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Please direct questions/suggestions to Stuart Hudson, shudson@pppl.gov, subject=spec.

Contents

1. Publications
   
2. Invited Talks / Seminars / Conference Presentations
   
3. Description of subroutines, input and output.
   

Publications

1. Hign-n stability of a pressure discontinuity in three-dimensional plasma
   D. Barmaz
   Master's Thesis, 2011  
2. Hamilton-Jacobi theory for continuation of magnetic field across a toroidal surface supporting a plasma pressure discontinuity
   M. McGann, S.R.Hudson, R.L. Dewar and G. von Nessi
   Physics Letters A, 374(33):3308, 2010  
3. Relaxed MHD states of a multiple region plasma
   M.J.Hole, R.Mills, S.R.Hudson and R.L.Dewar
   Nuclear Fusion, 49:065019, 2009  
4. Magnetohydrodynamic stability of plasmas with ideal and relaxed regions.
   R.L. Mills, M.J. Hole, and R.L. Dewar
   J. Plasma Physics, 75(5):637, 2009  
5. Relaxed plasma equilibria and entropy-related plasma self-organization principles
   R.L.Dewar, M.J.Hole, M.McGann, R.Mills and S.R.Hudson,
   Entropy, 10:621, 2008  
6. Equilibria and stability in partially relaxed plasma-vacuum systems
   M.J. Hole, S.R.Hudson and R.L. Dewar
   Nuclear Fusion, 47(8):746, 2007  
7. Eigenvalue problems for Beltrami fields arising in a 3-D toroidal MHD equilibrium problem
   S.R.Hudson, M.J. Hole and R.L.Dewar
   Physics of Plasmas, 14:052505, 2007  
8. Stepped pressure profile equilibria in cylindrical plasmas via partial Taylor relaxation
   M.J.Hole, S.R.Hudson and R.L.Dewar
   Journal of Plasma Physics, 72(6), 1167, 2006  

Invited Talks / Seminars / Conference Presentations

1. 2011, 27 Jun - 1 Jul : 38th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Strasbourg, France.
   invited talk : Partially-relaxed, partially-constrained MHD equilibria.    [(abstract)]
   S.R. Hudson, R.L. Dewar, M.J. Hole, M. McGann.
2. 2011, 2 May - 4 May : 2001 International Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Austin, Texas, USA.
   ??? : Computation of non-axisymmetric equilibria using a partially-relaxed, partially-constrained MHD equilibrium model.    [(abstract)]
   S.R. Hudson, R.L. Dewar, M.J. Hole, M. McGann.
3. 2011, 11 Apr - 14 Apr : 5th International Workshop on Stochasticity in Fusion Plasmas, Julich, Germany.
   selected extended oral : Partially-relaxed, topologically-constrained MHD equilibria with chaotic fields.    [(abstract)]
   S.R. Hudson, R.L. Dewar, M.J. Hole, M. McGann.
4. 2010, 7 Dec - 10 Dec : 20th International Toki Conference (ITC20), Ceratopia, Toki-city, Gifu, Japan.
   invited oral contribution : Multi-volume, partially-relaxed MHD equilibria.    [(abstract),(slides)],(slides)]
   S.R. Hudson, R.L. Dewar, M.J. Hole, M. McGann.
5. 2009, 12 Oct - 15 Oct : European Fusion Theory Conference, Riga, Latvia.
   talk : Equilibrium code consistent with field line chaos; Critical behaviour in toroidal plasma confinement.    [(abstract)][(slides)]
   M. McGann, R.L. Dewar & S.R. Hudson
6. 2009, 21 Sep - 25 Sep : European Conference on Complex Systems, Warwick, UK.
   talk : Critical behaviour in toroidal plasma confinement by 3-D magnetic fields.    [(slides)]
   M. McGann, R.L. Dewar & S.R. Hudson
7. 2008, 12 Oct - 18 Oct : 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Geneva, Switzerland.
   paper : Relaxed MHD states of a multiple region plasma.    [(paper)]
   M.J.Hole, R.L.Dewar, S.R. Hudson, M. McGann and R.Mills.
8. 2008, 24 Aug - 30 Aug : XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Adelaide, Australia.
   paper : Equilibrium and stability in relaxed magnetohydrodynamics of toroidal plasmas.    [(paper)]
   R.L. Dewar, M. Hole, M. McGann, R. Mills and S.R. Hudson.
9. 2008, 3 Feb - 7 Feb : ANZIAM, Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics .
   poster : A novel variational principle for three-dimensional plasma equilibria.    [(abstract)]
   R.L. Dewar, S.R. Hudson, M. Hole and M.McGann.
10. 2008, 3 Feb - 6 Feb : Gaseous Electronics Meeting XV, Murramarang, Australia.
    poster : A stepped Beltrami field model for internal transport barriers.    [(paper)]
    M.J. Hole, S.R. Hudson and R.L. Dewar.
11. 2007, 11 Dec - 13 Dec : 8th Asia Pacific Plasma Theory Conference, Gujarat, India.
    talk : A stepped pressure profile model for internal transport barriers.    [(slides)]
    M.J.Hole, S.R. Hudson, R.L.Dewar, M.McGann and R.Mills.
12. 2007, 12 Nov - 16 Nov : 49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Orlando, Florida.
    talk : A stepped pressure profile model for internal transport barriers.    [(paper)]
    M.J.Hole, S.R. Hudson and R.L.Dewar.
13. 2007, 24 Sep - 27 Sep : 12th European Fusion Theory Conference, Madrid, Spain.
    paper : Multiple Nested Beltrami regions as a Solution to the 3-D Toroidal MHD Equilibrium Problem.    [(paper)]
    R. Dewar, M. Hole, S.R. Hudson and M. McGann.
14. 2007, 17 Sep - 21 Sep : Nonlinear dynamics and chaos : advances and perspectives, Aberdeen, Scotland.
    invited talk : The MHD equilibrium problem in nonaxisymmetric toroidal plasma confinement systems.    [(slides)]
    R.L. Dewar, M.J. Hole, M. McGann and S.R. Hudson.
15. 2007, 2 Jul - 5 Jul : 8th Asia-Pacific Complex Systems, Gold Coast, Australia.
    invited talk : Variational principle for relaxed states of a plasma confined by a nonintegrable magnetic field.    [(paper)]
    R. Dewar, M. Hole, S.R. Hudson and M. McGann.
16. 2006, 16 Oct - 21 Oct : 21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Chengdu, China.
    poster : Equilibria and Stability in Partially Relaxed Plasma-Vacuum Systems.    [paper (pdf), poster (pdf)]
    M. Hole, S.Hudson and R.L.Dewar.
17. 2006, 22 Apr - 25 Apr : APS April Meeting
    invited talk : P16.00002 : Piecewise-Beltrami MHD equilibria.    [abstract (pdf) ; slides (ppt)]
    R. Dewar, M.J. Hole and S.Hudson
18. 2005, 12 Jul - 15 Jul : 19th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas and 7th Asia Pacific Plasma Theory Conference.
    invited talk : Stepped pressure profile equilibria in cylindrical plasmas via partial Taylor relaxation    [abstract (pdf)]
    Matthew Hole, Stuart Hudson and Robert Dewar.

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