Professor Michael Shats

Physics of Fluids Laboratory

 

Research School of Physics and Engineering


The Australian National University

 

Canberra

 

Australia

e-mail: Michael.Shats@anu.edu.au

 

 Physics of Fluids Group  

 

Research Interests:

Publications

  1. Punzmann H., Shats M.G., Xia H. Phase randomization of three-wave interactions in capillary waves, Physical Review Letters, 103, 064502 (2009)  [PDF].

  2. Shats M. and  Xia H.  Spectrally Condensed Fluid Turbulence and L-H Transitions in Plasma, Plasma and Fusion Research, 4, 012 (2009)  [PDF].

  3.   Xia H., Punzmann H., Falkovich G., Shats M.G. Turbulence –condensate interaction in two dimensions, Physical Review Letters, 101, 194504 (2008)  [PDF].

  4. Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H. and Falkovich G., Suppression of Turbulence by Self-Generated and Imposed Mean Flows, Physical Review Letters, 99, 164502 (2007) [PDF].

  5. Xia H. and Shats M.G., Spectral transfer analysis in plasma turbulence studies
    in: Frontiers in Turbulence and Coherent Structures, J. Denier, J.S. Frederiksen, editors, pp.     457-470, World Scientific, ISBN 981-270-393-4 (2007).

  6. Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H. Zonal flows, GAM and radial electric field in the H-1 heliac, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics , 56, 1353-1360 (2006).

  7. Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H., Turbulent particle transport in the context of L-H transitions, Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research, 82, 353-356 (2006) (in Japanese) [PDF].

  8. Xia H., Shats M.G., H. Punzmann, Strong ExB shear flows in the transport barrier region in H-mode plasma, Physical Review Letters, 97, 255003 (2006) [PDF].

  9. Shats M.G. and Xia H., Experimental studies of plasma turbulence
    in: Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasmas and Nonlinear Media, M. Shats, H. Punzmann, editors, pp.233-280, World Scientific, (2006)     [PDF].

  10. Shats M.G., Xia H., Yokoyama M. Mean E×B flows and GAM-like oscillations in the H-1 heliac, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 48, S17-S29 (2006) [PDF].

  11. Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H. Spectral condensation of turbulence in plasma and fluids and its role in low-to-high phase transitions in toroidal plasma, Physical Review E 71, 046409 (2005) [PDF].

  12. Punzmann H. and Shats M.G. Cellular automata model in particle transport studies in magnetized plasma, Complexity International, (12) 83-90 (2004).

  13. Punzmann H. and Shats M. G. Formation and structure of transport barriers during confinement transitions in toroidal plasma, Physical Review Letters 93 (2004) 125003 [PDF].

  14. Shats M.G., Xia H., Punzmann H. and Solomon W.M. Spectral energy transfer, generation of zonal flows and their role in confinement transitions, Fusion Science and Technology 46, (2004) 279-287.

  15. Xia H. and Shats M.G. Spectral energy transfer and generation of turbulent structures in toroidal plasma, Physics of Plasmas 11 (2004) 561-571 [PDF].

  16. Harris J.H., Shats M.G., Blackwell B.D., Solomon W.M., Pretty D.G., Collis S.M., Howard J., Xia H., Michael C.A. and Punzmann H. Fluctuations and Stability of Plasmas in the H-1NF Heliac, Nuclear Fusion 44 (2004) 279–286.

  17. Xia H. and Shats M.G. Inverse energy cascade correlated with turbulent-structure generation in toroidal plasma, Physical Review Letters 91 (2003) 155001 [PDF].

  18. Shats M.G., Solomon W.M. and Xia H. Turbulent transport reduction and randomization of coherent fluctuations by zonal flows in toroidal plasma, Physical Review Letters 90 (2003) 125002 [PDF].

  19. Shats M. G., H. Punzmann, H. Xia, and Solomon W. M., Measurements of poloidal rotation velocity using cross-correlation spectroscopy in the H-1 heliac, Review of Scientific Instruments 74 (2003) 2044-2047 [PDF].

  20. H. Punzmann, Shats M. G., W. M. Solomon and H. Xia, Multichannel visible spectroscopy diagnostic for particle transport studies in the H-1 heliac, Review of Scientific Instruments 74 (2003) 2048-2051 [PDF].

  21. Shats M. G., Solomon W. M. Zonal-flow generation in the H-mode plasma and its role in confinement bifurcations, New Journal of Physics 4 (2002) 30.1-30.14 [PDF].

  22. Toi K., Ohkuni K., Shats M.G., Akiyama R., Goto M., Isobe M., Matsunaga G., Matsuoka K., Minami T., Morita S., Nishimura S., Nomura I., Okamura S., Osakabe M., Shimizu A., Suzuki C., Takagi S., Takahashi C., Takechi M., Tanaka K., Yoshimura Y. Observation of Inward Turbulent Particle Transport in Edge Plasma Region of CHS Heliotron/Torsatron, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 44 (2002) A237-A243 [PDF].

  23. Shats M. G., Solomon W. M. Experimental evidence of self-regulation of fluctuations by time-varying flows, Physical Review Letters 88 (2002) 045001 [PDF].

  24. Solomon W. M., Shats M. G. Nonambipolarity of fluctuation driven fluxes and its effect on the radial electric field, Physical Review Letters 87 (2001) 012145 [PDF].

  25. Shats M.G., Solomon W.M., Talmadge J.N. Radial Force Balance and Radial Current Generation in the H-1 Heliac, Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research 4 (2001) 219-223 [PDF].

  26. Nagasaki K., Shats M.G., Smith H., Punzmann H. Power absorption calculation for electron resonance heating in H-1 heliac, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 70 (2001) 617-620.

  27. Nagasaki K., Itoh Y., Sakamoto K., Obiki T., Maekawa T., Morioka H., Terumich T., Asakawa M., Shats M.G., Punzmann H. Polarizers with non-rectangular grooves for high power millimeter waves, Fusion Engineering and Design 53 (2001) 491-497

  28. Rudakov D.L., Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Blackwell B.D. Dynamic behavior of the low to high confinement transitions in the H-1 heliac, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 43 (2001) 559-570 [PDF].

  29. Solomon W. M., Shats M. G. Fluctuations studies using combined Mach/triple probe, Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 449-452  [PDF].

  30. Shi X., Boman J., Shats M. G. Application of the continuous wavelet transform to the fluctuations and electric field analysis in the H-1 heliac, Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 503-505 [PDF].

  31. Solomon W. M., Shats M. G., Korneev D., Nagasaki K. Collective microwave scattering diagnostic on the H-1 heliac, Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (2001) 352-354  [PDF].

  32. Shats M.G., Toi K., Ohkuni K. et al. Inward turbulent transport produced by positively sheared radial electric field in stellarators, Physical Review Letters 84 (2000) 6042-6045 [PDF].

  33. Shats M.G. Effect of the radial electric field on the fluctuation-produced transport in the H-1 heliac, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 41 (1999) 1357-1370 [PDF].

  34. Rudakov D.L., Shats M.G., Boswell R.W., Charles C., Howard J. Overview of probe diagnostics on the H-1 heliac, Review of Scientific Instruments 70 (1999) 476-479 [PDF].

  35. Shats M.G., Michael C.A., Rudakov D.L., Blackwell B.D. Thresholds and the role of the radial electric field in confinement bifurcations in the H-1 heliac, Physics of Plasmas 5 (1998) 2390-2398 [PDF].

  36. Shats M.G., Rudakov D.L., Boswell R.W, Borg G.G. Ion Temperature and Plasma Flows in Improved Confinement Mode in the H-1 Heliac, Physics of Plasmas 4 (1997) 3629-3634 [PDF].

  37. Shats M.G., Howard J. Correlation Spectroscopy Diagnostic on H-1 Heliac, Fusion Engineering and Design 34-35 (1997) 271-275

  38. Shats M.G., D.L. Rudakov Reversal of the Fluctuation-Induced Transport During Low to High Transitions in the H-1 Heliac Plasma, Physical Review Letters 79 (1997) 2690 – 2693 [PDF].

  39. Shats M.G., D.L. Rudakov, B.D. Blackwell, G.G. Borg, R.L. Dewar, S.M. Hamberger, J. Howard and L.E. Sharp, Improved Particle Confinement Mode in the H-1 Heliac Plasma, Physical Review Letters 77 (1996) 4190-4193 [PDF].

  40. Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Likin K.M. J. B. Wilgen, L. R. Baylor, J.D. Bell, C. H. Ma, M. Murakami, K. A. Sarksyan, S. C. Aceto, T. S. Bigelow, G. L. Bell, R. J. Colchin, R. A. Dory, J. L. Dunlap, G. R. Dyer, A. C. England, G. R. Hanson, D. P. Hutchinson, R. C. Isler, T. C. Jernigan, R. A. Langley, D. K. Lee, J. F. Lyon, A. L. Qualls, D. A. Rasmussen, R. K. Richards, M. J. Saltmarsh, J. E. Simpkins, K. Sluis and J. J. Zielinski, Density Fluctuations in the ATF Torsatron, Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 481-484.

  41. Shats M.G., Harris J.H., Likin K.M. J. B. Wilgen, L. R. Baylor, J.D. Bell, C. H. Ma, M. Murakami, K. A. Sarksyan, S. C. Aceto, T. S. Bigelow, G. L. Bell, R. J. Colchin, R. A. Dory, J. L. Dunlap, G. R. Dyer, A. C. England, G. R. Hanson, D. P. Hutchinson, R. C. Isler, T. C. Jernigan, R. A. Langley, D. K. Lee, J. F. Lyon, A. L. Qualls, D. A. Rasmussen, R. K. Richards, M. J. Saltmarsh, J. E. Simpkins, K. Sluis and J. J. Zielinski, Drift-wave-like density fluctuations in the ATF torsatron, Physics of Plasmas 2 (1995) 398-413 [PDF].

  42. Shats M., Blackwell B.D., Borg G.G., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E. Magnetic Configuration Scans in H-1 Heliac, Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 286-289

  43. Blackwell B.D., Borg G.G., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E., Shats M., Warr G.B., Zhang B.C.  Experimental Results of RF Produced Plasmas in the H-1 Toroidal Heliac Fusion Technology 27 (1995) 282-285

  44. Borg G.G., Blackwell B.D., Hamberger S.M., Howard J., Rudakov D.L., Sharp L.E., Shats M., Warr G.B., Zhang B.C.  The H-1 Radio System and an Initial Study of Plasma Formation  Fusion Engineering and Design 26 (1995) 191-201

  45. Shats M.G., Likin K.M., Wilgen J.B. Harris J.H., Sarksyan K.A., Baylor L.R, Bell J.D., Bigelow T.S, Dunlap J.L., Goldfinger R.C., Ma C.H., Microwave scattering diagnostic on the ATF torsatron, Review of Scientific Instruments 66 (1995) 1221-1224.

  46. Shats M.G., Rudakov D.L., Blackwell B.D., Sharp L.E., Tumlos R., Hamberger S.M., Fedyanin O., Magnetic field mapping system on the H-1 heliac, Review of Scientific Instruments 66 (1995) 1163-1166

  47. Shats M.G., Rudakov D.L., Blackwell B.D., Sharp L.E., Tumlos R., Hamberger S.M., Fedyanin O., Experimental investigation of the magnetic structure on the H-1 heliac, Nuclear Fusion 34 (1994) 1653-1661