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R. J. Groebner is affiliated with General Atomics in the United States, contributing extensively to the field of physics and engineering, especially within magnetic confinement fusion research. Their work spans multiple subfields including nuclear and high energy physics, astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Groebner's research primarily focuses on magnetic confinement fusion research, representing the main topic of all their publications. Other significant topics of their work include ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, particle accelerators and beam dynamics, fusion materials and technologies, superconducting materials and applications, laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics, and solar and space plasma dynamics.

The scientist has published a notable number of papers in frequent venues such as:

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

Among their recent papers are:

  • Elements of H-mode pedestal structure, 2023, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
  • Ion thermal transport in the H-mode edge transport barrier on DIII-D, 2022, Physics of Plasmas
  • A survey of pedestal magnetic fluctuations using gyrokinetics and a global reduced model for microtearing stability, 2022, Physics of Plasmas
  • Testing predictions of electron scale turbulent pedestal transport in two DIII-D ELMy H-modes, 2021, Nuclear Fusion
  • Towards validated MHD modeling of edge harmonic oscillation in DIII-D QH-mode discharges, 2020, Nuclear Fusion

Groebner has collaborated frequently with several co-authors over the course of their career, including:

  • Z. Yan
  • Santanu Banerjee
  • K. Barada
  • J. Chen
  • F. M. Laggner

Their work intersects a variety of disciplines, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach, with significant contributions to both theoretical models and experimental research in plasma physics and fusion technology.

Best Publications

  • Suppression of large edge-localized modes in high-confinement DIII-D plasmas with a stochastic magnetic boundary.

    T. E. Evans;R. A. Moyer;P. R. Thomas;J. G. Watkins

  • Suppression of large edge localized modes in high confinement DIII-D plasmas with a stochastic magnetic boundary

    T.E. Evans;R.A. Moyer;J.G. Watkins;P.R. Thomas

  • Equilibrium analysis of current profiles in tokamaks

    L.L. Lao;J.R. Ferron;R.J. Groebner;W. Howl

  • A first-principles predictive model of the pedestal height and width: development, testing and ITER optimization with the EPED model

    P.B. Snyder;R.J. Groebner;J.W. Hughes;T.H. Osborne

  • Neoclassical poloidal and toroidal rotation in tokamaks

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

  • Development and validation of a predictive model for the pedestal height

    P. B. Snyder;R. J. Groebner;A. W. Leonard;T. H. Osborne

  • Inter-machine comparison of intrinsic toroidal rotation in tokamaks

    J.E. Rice;A. Ince-Cushman;J.S. deGrassie;L.-G. Eriksson

  • Role of zonal flow predator-prey oscillations in triggering the transition to H-mode confinement.

    L. Schmitz;L. Zeng;T. L. Rhodes;J. C. Hillesheim

  • Beyond paradigm: Turbulence, transport, and the origin of the radial electric field in low to high confinement mode transitions in the DIII-D tokamak

    R. A. Moyer;K. H. Burrell;T. N. Carlstrom;S. Coda

  • Modifications in turbulence and edge electric fields at the L–H transition in the DIII‐D tokamak

    E. J. Doyle;R. J. Groebner;K. H. Burrell;P. Gohil

  • Pedestal stability comparison and ITER pedestal prediction

    P.B. Snyder;N. Aiba;M.N.A. Beurskens;R.J. Groebner

  • Physics of the L-mode to H-mode transition in tokamaks

    K H Burrell;T N Carlstrom;E J Doyle;D Finkenthal

  • Regime of very high confinement in the boronized DIII-D tokamak.

    G. L. Jackson;J. Winter;T. S. Taylor;K. H. Burrell

  • Quiescent double barrier high-confinement mode plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak

    K. H. Burrell;M. E. Austin;D. P. Brennan;J. C. DeBoo

  • Suppression of large edge localized modes with edge resonant magnetic fields in high confinement DIII-D plasmas

    T.E. Evans;R.A. Moyer;J.G. Watkins;T.H. Osborne

  • Role of the radial electric field in the transition from L (low) mode to H (high) mode to VH (very high) mode in the DIII‐D tokamak*

    K. H. Burrell;E. J. Doyle;P. Gohil;R. J. Groebner

  • Quiescent H-mode plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak

    K. H. Burrell;Max E Austin;D. P. Brennan;J. C. DeBoo

  • Rotation characteristics of main ions and impurity ions in H-mode tokamak plasma.

    J. Kim;K. H. Burrell;P. Gohil;R. J. Groebner

  • The EPED pedestal model and edge localized mode-suppressed regimes: Studies of quiescent H-mode and development of a model for edge localized mode suppression via resonant magnetic perturbations

    P. B. Snyder;T. H. Osborne;K. H. Burrell;R. J. Groebner

  • Direct Observation of the Resistive Wall Mode in a Tokamak and Its Interaction with Plasma Rotation

    A. M. Garofalo;A. D. Turnbull;M. E. Austin;J. Bialek

Frequent Co-Authors

R.J. La Haye
R.J. La Haye General Atomics (United States)
Rajesh Maingi
Rajesh Maingi Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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