Matthew R. Stoneking

Grants

 

Toroidal magnetic confinement of a pure electron plasma, Cottrell College Science Award from Research Corporation ($37,070) 1998-2000.

Toroidal Magnetic Confinement of a Pure Electron Plasma, Plasma Physics Junior faculty Development award from the United States Department of Energy ($210,380) 1998-2003 (extended).

Toroidal Confinement of Pure Electron Plasmas, Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering award from the National Science Foundation ($178,043) 2003-2006.

RUI: Equilibrium, Stability, Dynamics and Transport Physics for Electron Plasma in a Toroidal Magnetic Field, Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering award from the National Science Foundation ($168,800) 2008-2011.

Teaching Physics Students to Innovate, National Science Foundation - CCLI-Phase I: Exploratory ($150,000) 2009-2012.

Peer Reviewed Publications

M.R. Stoneking, J.P. Marler, B.N. Ha, and J. Smoniewski, Experimental realization of nearly steady-state toroidal electron plasmas, Phys. Plasmas 16, 055708 (2009).

B.N. Ha, M.R. Stoneking, and J.P. Marler, Using numerical simulations to extract parameters of toroidal electron plasmas from experimental data, Phys. Plasmas 16, 032110 (2009).

J.P. Marler and M.R. Stoneking, Confinement time exceeding one second for a toroidal electron plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 155001 (2008).

M. R. Stoneking, M. A. Growdon, M.L. Milne, and R. T. Peterson, Poloidal ExB drift used as an effective rotational transform to achieve long confinement times in a toroidal electron plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 095003 (2004).

T. M. Biewer, D. J. Den Hartog, D. J. Holly, and M. R. Stoneking, Large area avalanche photodiode detector array upgrade for a ruby-laser Thomson scattering system, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74, 1649 (2003).

M.R. Stoneking, P.W. Fontana, R.L. Sampson, and D.J. Thuecks, Electron plasmas in a "partial" torus, Phys. Plasmas 9, (2002).

B. E. Chapman, A. F. Almagri, J. K. Anderson, C.-S. Chiang, D. Craig, G.Fiksel, N. E. Lanier, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, M. R. Stoneking, and P. W. Terry, ExB flow shear and enhanced confinement in the Madison Symmetric Torus reversed-field pinch, Phys. Plasmas 5 1848 (1998).

M. R. Stoneking, J. T. Chapman, D.J. Den Hartog, S. C. Prager, and J. S. Sarff, Experimental scaling of fluctuations and confinement with Lundquist number in the reversed field pinch, Phys. Plasmas 5, 1004 (1998).

B. E. Chapman, C.-S. Chiang, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and M. R. Stoneking, Strong ExB flow shear and reduced fluctuations in a reversed-field pinch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2137 (1998).

D. Craig, A. F. Almagri, J. K. Anderson, J. T. Chapman, C.-S. Chiang, N. A. Crocker, D. J. Den Hartog, G. Fiksel, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and M.R. Stoneking, Enhanced confinement with plasma biasing in the MST reversed field pinch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1865 (1997).

M. R. Stoneking, N. E. Lanier, S. C.Prager, J. S. Sarff, and D. Sinitsyn, Fivefold confinement time increase in MST using inductive poloidal current drive, Phys. Plasmas 4, 1632 (1997).

J. S. Sarff, N. E. Lanier, S. C. Prager, and M. R. Stoneking, Increased confinement and beta by inductive poloidal current drive in the RFP, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 62 (1997).

M. R. Stoneking and D. J. DenHartog, Maximum-likelihood fitting of data dominated by Poisson statistical uncertainties, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68, 914 (1997).

G. Fiksel, Roger D. Bengtson, M. Cekic, D. Den Hartog, S. C. Prager, P.Pribyl, J. Sarff, C. Sovinec, M. R. Stoneking, R. J. Taylor, P. W. Terry, G. R. Tynan, and A. J. Wootton, Measurement of magnetic fluctuation-induced heat transport in tokamaks and RFP, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 38, A213(1996).

J. S. Sarff, M. Cekic, D. J. Den Hartog, G. Fiksel, N. E. Lanier, S. C. Prager, and M. R. Stoneking, The reversed field pinch: understanding and improving confinement, Fusion Technology 30, 1403, part 2B (1996).

P. W. Terry, G. Fiksel, H. Ji, A. F. Almagri, M. Cekic, D. J. Den Hartog, P.H. Diamond, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, W. Shen, M. Stoneking, and A. S. Ware, Ambipolar magnetic fluctuation-induced heat transport in toroidal devices, Phys. Plasmas 3, 1999 (1996).

M. R. Stoneking, S. A. Hokin, S. C.Prager, G. Fiksel, H. Ji, and D. J. Den Hartog, Particle transport due to magnetic fluctuations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 549 (1994).

G. Fiksel, S. C. Prager, W. Shen, and M. Stoneking, Measurement of magnetic fluctuation induced energy transport, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1028 (1994).

S. Hokin, A. Almagri, M. Cekic, B. Chapman, N. Crocker, D. J. Den Hartog, G.Fiksel, J. Henry, H. Ji, S. Prager, J. Sarff, E. Scime, W. Shen, M.Stoneking, and C. Watts, Reversed-field pinch studies in the Madison Symmetric Torus, J. of Fusion Energy 12, 281 (1993).

J. S. Sarff, S. Assadi, A. F. Almagri, M. Cekic, D. J. Den Hartog, G.Fiksel, S. A. Hokin, H. Ji, S. C. Prager, W. Shen, K. L. Sidikman, and M. R.Stoneking, Nonlinear coupling of tearing fluctuations in the Madison Symmetric Torus, Phys. Fluids B 5, 2540 (1993).

D. J. Den Hartog, M. Cekic, G. Fiksel, S. A. Hokin, R. D. Kendrick, S. C.Prager, and M. R. Stoneking, B4C solid target boronization of the MST reversed-field pinch, J. of Nuc. Mat. 200, 177 (1993).

T. D. Rempel, A. F. Almagri, S. Assadi, D. J. Den Hartog, S. A. Hokin, S. C.Prager, J. S. Sarff, W. Shen, K. L. Sidikman, C. W. Spragins, J. C. Sprott, M.R. Stoneking, and E. J. Zita, Turbulent transport in the Madison Symmetric Torus reversed-field pinch, Phys. Fluids B 4, 2136 (1992).

S. Hokin, A. Almagri, S. Assadi, J. Beckstead, G. Chartas, N. Crocker, M.Cudzinovic, D. Den Hartog, R. Dexter, D. Holly, S. Prager, T. Rempel, J. Sarff,E. Scime, W. Shen, C. Spragins, C. Sprott, G. Starr, M. Stoneking, and C. Watts, Global confinement and discrete dynamo activity in the MST reversed-field pinch, Phys. Fluids B 3, 2241 (1991).

Invited Talks, Colloquia, and Public Lectures

Nearly Steady-State Confinement of Electron Plasmas in a Purely Toroidal Magnetic Field, presented at a Plasma Physics Colloquium, Department of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, Columbia University, 23 January 2009

Experimental Realization of Nearly Steady-State Toroidal Electron Plasmas, presented at the American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Dallas, TX 20 November, 2008.

Pure Electron Plasma in a Toroidal Magnetic Field, presented at a plasma physics seminar, University of WisconsinMadison, 3 December 2007.

Star in a Jar: Prospects for Fusion Power in the 21st Century, Lunch at Lawrence talk, 10 February 2006.

Confining Electron Plasmas in a Toroidal Magnetic Field, or Plasma and donuts: It’s not just about blood donation anymore, Science Hall Colloquium, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin 25 April 2005.

Confining Electron Plasmas in a Toroidal Magnetic Field, What Physicists Do seminar, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 15 April 2005.

Einstein’s 1905 Paper on Brownian Motion, physics colloquium, Lawrence University, 20 January 2005.

Non-neutral Plasma Physics at UC San Diego and at Lawrence University, physics colloquium series, Lawrence University, 9 November 2004

Feedback Suppression of the m=1 Diocotron Mode in a Toroidal Electron Plasma, plasma physics group meeting talk, University of California – San Diego, 8 July2004

Toroidal Confinement of Non-neutral Plasmas, presented at a plasma physics group meeting, University of WisconsinMadison, 17 December 2003.

Poloidal ExB Drift Used as an Effective Rotational Transform in a Toroidal Electron Plasma, presented at a Plasma Physics Colloquium, Department of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, Columbia University, 7 November 2003.

Millisecond Confinement and Observation of the m=1 Diocotron Mode in a Toroidal Electron Plasma, presented at the 2003 Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, Santa Fe, NM, 11 July 2003.

Between a Clock and a Hot Place: Confining Electron Plasmas in a Toroidal Magnetic Field, presented at a Science Colloquium, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, 26 February 2002.

Freshman Studies Lecture on The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn, 4 February 2002.

Electron Plasma Confinement in a Partially Toroidal Trap, presented at the 2001 Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, La Jolla, CA, 2 August 2001.

Freshman Studies Lecture on The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn, 5 February 2001.

Toroidal Nonneutral Plasmas -- Between a [Atomic] Clock and a Hot Place (fusion reactor core), presented at a physics colloquium Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama,3 November 2000.

Toroidal Pure Electron Plasmas, a progress report on experiments in the Lawrence Nonneutral Torus, presented at the plasma physics group meeting, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 19 July 2000.

Star in a Jar; Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion, presented as part of the Lawrence summer research seminar, Appleton Wisconsin, 30 June 1999, repeated 12 July2000.

A Tour of the Universe, presented as a part of a Lawrence alumni event at Barlow Planetarium, UW Fox Valley, 19 May1999.

How I Got Here; A Tale of Contingency, Chaos and Quantum Physics presented as part of the Mortar Board First Chance/Last Chance Lecture Series, Appleton Wisconsin 18 February,1999.

Taming Turbulence in a Hot Plasma, presented at a physics department seminar, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, 10 February, 1997.

Fivefold Confinement Time Increase in MST using Inductive Poloidal Current Drive, presented at the American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Denver, CO 14 November,1996.

Transport in MST: present understanding and remaining questions, presented at the International RFP Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 14 October, 1996.

Taming Turbulence in the RFP: confinement improvement with current profile control in MST, presented at a plasma physics seminar, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 9 September, 1996.

Confinement Improvement with Inductive Poloidal Current Drive in MST, presented at the Ninth Transport Task Force Workshop, Philadelphia, PA 13 March, 1996.

Turbulent Transport in a Hot, Magnetized Plasma, presented at a meeting of the Society of Physics Students, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 21 March, 1995.

Prospects for Fusion Power in the 21st Century, public lecture given for the Universe Theatre lecture series. University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 11 November, 1994.

Particle Transport due to Magnetic Fluctuations in MST, presented at a plasma physics seminar, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 31 January, 1994.

Particle Transport Due to Magnetic Fluctuations in MST, presented at the Edge Turbulence Workshop, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 27-28 October, 1992.

Fusion Research and Plasma Physics, presented at Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, Texas, 26 October, 1992.

Plasma Physics and Fusion Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, presented at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, 8 February, 1991.

Published Conference Proceedings Papers

 

J.P. Marler, J. Smoniewski, Bao Ha, and M.R. Stoneking, “Achieving Long Confinement in a Toroidal Electron Plasma,” in Non-neutral Plasma Physics VII, AIP Conf. Proc. 1114, edited by J. Danielson, (American Institute of Physics, New York, 2009), p.39, 9th International Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, New York, NY.

 

J.P. Marler and M.R. Stoneking, “Non-neutral Plasma Confinement in Toroidal Geometry,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series 71, 012003 (2007). Workshop on Nonequilibrium Processes in Plasma Physics and Studies of the Environment.

 

J.P. Marler and M.R. Stoneking, “A Kilogauss-scale, High-vacuum Toroidal Electron Plasma Experiment,” in Non-neutral Plasma Physics VI, AIP Conf. Proc. 862, edited by M. Drewsen, U. Uggerhoj, and H. Knudsen, (American Institute of Physics, New York, 2006), p. 71. Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, Aarhus, Denmark.

M.R. Stoneking, M.A. Growdon, M.L. Milne, and R.T. Peterson, "Millisecond Confinement and Observation of the m=1 Diocotron Mode in a Toroidal Electron Plasma,"  in Non-neutral Plasma Physics V, AIP Conf. Proc. Vol. 692, edited by M. Schauer, T. Mitchell, and R. Nebel, (American Institute of Physics, New York, 2003), p. 310 Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, Santa Fe, NM.

M.R. Stoneking, P.W. Fontana, R.L. Sampson, and D.J. Thuecks, "Electron Plasma Confinement in a Partially Toroidal Trap," in Non-neutral Plasma Physics IV, AIP Conf.Proc. Vol. 606, edited by F. Anderegg, L. Schweikhard and C.F. Driscoll, (American Institute of Physics, New York, 2001) p.671, Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, San Diego, CA.

D.J. Den Hartog, et al., Reducing and Measuring Fluctuations in the MST RFP: Enhancement of Energy Confinement and Measurement of the MHD Dynamo, in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Fusion Energy, IAEA, Montreal, vol. 2, p.83 (1996).

J.S. Sarff, et al., Fluctuations and Transport in the Reversed Field Pinch: Characterization and Reduction, in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion, IAEA, Seville, vol. 2, p. 431 (1994).

G. Fiksel, et al., Measurements of Fluctuation Induced Transport in the MST Reversed Field Pinch, in Proceedings of the International School of Plasma Physics, Varenna, Italy,1993.

Sam Hokin et al., Global Confinement and Edge Transport Measurements inthe MST Reversed-Field Pinch, in Proceedings of the 20th European Physical Society Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, Lisbon, Portugal, 1993.

S. Hokin et al., Anomalous Ion Heating and Superthermal Electrons in the MST Reversed-Field Pinch, in Proceedings of the 14th Int. Conf. on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research, Wurzburg, Germany, 1992.

Current Density Fluctuations, Nonlinear Coupling, and Transport in MST, S.C. Prager, et al., in Proceedings of the 14th Int. Conf. on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research, Wurzburg, Germany, 1992.

Edge fluctuations and transport in the MST reversed field pinch, J Sarff, etal., in Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, 1991, p. II-289.

Edge Fluctuations in the MST Reversed Field Pinch, A. Almagri, et al., in Proceedings of the Workshop on Physics of Alternative Confinement Schemes, Varenna, Italy (Societa Italiano di Fisica, Varenna, 1990), p.223.

Global Confinement in the MST Reversed Field Pinch, A. Almagri, et al., in Proceedings of the Workshop on Physics of Alternative Confinement Schemes, Varenna, Italy (Societa Italiano di Fisica, Varenna, 1990), p.667.

 

Contributed and Other Papers

F. Choudhury, M.R. Stoneking, and A.R. Knoedler, Observation of Trivelpiece-Gould modes in toroidal electron plasma, Bull. Am. Phys.Soc. 55, 75 (2010).

A.R. Knoedler, M.R. Stoneking, and F. Choudhury, Measurement of the growth/damping rate of the m=1 diocotron mode in a toroidal electron plasma, Bull. Am. Phys.Soc. 55, 172 (2010).

J. Smoniewski, M.R. Stoneking, F. Choudhury, and E. Frater, Measuring transport in a toroidal electron plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 54, 48 (2009).

Eric Frater, Faraz Choudhury, and Matthew Stoneking, Attempts to produce nearly steady-state conditions in a fully toroidal electron plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 54, 151 (2009).

M.R. Stoneking, Reviewer and contributor to a middle school science textbook -Interactive Science, Sound and Light, Pearson Publishing, (2009).

J. Smoniewski, M.R. Stoneking, and Bao Ha, Attempts to launch and detect the m=2 diocotron mode in a toroidal electron plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 53, 131 (2008).

M.R Stoneking, J.P. Marler, Bao Ha, and J.C. Smoniewski,  Confinement Time Exceeding One Second in a Toroidal Electron Plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. 52, (2007).

Matthew Stoneking, contributor to the “Ask Astro” column in Astronomy Magazine (September 2007 edition).

J.P. Marler, J.O. Hector, S.K. Curry, Bao Ha, and M.R. Stoneking, First results from the Lawrence Non-neutral Torus II: a toroidal electron plasma device, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51, 247 (2006).

Bao Ha, D.P. Ryan, S.K. Curry, J.O. Hector, J.P. Marler, and M.R. Stoneking, Numerical modeling of the m=1 diocotron mode in toroidal electron plasmas,” Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51, 151 (2006).

Matthew Stoneking, contributor to the “Ask Astro” column in Astronomy Magazine (July 2006 edition).

M.R. Stoneking, Bao Ha, and D. P. Ryan, Update on the design and construction of an ultra high vacuum, kilogauss scale toroidal electron plasma experiment, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50, 125 (2005).

D.P. Ryan, Bao Ha, and M. R. Stoneking, Assessing confinement limitations and scaling for a toroidal electron plasma using the m=1 diocotron frequency, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50, 148 (2005).

M.R. Stoneking, Plans to Observe Magnetic Pumping Transport in a Toroidal Electron Plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49, 318 (2004).

M.R. Stoneking, M.A. Growdon, and M.L. Milne, Millisecond Confinement and Observation of the m=1 Diocotron Mode in a Toroidal Electron Plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48,38 (2003).

M.A. Growdon, M.L. Milne, and M.R. Stoneking, Characteristics of the m=1Diocotron Mode in a Trapped Toroidal Electron Plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48, 144 (2003).

M.R. Stoneking, R.T. Peterson, M.A. Growdon, and D.J. Thuecks, Limitations on Confinement of a Toroidal Electron Plasma due to Field Asymmetries and the Presence of Neutrals, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47, 128 (2002).

R.T. Peterson, M.R. Stoneking, and M.A. Growdon, Imaging Electron Plasmas in a Partially Toroidal Trap, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47, 154 (2002).

M.R. Stoneking, P.W. Fontana, R.L. Sampson, and D.J. Thuecks, Toroidal Electron Plasma Confinement and the Effects of a Horizontal Electric Field, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 46, 84 (2001).

D.J. Thuecks, R.L. Sampson, and M.R. Stoneking, Low-frequency Oscillations in Toroidal Pure-electron Plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 46, 149 (2001).

R.L. Sampson, M.R. Stoneking, and D.J.Thuecks, Measuring the Langmuir Probe Characteristic in a Pure Electron plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 46, 304 (2001).

M.R. Stoneking, P.W. Fontana, A.J. Kopp, R.L. Sampson, and D.J. Thueck, Controlling Toroidal Electron Plasma Equilibrium with a Horizontal Electric Field, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, 304 (2000).

D.J. Holly, P. Andrew, T.M. Biewer, M. Borchardt, D.J. Den Hartog, and M.R. Stoneking, Thomson scattering on the MST RFP: Progress and Plans, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, 111 (2000).

M.R. Stoneking, A. Kopp, and K.Taylor, Toroidal Magnetic Confinement of a Pure Electron Plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 44, 108 (1999).

A.J. Kopp, K.J. Taylor, and M.R. Stoneking, Confinement of an Electron Plasma in a Toroidal Magnetic Field, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 44, 137 (1999).

Matthew Stoneking, Kurt Taylor, Mark Nornberg, and Erik Brubaker, Initial Results from a Toroidal Pure Electron Plasma Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 43,1805 (1998).

Kurt Taylor and M. R. Stoneking, Injection of Electrons into a Toroidal Magnetic Field Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 43, 1747 (1998).

D. J. Den Hartog, T.W. Lovell, M.A. Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison), M.R. Stoneking (Lawrence University), D.J. Holly (Sterling Scientific, Inc.), Study of a Triode-Dynode Amplifier for Low Intensity Near-Infrared Detection with a Photodiode, 25th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1998.

M. R. Stoneking and E. Brubaker, A Toroidal Pure Electron Plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 1955 (1997).

J. T. Chapman, T. M. Biewer, D. J. Den Hartog, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff,and M. R. Stoneking, Lundquist number scaling of the MHD Dynamo in the MST-RFP, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42 2046 (1997).

T. M. Biewer, M. R. Stoneking, D. J. Den Hartog, and S. C. Prager, Electron temperature profile evolution during a sawtooth in the MST reversed field pinch, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 2046 (1997).

P. W. Fontana, J. T. Chapman, V. Dhyani, G. Fiksel, S. C. Prager, and M.R. Stoneking, Energy balance during a sawtooth in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 2046 (1997).

J. S. Sarff, B. E. Chapman, N. E. Lanier, T. W. Lovell, S. C. Prager, M.Thomas, and M. R. Stoneking, Inductive current profile control in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42 2046 (1997).

E. Uchimoto, R. W. Harvey, A. P. Smirnov, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and M.R. Stoneking, Numerical simulation of lower hybrid current drive in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 2048 (1997).

M. R. Stoneking, J. T. Chapman, D.J. Den Hartog, J. S. Sarff, N. Mattor, and C. R. Sovinec, Lundquist number scaling of magnetic and velocity fluctuations in MST, presented at the Tenth Transport Task Force Workshop, Madison, WI, March 1997.

T. M. Biewer, M. R. Stoneking, and D. J. Den Hartog, Large area avalanche photodiode detectors for a small etendue Thomson scattering diagnostic, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1407 (1996).

B. E. Chapman, M. Cekic, J. T. Chapman, C.-S. Chiang, D. J. Den Hartog, N.E. Lanier, S. C. Prager, and M. R. Stoneking, Suppression of sawtooth oscillations and enhanced confinement in the MST RFP, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1407 (1996).

E. Uchimoto, R. W. Harvey, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and M. R. Stoneking, Lower hybrid heating and current drive in the reversed field pinch, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1408 (1996).

S. C. Prager, J. T. Chapman, N. E. Lanier, J. S. Sarff, and M. R. Stoneking, Inductive poloidal current drive and fivefold confinement improvement in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1409 (1996).

J. S. Sarff, J. T. Chapman, D. J. Den Hartog, M. R. Stoneking, N. Mattor, and C. R. Sovinec, Lundquist number scaling of magnetic and velocity fluctuations in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1409 (1996).

N. E. Lanier, D. L. Brower, D. Holly, Y. Jiang, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and M. R. Stoneking, Electron density fluctuations associated with tearing mode activity in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1409 (1996).

C.-S. Chiang, A. F. Almagri, B. E. Chapman, G. Fiksel, S. C. Prager, and M.R. Stoneking, Observation of electric field shear and correlation with transport in an RFP, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1410 (1996).

A. F. Almagri, J. T. Chapman, C.-S. Chiang, D. J. Den Hartog, G. Fiksel, S.C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, M. R. Stoneking, and D. J. Woehrer, Sheared equilibrium flow velocity in the MST reversed-field pinch, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1410 (1996).

J. C. Sprott, K. A. Mirus, D. E. Newman, C. Watts, R. E. Feeley, E. Fernandez, P. W. Fontana, T. Krajewski, T. W. Lovell, S. Oliva, M. R. Stoneking, M. A. Thomas, W. Jamison, K.Maas, R. Milbrandt, K. Mullman, S. Narf, R. Nesnidal, and P. Nonn, The Wonders of Physics Outreach Program, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 1456 (1996).

M. R. Stoneking and D. J. DenHartog, Maximum-likelihood fitting of data dominated by Poisson statistical uncertainties, presented at the 11th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Monterey, CA, May, 1996.

M. R. Stoneking, M. Cekic, D. J. DenHartog, N. Lanier, S. C. Prager, and J. S. Sarff, Treble improvement in confinement with inductive poloidal current drive in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1752 (1995).

J. S. Sarff, M. Cekic, D. J. Den Hartog, N. E. Lanier, T. W. Lovell, S. C.Prager, and M. R. Stoneking, Inductive current profile control in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1752 (1995).

N. E. Lanier, D. Holly, M. Cekic, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and M. R. Stoneking, Electron density profile measurements during inductive current profile control experiments, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1753 (1995).

M. Cekic, D. J. Den Hartog, M. R. Stoneking, J. S. Sarff, S. C. Prager, and P. W. Terry, Confinement and transport in the core of the MST reversed field pinch, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1753 (1995).

C.-S. Chiang, A. F. Almagri, G. Fiksel, L. Giannone, H. Ji, S. Prager, J.Sarff, and M. Stoneking, Plasma potential profile, particle transport and phase velocity of the magnetic fluctuations in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1753 (1995).

A. K. Hansen, J. T. Chapman, D. J. Den Hartog, N. Lanier, J. S. Sarff, and M.Stoneking, Near infrared spectrometer measurements on the MST reversed-field pinch, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1753 (1995).

G. Fiksel, B. E. Chapman, J. Chapman, D. J. Den Hartog, N. Lanier, and M.R. Stoneking, Fast bolometer arrays in the MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1796 (1995).

M. R. Stoneking, S. Hokin, P. Terry,and H. Ji, Evidence for an inertial range in the microturbulent spectrum of the RFP plasma, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39, 1539 (1994).

M. R. Stoneking, S. A. Hokin, S. C.Prager, G. Fiksel, H. Ji, and W. Shen, Magnetic fluctuation induced transport in MST, presented at the Seventh Transport Task Force Workshop, Dallas, TX, March 1994.

M. R. Stoneking, S. Hokin, G.Fiksel, H. Ji, and W. Shen, Magnetic particle transport and time resolved fast electron temperature in MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 38, 1978 (1993).

M. Stoneking, S. Hokin, W. Shen, andG. Fiksel, Fast electron equilibrium distribution and particle transport at the edge of MST, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 37, 1606 (1992).

D. J. Den Hartog, M. Cekic, B. E. Chapman, G. Fiksel, S. A. Hokin, R. D.Kendrick, S. C. Prager, and M. R. Stoneking, B4C solid target boronization of the MST RFP, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 37, 1587 (1992).

M. R. Stoneking, S. A. Hokin, D. J. Den Hartog, and W. Shen, Fast electron studies on the Madison Symmetric Torus, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 36,2319 (1991).

D. J. Den Hartog, S. Assadi, S. A. Hokin, S. C. Prager, and M. Stoneking, Energy confinement and anomalous resistivity studies of the MST reversed field pinch, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 36, 2319 (1991).