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Overview

R. Dux is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research within physics and engineering, with a primary focus on nuclear and high energy physics, materials science, and aerospace engineering among other subfields.

Their research encompasses areas such as magnetic confinement fusion, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, fusion materials and technologies, particle accelerators, superconducting materials, laser-plasma interactions, and plasma diagnostics. This multidisciplinary approach highlights an engagement with both fundamental and applied aspects of plasma physics and materials science.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • M. Cavedon
  • R. M. McDermott
  • D. Brida
  • U. Stroth
  • R. Fischer

R. Dux has published predominantly in the following venues, reflecting a strong focus on plasma physics and nuclear fusion:

  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • Nuclear Materials and Energy
  • Review of Scientific Instruments

Selected recent publications by R. Dux include:

  • "Progress in modelling fast-ion D-alpha spectra and neutral particle analyzer fluxes using FIDASIM," 2020, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
  • "Model for access and stability of the X-point radiator and the threshold for marfes in tokamak plasmas," 2022, Nuclear Fusion
  • "Developments towards an ELM-free pedestal radiative cooling scenario using noble gas seeding in ASDEX Upgrade," 2020, Nuclear Fusion
  • "Connecting the global H-mode power threshold to the local radial electric field at ASDEX Upgrade," 2020, Nuclear Fusion
  • "Influence of CX-reactions on the radiation in the pedestal region at ASDEX Upgrade," 2020, Nuclear Fusion

The scientific topics covered by R. Dux's work include:

  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
  • Superconducting materials and applications
  • Laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics
  • Plasma diagnostics and applications

Best Publications

  • Impurity seeding for tokamak power exhaust: from present devices via ITER to DEMO

    A Kallenbach;M Bernert;R Dux;L Casali

  • Modelling of measured tungsten spectra from ASDEX Upgrade and predictions for ITER

    T. Pütterich;R. Neu;R. Dux;A. D. Whiteford

  • Calculation and experimental test of the cooling factor of tungsten

    T. Putterich;R. Neu;R. Dux;A. D. Whiteford

  • Tungsten: An option for divertor and main chamber plasma facing components in future fusion devices

    R. Neu;R. Dux;A. Kallenbach;T. Pütterich

  • Divertor power load feedback with nitrogen seeding in ASDEX Upgrade

    A. Kallenbach;R. Dux;J. C. Fuchs;R. Fischer

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

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

  • Overview of the JET results in support to ITER

    X. Litaudon;S. Abduallev;M. Abhangi;P. Abreu

  • Tungsten as target material in fusion devices

    D. Naujoks;K. Asmussen;M. Bessenrodt-Weberpals;S. Deschka

  • Influence of the heating profile on impurity transport in ASDEX Upgrade

    R. Dux;R. Neu;A. G. Peeters;G. Pereverzev

  • Plasma-wall interaction and plasma behaviour in the non-boronised all tungsten ASDEX Upgrade

    R. Dux;V. Bobkov;A. Herrmann;A. Janzer

  • SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF TUNGSTEN IN THE EUV REGION AND THE DETERMINATION OF ITS CONCENTRATION IN TOKAMAKS

    K. Asmussen;K. B. Fournier;J. M. Laming;R. Neu

  • Z dependence of the core impurity transport in ASDEX Upgrade H mode discharges

    R. Dux;A. G. Peeters;A. Gude;A. Kallenbach

  • Observation of continuous divertor detachment in H-mode discharges in ASDEX upgrade.

    O. Gruber;A. Kallenbach;M. Kaufmann;K. Lackner

  • High-accuracy characterization of the edge radial electric field at ASDEX Upgrade

    E. Viezzer;T. Pütterich;G. D. Conway;R. Dux

  • Plasma wall interaction and its implication in an all tungsten divertor tokamak

    R. Neu;M. Balden;V. Bobkov;R. Dux

  • Stationary H-Mode Discharges with Internal Transport Barrier on ASDEX Upgrade

    O. Gruber;R. C. Wolf;R. Dux;C. Fuchs

  • A new experimental classification of divertor detachment in ASDEX Upgrade

    S. Potzel;M. Wischmeier;M. Bernert;R. Dux

  • Impurity behaviour in the ASDEX Upgrade divertor tokamak with large area tungsten walls

    R. Neu;R. Dux;A. Geier;A. Kallenbach

  • Plasma surface interactions in impurity seeded plasmas

    A. Kallenbach;M. Balden;R. Dux;T. Eich

  • High-resolution charge exchange measurements at ASDEX Upgrade

    E. Viezzer;T. Pütterich;R. Dux;R. M. McDermott

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Kallenbach
A. Kallenbach Max Planck Society
R. Neu
R. Neu Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
A. Herrmann
A. Herrmann Max Planck Society
C. Angioni
C. Angioni Max Planck Society
F. Ryter
F. Ryter Max Planck Society
Peter Lang
Peter Lang University of Bern
H. Zohm
H. Zohm Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
S. Brezinsek
S. Brezinsek Forschungszentrum Jülich
H. Maier
H. Maier University of Hannover
Michael Kaufmann
Michael Kaufmann University of Tübingen

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