C. Fred Driscoll

Professor

Ph.D. UC San Diego, 1976

My experiments have focused on the physics of single species plasmas -- pure electron plasmas and pure ion plasmas. These non-neutral plasmas exhibit many of the effects found in neutral plasmas. However, the experimental and theoretical simplicity of the system allows a level of comparison between theory and experiment which is rarely possible for neutral plasmas in complex geometry. To date, this program has included research on equilibrium, waves, 2D fluid dynamics, statistical mechanics and particle transport.

Selected Publications:

F. Anderegg, C.F. Driscoll, D.H.E. Dubin, T.M. O'Neil, and F. Valentini, "Electron Acoustic Waves in Pure Ion Plasmas," Physics of Plasmas 16, 055705 (2009).

F. Anderegg, C.F. Driscoll, D.H.E. Dubin and T.M. O'Neil, "Wave-Particle Interactions in Electron Acoustic Waves in Pure Ion Plasmas," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 095001 (2009).

F. Anderegg, D.H.E. Dubin, T.M. O'Neil, and C.F. Driscoll, "Measurement of Correlation-Enhanced Collision Rates," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 185001 (2009).

A.A. Kabantsev, T.M. O'Neil, Yu.A. Tsidulko, and C.F. Driscoll, "Resonant Drift-Wave Coupling Modified by Nonlinear Separatrix Dissipation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 065002 (2008).

A.A. Kabantsev and C.F. Driscoll, "Ion-Induced Instability of Diocotron Modes in Electron Plasmas Modelling Curvature-Driven Flute Modes," Trans. of Fusion Sci. and Technology (American Nuclear Society) 51, 96-99 (2007).

A.A. Kabantsev and C.F. Driscoll, "Trapped-Particle-Mediated Collisional Damping of Non-Axisymmetric Plasma Waves," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 095001 (2006).

N. Shiga, F. Anderegg, D.H.E. Dubin, C.F. Driscoll and R.W. Gould, "Thermally Excited Fluctuations as a Pure Electron Plasma Temperature Diagnostic," Phys. Plasmas 13, 022109:1-12 (2006).

A.A. Kabantsev and C.F. Driscoll, "Confinement Asymmetry and Trapped Particle Effects on Radial Transport in Charged Plasmas," Trans. of Fusion Science and Technology 47, 263-266 (2005).

J.H. Yu, C.F. Driscoll, and T.M. O'Neil, "Phase Mixing and Echoes in a Pure Electron Plasma," Phys. Plasmas 12, 055701:1-8 (2005).

A.A. Kabantsev and C.F. Driscoll, "Confinement Asymmetry and Trapped-Particle Effects on Radial Transport in Charged Plasmas," Trans. Fusion Sci. and Tech. 47, 263 (2004).

A.A. Kabantsev, J.H. Yu, R. Lynch, and C.F. Driscoll, "Trapped Particles and Asymmetry-Induced Transport," Phys. Plasmas 10, 1628 (2003).

A.A. Kabantsev and C.F. Driscoll, "Trapped-Particle Modes and Asymmetry-Induced Transport in Single-Species Plasmas," Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245001 (2002).

C.F. Driscoll, F. Anderegg, D.H.E. Dubin, D.-Z. Jin, J.M. Kriesel, E.M. Hollmann, and T.M. O'Neil, "Shear Reduction of Collisional Transport: Experiments and Theory," Phys. Plasmas 9, 1905 (2002).

J.M. Kriesel and C.F. Driscoll, "Measurements of Viscosity in Pure-Electron Plasmas," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 135003 (2001).

A.A. Kabantsev, C.F. Driscoll, T.J. Hilsabeck, T.M. O'Neil, and J.H. Yu, "Trapped-Particle Asymmetry Modes in Single Species Plasmas," Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 225002 (2001).

J.M. Kriesel and C.F. Driscoll, "Two Regimes of Asymmetry-Induced Transport in Non-neutral Plasmas," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2510 (2000).

E.M. Hollmann, F. Anderegg, and C.F. Driscoll, "Measurement of Cross-Magnetic-Field Heat Transport in a Pure Ion Plasma," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4839 (1999).

F. Anderegg, E.M. Hollmann, and C.F. Driscoll, "Rotating Field Confinement of Pure Electron Plasmas Using Trivelpiece-Gould Modes," Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4875 (1998).

F. Anderegg, X.-P. Huang, C.F. Driscoll, E.M. Hollmann, T.M. O'Neil, and D.H.E. Dubin, "Test Particle Transport due to Long Range Interactions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2128 (1997).

For more information concerning my research group and a complete list of publications, see the Nonneutral Plasma Group web page.