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  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Patrick Diamond is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong emphasis on Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. Additional subfields include Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics covered in Patrick Diamond's research include:

  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Fusion materials and technologies

Their recent papers include:

  • "Understanding LOC/SOC phenomenology in tokamaks," 2020, Nuclear Fusion
  • "Anisotropic E × B shearing rate in a magnetic island," 2021, Physics of Plasmas
  • "Enhanced particle transport events approaching the density limit of the J-TEXT tokamak," 2021, Nuclear Fusion
  • "A unified theory of zonal flow shears and density corrugations in drift wave turbulence," 2020, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
  • "Potential Vorticity Mixing in a Tangled Magnetic Field," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Patrick Diamond frequently publishes in several journals and conference venues, with notable venues including:

  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
  • The Political Quarterly
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaborations are an important component of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • R. Hong
  • Ting Long
  • Rui Ke
  • Mingyun Cao
  • L. Nie

Patrick Diamond was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Zonal flows in plasma—a review

    P. H. Diamond;S. I. Itoh;K. Itoh;T. S. Hahm

  • Influence of sheared poloidal rotation on edge turbulence

    H. Biglari;P. H. Diamond;P. W. Terry

  • Theory of mean poloidal flow generation by turbulence

    P. H. Diamond;Y.‐B. Kim

  • Self-Regulating Shear Flow Turbulence: A Paradigm for the L to H Transition

    P. H. Diamond;Y.-M. Liang;B. A. Carreras;P. W. Terry

  • On the dynamics of turbulent transport near marginal stability

    P. H. Diamond;T. S. Hahm

  • Identification of zonal flows in a toroidal plasma.

    A. Fujisawa;K. Itoh;H. Iguchi;K. Matsuoka

  • Neoclassical poloidal and toroidal rotation in tokamaks

    Y. B. Kim;P. H. Diamond;R. J. Groebner

  • Self-consistent theory of mean-field electrodynamics.

    A. V. Gruzinov;P. H. Diamond

  • Zonal flows and transient dynamics of the L-H transition

    Eun Jin Kim;P. H. Diamond

  • Effects of Collisional Zonal Flow Damping on Turbulent Transport

    Z. Lin;T. S. Hahm;W. W. Lee;W. M. Tang

  • The dynamics of marginality and self-organized criticality as a paradigm for turbulent transport

    D. E. Newman;B. A. Carreras;P. H. Diamond;T. S. Hahm

  • A model realization of self‐organized criticality for plasma confinement

    B. A. Carreras;D. Newman;V. E. Lynch;P. H. Diamond

  • Intrinsic rotation and electric field shear

    Ö. D. Gürcan;P. H. Diamond;T. S. Hahm;R. Singh

  • Theory of ion‐temperature‐gradient‐driven turbulence in tokamaks

    G. S. Lee;P. H. Diamond

  • Physics of zonal flows

    K. Itoh;Sanae Itoh;P. H. Diamond;T. S. Hahm

  • Physics of non-diffusive turbulent transport of momentum and the origins of spontaneous rotation in tokamaks

    P.H. Diamond;C.J. Mcdevitt;Özgür D. Gürcan;T.S. Hahm

  • Turbulence spreading into the linearly stable zone and transport scaling

    T.S. Hahm;P.H. Diamond;Z. Lin;K. Itoh

  • Local measurements of correlated momentum and heat transport in the TFTR tokamak.

    S. D. Scott;P. H. Diamond;R. J. Fonck;R. J. Goldston

  • Full-f gyrokinetic particle simulation of centrally heated global ITG turbulence from magnetic axis to edge pedestal top in a realistic tokamak geometry

    S. Ku;Choong-Seock Chang;Choong-Seock Chang;P. H. Diamond

  • Nonlinear gyrokinetic theory of toroidal momentum pinch

    T. S. Hahm;P. H. Diamond;O. D. Gurcan;G. Rewoldt

Frequent Co-Authors

B. A. Carreras
B. A. Carreras Carlos III University of Madrid
David E. Newman
David E. Newman University of Alaska Fairbanks
Katsumi Ida
Katsumi Ida National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Marshall N. Rosenbluth
Marshall N. Rosenbluth University of California, San Diego
R. J. Groebner
R. J. Groebner General Atomics (United States)

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