This directory is an archived copy of Dr. Beer's web pages circa 2001, when he decided to leave plasma physics research and went into biomedical research. He is now a professor at Johns Hopkins University, and you can learn more about his current work at his current web page.

Mike Beer

I am a research physicist at the Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory.

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
P.O. Box 451
Princeton, NJ 08543-0451
E-mail: mbeer@pppl.gov
Phone: +1 609 243 2677
FAX: +1 609 243 2662

My personal home page at Princeton University.

The following is a picture of a computer simulation of plasma turbulence in a tokamak, courtesy G. Kerbel of the Numerical Tokamak Project:

For more detailed technical information on simulations of plasma turbulence, please see the papers listed below. References 7 and 8 derive the equations solved in the simulations, reference 10 describes the coordinate system used in the simulations, and reference 9 is a complete description.

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Publications:

You need a postscript or PDF viewer to see these. Most are only in postscript. If you need a PDF version, mail mbeer@pppl.gov and I'll convert it.

The abstracts below are in html. For the full papers, click PS to view postscript, PDF for PDF format.

Papers on Plasma Turbulence Simulations:

1. Equilibrium ExB Flows in Nonlinear Gyrofluid Flux-Tube Simulations, M. A. Beer and G. W. Hammett, International Sherwood Fusion Theory Meeting, March 27-29, (2000). PS

2. Turbulence Suppression by ExB Shear in JET Optimized Shear Pulses, M. A. Beer, R. V. Budny, C. D. Challis, G. Conway, C. Gormezano, G. Rewoldt, A. C. C. Sips, F. X. Soldner, B. J. D. Tubbing, and M. Von Hellerman, EPS meeting, (1999). PDF

3. Turbulence-Driven Zonal Flow Dynamics in Gyrofluid Simulations, M. A. Beer and G. W. Hammett, APS DPP meeting, (1998). Abstract PS PDF

4. The Dynamics of Small-Scale Turbulence Driven Flows, M. A. Beer and G. W. Hammett, Theory of Fusion Plasmas Workshop, Varenna, (1998). Abstract PS PDF

5. The Dynamics of Small-Scale Turbulence Driven Flows, M. A. Beer and G. W. Hammett, APS DPP meeting, (1997). Abstract PS PDF

6. Gyrofluid Simulations of Turbulence Suppression in Reversed-Shear Experiments on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor, M. A. Beer, G. W. Hammett, G. Rewoldt, E. J. Synakowski, M. C. Zarnstorff, and W. Dorland, APS invited paper, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 4, No. 5, May 1997, pages 1792-1799. Abstract PS PDF

7. Bounce Averaged Trapped Electron Fluid Equations for Plasma Turbulence, M. A. Beer and G. W. Hammett, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 3, No. 11, November 1996, pages 4018-4022. Abstract PS

8. Toroidal Gyrofluid Equations for Simulations of Tokamak Turbulence, M. A. Beer and G. W. Hammett, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 3, No. 11, November 1996, pages 4046-4064. Abstract PS

9. Gyrofluid Models of Turbulent Transport in Tokamaks, M. A. Beer, Ph. D. Thesis, Princeton University (1995).

10. Field-aligned Coordinates for Nonlinear Simulations of Tokamak Turbulence, M. A. Beer, S. C. Cowley, and G. W. Hammett, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 2, No. 7, July 1995, pages 2687-2700. Abstract PS

11. Advances in Simulating Tokamak Turbulent Transport, G. W. Hammett, M. A. Beer, J. C. Cummings, et al., 1994 IAEA Conference, Seville, Spain. PS

12. Developments in the Gyrofluid Approach to Tokamak Turbulence Simulations, G. W. Hammett, M. A. Beer, W. Dorland, S. C. Cowley, and S. A. Smith, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, Vol. 35, 1993, pages 973-985.

13. The Gyrofluid Approach to Simulating Tokamak Turbulence, G. W. Hammett, W. Dorland, M. A. Beer, and F. W. Perkins, in New Ideas in Tokamak Confinement, M. N. Rosenbluth, Ed., American Institute of Physics, 1993, pages 199-216.

14. Nonlinear Gyrofluid Model of ITG Turbulence, W. Dorland, G. W. Hammett, T. S. Hahm, and M. A. Beer, in Ion Temperature Gradient Driven Turbulent Transport, W. Horton, M. Wakatani, and A. Wootton, Eds., American Institute of Physics, 1993.

Papers on Comparisons with Experiments and other topics:

15. Sheared Rotation Effects on Kinetic Stability in Enhanced Confinement Tokamak Plasmas, and Nonlinear Dynamics of Fluctuations and Flows in Axisymmetric Plasmas, G. Rewoldt, M. A. Beer, M. S. Chance, T. S. Hahm, Z. Lin, and W. M. Tang, Phys. Plasmas 5, 1815 (1998).

16. The Roles of Electric Field Shear and Shafranov Shift in Sustaining High Confinement in Enhanced Reversed Shear Plasmas on the TFTR Tokamak, E. J. Synakowski, S. H. Batha, M. A. Beer, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, R. V. Budny, C. E. Bush, P. C. Efthimion, G. W. Hammett, T. S. Hahm, B. LeBlanc, F. Levinton, E. Mazzucato, H. Park, A. T. Ramsey, G. Rewoldt, S. D. Scott, G. Schmidt, W. M. Tang, G. Taylor, and M. C. Zarnstorff, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2972 (1997).

17. Turbulent Fluctuations in TFTR Configurations with Reversed Magnetic Shear, E. Mazzucato, S. H. Batha, M. Beer, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 77, No. 15, October 1996, p. 3145. PS PDF

18. Quantitative Predictions of Tokamak Energy Confinement from First-Principles Simulations with Kinetic Effects, M. Kotschenreuther, W. Dorland, M. A. Beer, and G. W. Hammett, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 1995, pages 2381-2389. PS

19. Comparison of Nonlinear Toroidal Turbulence Simulations with Experiment, W. Dorland, M. Kotschenreuther, M. A. Beer, et al., 1994 IAEA Conference, Seville, Spain. PS

20. Atomic Physics Effects on Dissipative Toroidal Drift Wave Stability, M. A. Beer and T. S. Hahm, Phys. Fluids B, Vol. 4, No. 8, August 1992, pages 2567-2576. PS

21. Comparisons of Gyrofluid and Gryokinetic Simulations, S. E. Parker, W. Dorland, R. A. Santoro, M. A. Beer, Q. P. Liu, W. W. Lee, and G. W. Hammett, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1994, pages 1461-1468.

22. Review of deuterium-tritium results from the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor, K. M. McGuire and many others, including M. A. Beer, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 1995, pages 2176-2188. PS

23. Preparations for deuterium-tritium experiments on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor, R. J. Hawryluk and many others, including M. A. Beer, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1994, page 1560.

24. Overview of DT results from TFTR, M. G. Bell and many others, including M. A. Beer, Nucl. Fusion, Vol. 35, No. 12, December 1995, page 1429.

25. Recent D-T Results on TFTR, D. W. Johnson and many others, including M. A. Beer, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, Vol. 37, 1995, page A69.

26. Profile characterstics of H-mode bifurcation models, and turbulence simulations with gyro-Landau fluid models in slab and toroidal geometry, G. M. Staebler, R. E. Waltz, M. A. Beer, et al., in Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, 1993, IAEA, Vienna.

Other physics related links:

Cargo Cult Science, by R. P. Feynman
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton University
Department of Energy
Office of Energy Research
Office of Fusion Energy
Superconducting Super Collider
The American Physical Society
American Institute of Physics
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
Numerical Tokamak
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB
FUSION POWER, WHO NEEDS IT ? !
U. S. Magnetic Fusion Research
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Physics of Plasmas
SETI Institute Home Page

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