Bruno Coppi

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Electron parallel velocity and temperature gradient driven electrostatic fluctuations in nonuniform magnetoplasmas
    Physics of Plasmas, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 014504, 2007
  2. Strategies for the plasma position and shape control in IGNITOR
    Fusion Engineering and Design, 2007
  3. Plasma Disks and Rings with "High" Magnetic Energy Densities
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 641, no. 1, pp. 458–470, 2006
  4. “Crystal” magnetic structure in axisymmetric plasma accretion disks
    Physics of Plasmas, vol. 12, no. 5, p. 057302, 2005
  5. Ignitor plasma chamber structural design with dynamic loads due to plasma disruption event
    Fusion Engineering and Design, vol. 75-79, pp. 511–517, 2005
  6. Ballooning Modes in Thin Accretion Disks: Limits for Their Excitation
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 595, no. 2, pp. 1000–1008, 2003
  7. Analysis of sawtooth phenomena in Alcator C-Mod plasmas
    Nuclear Fusion, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 1861–1869, 2002
  8. Nuclear Fusion, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 1–4, 2002
  9. Three electron populations model for current carrying plasmas
    Plasma Physics, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 223–245, 2002
  10. Quasi-trapped particle orbits due to toroidal plasma modes
    Plasma Physics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 161–187, 2002
  11. Angular Momentum Transport in Thin Accretion Disks and Intermittent Accretion
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 87, no. 5, 2001
  12. The ignitor radial electromagnetic press system (new concept)
    Fusion Engineering and Design, vol. 58-59, pp. 893–899, 2001
  13. Engineering evolution of the ignitor machine
    Fusion Engineering and Design, vol. 58-59, pp. 815–820, 2001
  14. Journal of Fusion Energy, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 85–112, 2001
  15. Importance of Finite Thermal Energy Density and Singular Modes for the Transport of Angular Momentum in Accretion Disks
    Annals of Physics, vol. 291, no. 1, pp. 134–165, 2001
  16. Transitionless enhanced confinement and the role of radial electric field shear
    Physics of Plasmas, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 615, 2000
  17. Quasi-periodic, explosive events and singularities in relevant nonlinear models
    Physics of Plasmas, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 1470, 1999
  18. Relevance of plasma and neutral wind velocities to the topology and the excitation of modes for the onset of the equatorial spread F
    Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 104, no. A1, pp. 225–232, 1999
  19. Unifying Role of Radial Electric Field Shear in the Confinement Trends of TFTR Supershot Plasmas
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 81, no. 12, pp. 2454–2457, 1998
  20. Interchange instabilities in a partially ionized plasma
    Physics of Plasmas, vol. 5, no. 6, p. 2217, 1998
  21. Minimal field bending modes in hot accretion disks
    Physics Letters A, vol. 239, no. 4-5, pp. 261–266, 1998
  22. Excitation of Contained Modes by High Energy Nuclei and Correlated Cyclotron Emission
    Annals of Physics, vol. 261, no. 2, pp. 117–162, 1997
  23. Angular momentum transport associated with finite plasma temperature in accreting disks
    Physics Letters A, vol. 237, no. 1-2, pp. 58–62, 1997
  24. Singular nonlinear equations and explosive recurrent events
    Physics Letters A, vol. 218, no. 1-2, pp. 64–69, 1996
  25. Report on the International Symposium “Evaluation of Current Trends in Fusion Research”
    Journal of Fusion Energy, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 281–327, 1995
  26. Highlights of the Ignitor experiment
    Journal of Fusion Energy, vol. 13, no. 2-3, pp. 111–119, 1994
  27. Coronal loops - Current-based heating processes
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 393, p. 396, 1992
  28. Stability of global modes in advanced plasma confinement configurations
    Nuclear Fusion, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 205–216, 1992
  29. Near-term experiments on fusion burn conditions for neutronless reactions
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 271, no. 1, pp. 2–3, 1988
  30. Thermal loads on the ignitor limiter for elongated plasmas
    Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 121, pp. 449–452, 1984
  31. Theory of field-swelling instability in anisotropic plasmas
    Physics of Fluids, vol. 27, no. 5, p. 1187, 1984
  32. Current-driven modes in two-dimensional plasma configurations
    Physics of Fluids, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 184, 1974