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Brian LaBombard

Brian LaBombard

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76
Citations
20067
World Ranking
3332
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1575

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the understanding of edge plasma transport phenomena inmagnetic fusion devices, including poloidal transport asymmetries, plasma flows, and crossfield transport physics in the scrapeoff layer

Overview

Brian LaBombard is a researcher affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of physics and astronomy as well as engineering, with significant contributions in nuclear and high energy physics, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, and astronomy and astrophysics.

LaBombard's research predominantly centers on magnetic confinement fusion research, superconducting materials and applications, fusion materials and technologies, and studies related to the ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics. Further specialized areas include the physics of superconductivity and magnetism, particle accelerators and beam dynamics, and nuclear reactor physics and engineering.

The scientist has contributed a number of papers to notable publication venues. Frequent places of publication include Nuclear Fusion, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), arXiv (Cornell University), and the Journal of Plasma Physics.

  • Overview of the SPARC tokamak, 2020, Journal of Plasma Physics
  • The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Program, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  • Divertor heat flux challenge and mitigation in SPARC, 2020, Journal of Plasma Physics
  • Design, Fabrication, and Assembly of the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil, 2024, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  • Experimental Assessment and Model Validation of the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Frequent co-authors in LaBombard's research collaborations include D. Brunner, A.Q. Kuang, M. Greenwald, J. L. Terry, and J. W. Hughes.

Brian LaBombard has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 2005. The citation highlights fundamental contributions made to the understanding of edge plasma transport phenomena in magnetic fusion devices, focusing on aspects such as poloidal transport asymmetries, plasma flows, and cross-field transport physics in the scrape-off layer.

Best Publications

  • Chapter 4: Power and particle control

    A. Loarte;B. Lipschultz;A.S. Kukushkin;G.F. Matthews

  • Scaling of the tokamak near the scrape-off layer H-mode power width and implications for ITER

    T. Eich;A.W. Leonard;R.A. Pitts;W. Fundamenski

  • First results from Alcator‐C‐MOD*

    I. H. Hutchinson;R. Boivin;F. Bombarda;P. Bonoli

  • Edge turbulence measurements in toroidal fusion devices

    S. J. Zweben;J. A. Boedo;O. Grulke;C. Hidalgo

  • Marfe: an edge plasma phenomenon

    B. Lipschultz;B. LaBombard;E.S. Marmar;M.M. Pickrell

  • Transport-driven Scrape-Off-Layer flows and the boundary conditions imposed at the magnetic separatrix in a tokamak plasma

    B. LaBombard;J.E. Rice;A.E. Hubbard;J.W. Hughes

  • Energy confinement of high-density pellet-fueled plasmas in the Alcator C tokamak

    M. Greenwald;D. Gwinn;S. Milora;J. Parker

  • Particle transport in the scrape-off layer and its relationship to discharge density limit in Alcator C-Mod

    B. LaBombard;R. L. Boivin;M. Greenwald;J. Hughes

  • Edge turbulence imaging in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

    S. J. Zweben;D. P. Stotler;J. L. Terry;B. LaBombard

  • Universality of intermittent convective transport in the scrape-off layer of magnetically confined devices

    Ghassan Y. Antar;Glenn Counsell;Yang Yu;Brian Labombard

  • H mode confinement in Alcator C-Mod

    M. Greenwald;R.L. Boivin;F. Bombarda;P.T. Bonoli

  • Observations of the turbulence in the scrape-off-layer of Alcator C-Mod and comparisons with simulation

    J. L. Terry;S. J. Zweben;K. Hallatschek;B. LaBombard

  • Overview of the SPARC tokamak

    A. J. Creely;M. J. Greenwald;S. B. Ballinger;D. Brunner

  • Cross-field plasma transport and main-chamber recycling in diverted plasmas on Alcator C-Mod

    B. LaBombard;M.V. Umansky;R.L. Boivin;J.A. Goetz

  • Characterization of enhanced Dα high-confinement modes in Alcator C-Mod

    M. Greenwald;R. Boivin;P. Bonoli;R. Budny

  • Plasma-surface interaction, scrape-off layer and divertor physics:Implications for ITER

    B. Lipschultz;X. Bonnin;G. Counsell;A. Kallenbach

  • Volume recombination and opacity in Alcator C-Mod divertor plasmas

    J. L. Terry;B. Lipschultz;A. Yu. Pigarov;S. I. Krasheninnikov

  • Plasma recombination and molecular effects in tokamak divertors and divertor simulators

    S. I. Krasheninnikov;A. Yu. Pigarov;D. A. Knoll;B. LaBombard

  • Radially propagating fluctuation structures in the scrape-off layer of Alcator C-Mod

    O. Grulke;J. L. Terry;B. LaBombard;S. J. Zweben

  • Gyrokinetic projection of the divertor heat-flux width from present tokamaks to ITER

    C.S. Chang;S. Ku;A. Loarte;V. Parail

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Ming Lin
Yu-Ming Lin Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)
Scot A. Wolfe
Scot A. Wolfe University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
B. A. Carreras
B. A. Carreras Carlos III University of Madrid

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