects of Axial Boundary Conditions on a Free Stewartson-Shercliff Layer, K. J. Caspary, D. Choi, F. Ebrahimi, E. P. Gilson, J. Goodman, and H. Ji, Physical Review E 97, 063110 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.063110
- Optimizing Beam Transport in Rapidly Compressing Beams on the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment–II, A. D. Stepanov, J. J. Barnard, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, D. P. Grote, Q. Ji, I. D. Kaganovich, A. Persaud, P. A. Seidl, and T. Schenkel, Matter and Radiation at Extremes 3, 78, (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mre.2018.01.001
- Preface to Special Topic: Collective Effects in Particle Beams and Nonneutral Plasmas, E. P. Gilson and H. Qin, Physics of Plasmas 25, 011501 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5022977
2017
- Irradiation of Materials with Short, Intense Ion Pulses in NDCX II, P. A. Seidl, J. J. Barnard, E. Feinberg, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, D. P. Grote, Q. Ji, I. D. Kaganovich, B. Ludewigt, A. Persaud, F. Treffert, W. L. Waldron, M. Zimmer, and T. Schenkel, Laser and Particle Beams 35, 373 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034617000295
- Study on Thermal Mixing of MHD Liquid Metal Free-Surface Film Flow, K. Kusumi, T. Kunugi, T. Yokomine, Z. Kawara, E. Koleman, H. Ji, and E. P. Gilson, Fusion Science and Technology 72, 796 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1347457
2016
- Numerical Simulations of the Princeton Magnetorotational Instability Experiment with Conducting Axial Boundaries, Xing Wei, Hantao Ji, Jeremy Goodman, Fatima Ebrahimi, Erik Gilson, Frank Jenko, Karl Lackner, Physical Review E 62, 063107 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.063107
- Study on Thermal Mixing of Liquid–Metal Free-Surface Flow by Obstacles Installed at the Bottom of a Channel, Koji Kusumi, Tomoaki Kunugi, Takehiko Yokomine, Zensaku Kawara, Jesus A. Hinojosa, Egemen Kolemen, Hantao Ji, Erik Gilson, Fusion Engineering and Design 109-111, 1193 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.12.055
- Lithium Granule Ablation and Penetration During ELM Pacing Experiments at DIII-D, R. Lunsford, A. Bortolon, A. L. Roquemore, D. K. Mansfield, A. Nagy, R. Maingi, P. B. Parks, G. Jackson, E. Gilson, C. P. Chrobak, Fusion Engineering and Design 112, 621 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.04.041
- Dynamics of Ion Beam Charge Neutralization by Ferroelectric Plasma Sources, A. D. Stepanov, E. P. Gilson, L. R. Grisham, I. D. Kaganovich, R. C. Davidson, Physics of Plasmas 23, 043113 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4947562
- High Frequency Pacing of Edge Localized Modes by Injection of Lithium Granules in DIII‑D H‑mode
Discharges, A. Bortolon, R. Maingi, D. K. Mansfield, A. Nagy, A. L. Roquemore, L. R. Baylor, N. Commaux, G. L. Jackson, E. P. Gilson, R. Lunsford, P. B. Parks, C. Chrystal, B. A. Grierson, R. Groebner, S. R. Haskey, M. J. Makowski, C. J. Lasnier, R. Nazikian, T. Osborne, D. Shiraki, M. A. Van Zeeland, Nuclear Fusion 56, 056008 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/56/5/056008
2015
- Short Intense Ion Pulses for Materials and Warm Dense Matter Research, P. A. Seidl, A. Persaud, W. L. Waldron, J. J.Barnard, R. C. Davidson, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, W. G. Greenway, D. P. Grote, I. D. Kaganovich, S. M. Lidia, M. Stettler, J. H. Takakuwa, T. Schenkel, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 800, 98 (2015).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.013
2014
- The NDCX‑II Engineering Design, W. L. Waldron, W. J. Abraham, D. Arbelaez, A. Friedman, J. E. Gavin, E. P. Gilson, W. G. Greenway, D. P. Grote, J.-Y. Jung, J. W. Kwan, M. Leitner, S. M. Lidia, T. M. Lipton, L. L. Reginato, M. J. Regis, P. K. Roy, W. M. Sharp, M. W. Stettler, J. H. Takakuwa, J. Volmering, V. K. Vytla, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 733, 226 (2014).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.063
- Studies of Electrical Breakdown Processes Across Vacuum Gaps Between Metallic Electrodes, L. R. Grisham, A. Von Halle, A. F. Carpe, Guy Rossi, K. R. Gilton, E. D. McBride, E. P. Gilson, A. Stepanov, T. N. Stevenson, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 733, 168 (2014).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.079
- Ferroelectric Plasma Sources for NDCX‑II and Heavy Ion Drivers, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, I. D. Kaganovich, J. W. Kwan, S. M. Lidia, P. A. Ni, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, W. L. Waldron, J. J. Barnard, A. Friedman, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 733, 75 (2014).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.091
2013
- Analysis of Continuously Rotating Quadrupole Focusing Channels Using Generalized Courant-Snyder Theory, M. Chung, H. Qin, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, Physics of Plasmas 20, 083121 (2013).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4819830
- Excitation of Transverse Dipole and Quadrupole Modes in a Pure Ion Plasma in a Linear Paul Trap to Study Collective Processes in Intense Beams, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski, E. A. Startsev, H. Wang, S. Koppell, M. Talley, Physics of Plasmas 20, 055706 (2013).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804408
2012
- Exploratory Test of Utility of Magnetic Insulation for Electrostatic Accelerators, L. R. Grisham, A. von Halle, A. F. Carpe, G. Rossi, K. R. Gilton, E. D. McBride, E. P. Gilson, A. Stepanov, T. N. Stevenson, Physics of Plasmas 19, 023107 (2012).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3683554
- Plasma Source Development for the NDCX‑I and NDCX‑II Neutralized Drift Compression Experiments, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, J. Z. Gleizer, I. D. Kaganovich, Ya. E. Krasik, Laser and Particle Beams 30, 435 (2012).
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034612000328
2010
- Experimental Program for the Princeton Ion Source Test Facility, , L. R. Grisham, E. P. Gilson, I. D. Kaganovich, J. W. Kwan, A. Stepanov, Laser and Particle Beams 28, 571 (2010).
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034610000637
- Beam Dynamics of the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment-II, A Novel Pulse-Compressing Ion Accelerator, A. Friedman, J. J. Barnard, R. H. Cohen, D. P. Grote, S. M. Lund, W. M. Sharp, A. Faltens, E. Henestroza, J.-Y. Jung, J. W. Kwan, M. A. Leitner, B. G. Logan, J.-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, E. P. Gilson, I. D. Kaganovich, Physics of Plasmas 17, 056704 (2010).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292634
- Studies of Emittance Growth and Halo Particle Production in Intense Charged Particle Beams Using the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, , E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P. C. Efthimion, M. S. Gutierrez, A. N. Kabcenell, R. Majeski, Physics of Plasmas 17, 056707 (2010).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3354109
2009
- Experimental Investigation of Random Noise-Induced Beam Degradation in High-Intensity Accelerators Using a Linear Paul Trap, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Accelerators and Beams 12, 054203 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.12.054203
- Use of a Linear Paul Trap to Study Random Noise-Induced Beam Degradation in High-Intensity Accelerators, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physical Review Letters 102, 145003 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.102.145003
- Recent Advances in the Physics of Collective Excitations in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment,E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P. C. Efthimion, A. B. Godbehere, R. Majeski, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 48 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.078
- Long Plasma Source For Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization,P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, and R. C. Davidson, B. G. Logan, P. A. Seidl, and W. Waldron, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 124 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.096
- A Space-Charge Neutralizing Plasma for Beam Drift-Compression Experiments,P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, A. Anders, J. E. Coleman, E. P. Gilson, D. P. Grote, J. Y. Jung, M. Leitner, S. Lidia, B. G. Logan, A. B. Sefkow, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welch, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 22 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.228
- Progress in Beam Focusing and Compression for Warm Dense Matter Experiments,P. A. Seidl, A. Anders, R. H. Cohen, J. E. Coleman, M. Dorf, E. P. Gilson, D. P. Grote, J. Y. Jung, M. Leitner, S. M. Lidia, B. G. Logan, P. K. Roy, A. B. Sefkow, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welch, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 75 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.254
- Simulations and Experiments of Intense Ion Beam Current Density Compression in Space and Time, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, E. P. Gilson, I. D. Kaganovich, A. Anders, J. E. Coleman, M. Leitner, S. M. Lidia, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, and D. R. Welch, Physics of Plasmas 16, 056701 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3078424
2008
- Advanced Plasma Flow Simulations of Cathodic-Arc and Ferroelectric Plasma Sources for Neutralized Drift Compression Experiments, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, and E. P. Gilson, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 11, 070101 (2008).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.11.070101
- Source-to-Target Simulation of Simultaneous Longitudinal and Transverse Focusing of Heavy Ion Beams, D. R. Welch, J. E. Coleman, P. A. Seidl, P. K. Roy, E. Henestroza, E. P. Lee, A. B. Sefkow, E. P. Gilson, T. C. Genoni, and D. V. Rose, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 11, 064701(2008).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.11.064701
2007
- Recent US Advances in Ion-Beam-Driven High Energy Density Physics and Heavy Ion Fusion, B. G. Logan, F. M. Bieniosek, C. M. Celata, J. Coleman, W. Greenway, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. Leitner, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, J.-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, J. J. Barnard, R. H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, M. Kireeff Covo, A. W. Molvik, S. M. Lund, W. R. Meier, W. Sharp, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, L. Grisham, I. D. Kaganovich, H. Qin, A. B. Sefkow, E. A. Startsev, D. Welch, C. Olson, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 1 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.070
- Heavy-Ion-Fusion-Science: Summary of U.S. Progress, S. S. Yu, B. G. Logan, J. J. Barnard, F. M. Bieniosek, R. J. Briggs, R. H. Cohen, J. E. Coleman, R. C. Davidson, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, L. R. Grisham, D. P. Grote, E. Henestroza, I. D. Kaganovich, M. Kireeff Covo, R. A. Kishek, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. A. Leitner, S. M. Lund, A. W. Molvik, C. L. Olson, H. Qin, P. K. Roy, A. Sefkow, P. A. Seidl, E. A. Startsev, J-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, and D. R. Welch, Nuclear Fusion 47, 721 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/47/8/001
- Plans for Longitudinal and Transverse Neutralized Beam Compression Experiments, and Initial Results From Solenoid Transport Experiments, P. A. Seidl, J. Armijo, D. Baca, F. M. Bieniosek, J. Coleman, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, D. Grote, I. Haber, E. Henestroza, I. Kaganovich, M. Leitner, B. G. Logan, A. W. Molvik, D. V. Rose, P. K. Roy, A. B. Sefkow, W. M. Sharp, J. L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welch, S. S. Yu, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 215 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.055
- Optimized Simultaneous Transverse and Longitudinal Focusing of Intense Ion Beam Pulses for Warm Dense Matter Applications, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, I. D. Kaganovich, E. P. Gilson, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, P. A. Seidl, D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose and J. J. Barnard, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 289 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.064
- Ferroelectric Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, R.C. Davidson, L. Grisham, B.G. Logan, P. A. Seidl, W. Waldron and S. S. Yu, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 203 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.088
- Neutralized Drift Compression Experiments with a High Intensity Ion Beam, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, W. Waldron, A. Anders, D. Baca, F. M. Bieniosek, J. Coleman, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, S. Eylon, E. P. Gilson, W. G. Greenway, E. Henestroza, I. Kaganovich, M. Leitner, B. G. Logan, A. B. Sefkow, P. Seidl, C. Thoma and D. R. Welch, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 223 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.056
- Transverse beam compression on the Paul trap simulator experiment, Erik P. Gilson, Moses Chung, Ronald C. Davidson, Philip C. Efthimion, and Richard Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 10, 124201 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.10.124201
- Experiments on Transverse Compression of a Long Charge Bunch in a Linear Paul Trap, M. Chung, E.P. Gilson, M. Dorf, R. C. Davidson, P.C. Efthimion and R. Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 10, 064202 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.10.064202
- Ion Injection Optimization for a Linear Paul Trap to Study Intense Beam Propagation, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, M. Dorf, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion and R. Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 10, 014202 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.10.014202
- Conditions for minimization of halo particle production during transverse compression of intense ion charge bunches in the Paul trap simulator experiment (PTSX), Erik P. Gilson, Moses Chung, Ronald C. Davidson, Mikhail Dorf, Philip C. Efthimion, David P. Grote, Richard Majeski, Edward A. Startsev, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 117 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.042
2006
- US Heavy Ion Beam Research for High Energy Density Physics Applications and Fusion, R. C. Davidson, B. G. Logan, J. J. Barnard et al., Journal De Physique IV 133, 731 (2006).
https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006133148
- Fast Faraday Cup to Measure Neutralized Drift Compression in Intense Ion Charge Bunches, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, S. S. Yu, P. K. Roy, F. M. Bieniosek, J. E. Coleman, S. Eylon, W. G. Greenway, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, D. L. Vanecek, W. L. Waldron, and D. R. Welch, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 9, 052801 (2006).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.9.052801
- Experimental Simulations of Beam Propagation Over Large Distances in a Compact Linear Paul Trap, E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physics of Plasmas 13, 056705 (2006).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2192760
2005
- Drift Compression of an Intense Neutralized Ion Beam, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, E. Henestroza, A. Anders, F. M. Bieniosek, J. Coleman, S. Eylon, W. G. Greenway, M. Leitner, B. G. Logan, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welsh, C. Thoma, A. B. Sefkow, E. P. Gilson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. C. Davidson, Physical Review Letters 95, 234801 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.95.234801
- Comparison of Experimental Data and Three-Dimensional Simulation of Ion Beam Neutralization from the Neutralized Transport Experiment, C. Thoma, D. R. Welch, S. S. Yu, E. Henestroza, P. K. Roy, S. Eylon and E. P. Gilson, Physics of Plasmas 12, 043102 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1854174
- Overview of US Heavy-Ion Fusion Progress And Plans, G. Logan, F. Bieniosek, C. Celata, E. Henestroza, J. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. Leitner, L. Prost, P. Roy, P. A. Seidl, S. Eylon, J.-L. Vay, W. Waldron, S. Yu, J. Barnard, D. Callahan, R. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. Grote, M. Kireeff Covo, W. R. Meier, A. Molvik, S. Lund, R. Davidson, P. Efthimion, E. Gilson, L. Grisham, I. Kaganovich, H. Qin, E. Startsev, D. Rose, D. Welch, C. Olson, R. Kishek, P. O’Shea and I. Haber, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 1 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.237
- Simulation of Long-Distance Beam Propagation in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski and E. A. Startsev, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 171 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.204
- Laser-Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic of Barium Ion Plasmas in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski and E. A. Startsev, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 514 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.284
- Development of a 1-Meter Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, S. S. Yu and B. G. Logan, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 378 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.264
- Overview of U. S. Heavy Ion Fusion Research, B. G. Logan, F. M. Bieniosek, C. M. Celata, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. Leitner, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, S. Eylon, J.-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, J. J. Barnard, D. A. Callahan, R. H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, M. Kireeff Covo, W. R. Meier, A. W. Molvik, S. M. Lund, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, L. R. Grisham, I. D. Kaganovich, H. Qin, E. A. Startsev, D. V. Rose, D. R. Welch, C. L. Olson, R. A. Kishek, P. O'Shea, I. Haber, and L. R. Prost, Nuclear Fusion 45, 131 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/45/2/006
- Neutralized Transport Experiment, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, S. Eylon, E. Henestroza, A. Anders, E. P. Gilson, F. M. Bieniosek, W. G. Greenway, B. G. Logan, W. L. Waldron, D. B. Shuman, D. L. Vanecek, D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, C. Thoma, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, I. Kaganovich, A. B. Sefkow and W. M. Sharp, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 225 (2005).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.210
2004
- Paul Trap Simulator Experiment to Model Intense-Beam Propagation in Alternating-Gradient Transport Systems, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physical Review Letters 92, 155002 (2004).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.155002
- Design and Characterization of a Neutralized-Transport Experiment for Heavy Ion Fusion, E. Henestroza, S. Eylon, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, A. Anders, F. M. Bieniosek, W. G. Greenway, B. G. Logan, R. A. MacGill, D. B. Shuman, D. L. Vanecek, W. L. Waldron, W. M. Sharp, T. L. Houck, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow , D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, and C. L. Olson, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 7, 083501 (2004).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.7.083501
- Results on Intense Beam Focusing and Neutralization from the Neutralized Beam Experiment, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, S. Eylon, E. Henestroza, A. Anders, F. M. Bieniosek, W. G. Greenway, B. G. Logan, W. L. Waldron, D. L. Vanecek, D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow, W. M. Sharp, Physics of Plasmas 11, 2890 (2004).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1652712
2003
- Progress in Heavy Ion Fusion Research, C. M. Celata, F. M. Bieniosek, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, G. Logan, L. Prost, P. A. Seidl, J-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, J. J. Barnard, D. A. Callahan, R. H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, S. M. Lund, A. Molvik, W. M. Sharp, G. Westenskow, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, L. R. Grisham, I. Kaganovich, H. Qin, E. A. Startsev, S. Bernal, Y. Cui, D. Feldman, T. F. Godlove, I. Haber, J. Harris, R. A. Kishek, H. Li, P. G. O'Shea, B. Quinn, M. Reiser, A. Valfells, M. Walter, Y. Zou, D. V. Rose and D. R. Welch, Physics of Plasmas 10, 2064 (2003).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1560611
- ECR Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, P. Efthimion, E. Gilson, L. Grisham, P. Kolchin, R. C. Davidson, S. Yu and B. G. Logan, Laser and Particle Beams 21, 37 (2003).
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034602211088
- The Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski, and H. Qin, Laser and Particle Beams 21, 549 (2003).
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034603214129
- Quadrupole Induced Resonant Particle Transport in a Pure Electron Plasma, E. P. Gilson and J. Fajans, Physical Review Letters 90, 015001 (2003).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.90.015001
2002
2001
2000
- Bifurcations in Elliptical, Asymmetric Non-neutral Plasmas, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and E. Yu. Backhaus, Physics of Plasmas 7, 3929 (2000).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1290480
- Second Harmonic Autoresonant Control of the ℓ = 1 Diocotron Mode in Pure-electron Plasmas, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and L. Friedland, Physical Review E 62, 4131 (2000).
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.62.4131
- Subharmonic Autoresonance of the Diocotron Mode, L. Friedland, J. Fajans and E. Gilson, Physics of Plasmas 7, 1712 (2000).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.873989
1999
1993
Conference Proceedings
- Short-Pulse, Compressed Ion Beams at the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment, P. A. Seidl, J. J. Barnard, R. C. Davidson, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, D. Grote, Q. Ji, I. D. Kaganovich, A. Persaud, W. L. Waldron, T Schenkel
9th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA 2015), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 717, 012079 (2016).
- Lithium Granular Injector Operational Experience Triggering ELMs in H-mode on DIII-D, A. Nagy; A. Bortolon; E. P. Gilson; R. Lunsford; R. Maingi; D. K. Mansfield, 2015 IEEE 26th Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE) Pages: 1 - 6, DOI: 10.1109/SOFE.2015.7482322 (2015).
- LSP Simulations of the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment, C. H. Thoma, D. R. Welsh, S. Eylon, E. Henestroza, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, E. P Gilson, Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 05CH37623C, 2005), 4006.
- Initial Results on Neutralized Drift Compression Experiments (NDCX‑IA) for High Intensity Ion Beam, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, E. Henestroza, S. Eylon, W. L. Waldron, F. M. Bieniosek, M. Leitner, D. Shuman, W. G. Greenway, D. L. Vanecek, J. Coleman, D. Baca, B. G. Logan, D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, and C. Thoma, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, I. Kaganovich, E. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow, W. M. Sharp, Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 05CH37623C, 2005), 3856.
- Development of Laser-Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic for the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, P. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, R. Majeski, and E. Startsev, Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 05CH37623C, 2005), 2878.
- A Fast Faraday Cup for the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, S. S. Yu, P. K. Roy, S. Eylon, F. M. Bieniosek, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, J. E. Coleman, W. L. Waldron, W. G. Greenway, D. L. Vanecek, D. R. Welch, Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 05CH37623C, 2005), 3765.
- Simulating the Long-Distance Propagation of Intense Beams in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski and E. A. Startsev, Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 05CH37623C, 2005), 2491.
- Ferroelectric Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, Philip C. Efthimion, Erik P. Gilson, Larry Grisham and Ronald C. Davidson, Simon Yu, William Waldron and B. Grant Logan, Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 05CH37623C, 2005), 2452.
- Simulating the Long-Distance Propagation of Intense Beams in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski and E. A. Startsev, Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference, in press (2005).
- Modeling Intense Beam Propagation in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski, and E. A. Startsev, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics V, M. Schauer, T. Mitchell and R. Nebel, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 692, 211 (2003).
- Recent Results from the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski, and H. Qin, Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 03CH37423C, 2003), 2655.
- Neutralized Transport of High Intensity Beams, E. Henestroza, A. Anders, P. Roy, W. Sharp, S. Eylon, S. Yu, D. Rose, D. Welch, P. Efthimion, and E. Gilson, Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 03CH37423C, 2003), 2622.
- RF Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, P. Efthimion, R. C. Davidson, E. Gilson, and L. Grisham, Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 03CH37423C, 2003), 2661.
- Focusing and Neutralization of Intense Beams, S. S. Yu, A. Anders, F. M. Bieniosek, S. Eylon, E. Henestroza, P. K. Roy, D. Shuman, W. Waldron, W. M. Sharp, D. V. Rose, D. R. Welch, P. Efthimion, E. Gilson, Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference (IEEE Catalog No. 03CH37423C, 2003), 98.
- Quadrupole Induced Resonant Particle Transport in a Pure Electron Plasma, E. P. Gilson and J. Fajans, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics IV, F. Anderegg, L. Schweikhard and C. Fred Driscoll, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 606, 378 (2002).
- Decay of the Diocotron Rotation and Transport in a New Low-Density Asymmetry-Dominated Regime, E. Sarid, E. Gilson and J. Fajans, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics IV, F. Anderegg, L. Schweikhard and C. Fred Driscoll, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 606, 422 (2002).
- Paul Trap Simulator Experiment (PTSX) to Simulate Intense Beam Propagation Through a Periodic Focusing Quadrupole Field, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. Gilson, R. Majeski and H. Qin, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics IV, F. Anderegg, L. Schweikhard and C. Fred Driscoll, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 606, 576 (2002).
- Autoresonant (Nonstationary) Excitation of the ℓ = 1 Diocotron Mode, J. Fajans and E. Gilson, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics III, J. Bollinger, R. Spencer and R. C. Davidson, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 498, 176 (1999).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1302117
- Quadrupole Induced Resonant Particle Transport in a Pure Electron Plasma, E. Gilson and J. Fajans, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics III, J. Bollinger, R. Spencer and R. Davidson, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 498, 250 (1999).
- Bifurcations in Elliptical, Asymmetric Non-neutral Plasmas, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and E. Yu Backhaus, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics III, J. Bollinger, R. Spencer and R. C. Davidson, editors, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 498, 299 (1999).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1302131
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