Publications and presentations

2022

Nicholas Walkden, Fabio Riva, James Harrison, Fulvio Militello, Thomas Farley, John Omotani & Bruce Lipschultz The physics of turbulence localised to the tokamak divertor volume Nature Commun Phys 5, 139 (2022)
D. Galassi, C. Theiler, T. Body, F. Manke, P. Micheletti, J. Omotani, M. Wiesenberger, M. Baquero-Ruiz, I. Furno, M. Giacomin, E. Laribi, F. Militello, P. Ricci, A. Stegmeir, P. Tamain, H. Bufferand, G. Ciraolo, H. De Oliveira, A. Fasoli, V. Naulin, S. L. Newton, N. Offeddu, D. S. Oliveira, E. Serre, and N. Vianello Validation of edge turbulence codes in a magnetic X-point scenario in TORPEX Physics of Plasmas 29, 012501 (2022)
A.A. Stepanenko Impact of Generalized Sheath Boundary Conditions on Dynamics of Plasma Filaments at the Tokamak Edge Plasma Phys. Rep. 48, 462–473 (2022)
Shrish Raj, N. Bisai, Vijay Shankar, A. Sen, Joydeep Ghosh, R.L. Tanna, Malay B. Chowdhuri, K.A. Jadeja, Kumudni Assudani, Tanmay Martin Macwan Studies on impurity seeding and transport in edge and SOL of tokamak plasma Nucl. Fusion 62 036001 (2022)
Vijay Shankar, N. Bisai, Shrish Raj and A. Sen Edge biasing and its impact on the edge and SOL turbulence Nucl. Fusion 62 086030 (2022)
T E G Nicholas, J Omotani, F Riva, F Militello, and B Dudson, Comparing two- and three-dimensional models of scrape-off layer turbulent transport Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 64 095001 (2022)

2021

Thomas Nicholas, Reduced simulations of scrape-off-layer turbulence. PhD thesis, University of York.
Gregor Decristoforo, Numerical simulations and stochastic modeling of intermittent fluctuations in magnetized plasmas. PhD thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (2021)
Jagannath Mahapatra, Arkaprava Bokshi, Rajaraman Ganesh, and Abhijit Sen Effect of in-plane shear flow on the magnetic island coalescence instability Physics of Plasmas 28, 072103 (2021)
B Shanahan, C Killer, G Pechstein, S A Henneberg, G Fuchert and O Grulke Estimating the error in filament propagation measurement using a synthetic probe Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63 125018 (2021)
B D Dudson, S L Newton, J T Omotani and J Birch On Ohm’s law in reduced plasma fluid models Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63 125008 (2021)
B D Dudson, W A Gracias, R Jorge, A H Nielsen, J M B Olsen, P Ricci, C Silva, P Tamain, G Ciraolo, N Fedorczak, D Galassi, J Madsen, F Militello, N Nace, J J Rasmussen, F Riva and E Serre Edge turbulence in ISTTOK: a multi-code fluid validation Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63 055013 (2021). Data is available on Zenodo
Vijay Shankar, N. Bisai, Shrish Raj and A. Sen Finite electron temperature gradient effects on blob formation in the scrape-off layer of a tokamak plasma Nucl. Fusion 61 066008 (2021)
T. Ahmadi and Y. Ono 2D Hall-MHD investigation of the magnetic pressure balance during merging start-up in spherical tokamaks Nucl. Fusion 61 126007 (2021)
T. Ahmadi, H. Tanabe and Y. Ono Two-dimensional resistive MHD simulation of the optimized plasma formation in the spherical tokamaks Nucl. Fusion 61 066001 (2021)
G Decristoforo, A Theodorsen, J Omotani, T Nicholas, and O E Garcia Numerical turbulence simulations of intermittent fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of magnetized plasmas Physics of Plasmas 28, 072301 (2021)

2020

Haruki Seto, X.Q. Xu, Benjamin D. Dudson, Masatoshi Yagi Impact of equilibrium radial electric field on energy loss process after pedestal collapse Contributions to Plasma Physics 60:e201900158 (2020)
R A Heinonen and P H Diamond Learning how structures form in drift-wave turbulence Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62 105017 (2020)
David Schwörer, Nick R Walkden, Benjamin D Dudson, Fulvio Militello, Huw Leggate and Miles M Turner Dynamics of scrape-off layer filaments in detached conditions Nucl. Fusion 60 126047 Preprint here
David Schwörer On the influence of background including neutrals on the dynamics of 3D scrape-off layer filaments in fusion devices PhD Thesis, DCU
G.Z. Deng, X.Q. Xu, N.M. Li, X.J. Liu, X. Liu, J.C. Xu, W. Feng,J.B. Liu, S.L. Gao, S.C. Liu, T.Y. Xia and L. Wang Simulation of divertor heat flux width onEAST by BOUT++ transport code Nuclear Fusion 60 082007
C Killer, B Shanahan, O Grulke, M Endler, K Hammond, L Rudischhauser and the W7-X Team Plasma filaments in the scrape-off layer of Wendelstein 7-X Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 62 085003 (2020)
B Shanahan and P Huslage Filament simulations in regions of highly-varying parallel connection length Journal of Plasma Physics, 86 (3), 905860314
Hogun Jhang and R. Singh Nonlinear oscillations of geodesic acoustic modes due to E×B convection in edge pedestal Physics of Plasmas 27, 092307 (2020)
Shrish Raj, N. Bisai, Vijay Shankar, and A. Sen Effects of nitrogen seeding in a tokamak plasma Physics of Plasmas 27, 122302 (2020)
Mao Li, Jizhong Sun, Yumin Wang, Tianyang Xia Nonlinear simulation of edge localized mode with pressure profile modified by pellet injection through extended BOUT++ MHD code Nuclear Materials and Energy
G Decristoforo, F Militello, T Nicholas, J Omotani, C Marsden, N Walkden, and O E Garcia Blob interactions in 2D scrape-off layer simulations Physics of Plasmas 27, 122301 (2020)
Jiraporn PROMPING, Apiwat WISITSORASAK, Boonyarit CHATTHONG, Kewalee NILGUMHANG Numerical Study of Supersonic Molecular Beam Injection System in Thailand Tokamak I Plasma and Fusion Research 15 (2020)

2019

A. A. Stepanenko, H. Q. Wang, and S. I. Krasheninnikov Impact of divertor plasma parameters on characteristics of current-convective turbulence under DIII-D-like detached conditions Physics of Plasmas 26, 122303 (2019)
H. Seto, X. Q. Xu, B. D. Dudson, and M. Yagi Interplay between fluctuation driven toroidal axisymmetric flows and resistive ballooning mode turbulence Physics of Plasmas 26, 052507 (2019)
Chang-Bae Kim, Byunghoon Min and Chan-Yong An On the effects of nonuniform zonal flow in the resistive-drift plasma Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61 035002
D R Zhang, Y P Chen, X Q Xu, and T Y Xia Self-consistent simulation of transport and turbulence in tokamak edge plasma by coupling SOLPS-ITER and BOUT++ Physics of Plasmas 26, 012508
J Huang, H Zhou, Y Xu, S Y Chen and C J Tang Impact of particle sources and plasma resistivity on edge localized modes Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61 025018
Li, Ze-Yu, Xue-Qiao Xu, Na-Mi Li, V. S. Chan, and Xiao-Gang Wang Prediction of divertor heat flux width for ITER using BOUT++ transport and turbulence module. Nuclear Fusion 59.4 (2019): 046014.
Xu, X. Q., N. M. Li, Z. Y. Li, B. Chen, T. Y. Xia, T. F. Tang, B. Zhu, and V. S. Chan. Simulations of tokamak boundary plasma turbulence transport in setting the divertor heat flux width. Nuclear Fusion 59, no. 12 (2019): 126039.
Koshkarov, Oleksandr, Andrei Smolyakov, Yevgeny Raitses, and Igor Kaganovich. Self-organization, structures, and anomalous transport in turbulent partially magnetized plasmas with crossed electric and magnetic fields. Physical review letters 122, no. 18 (2019): 185001.
N Walkden, F Riva, B Dudson, C Ham, F Militello, D Moulton, T Nicholas and, J Omotani 3D simulations of turbulent mixing in a simplified slab-divertor geometry Nuclear Materials and Energy 18, 111 (2019)
D Hoare, F Militello, J T Omotani, F Riva, S Newton, T Nicholas, D Ryan, and N R Walkden Dynamics of scrape-off layer filaments in high β plasmas Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 105013 (2019)
F Riva, F Militello, S Elmore, J T Omotani, B Dudson, N R Walkden, and the MAST team Three-dimensional plasma edge turbulence simulations of the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak and comparison with experimental measurements Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 095013 (2019)
B D Dudson, J Allen, T Body, B Chapman, C Lau, L Townley, D Moulton, J Harrison and B Lipschultz The role of particle, energy and momentum losses in 1D simulations of divertor detachment Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61 065008 (2019). Data is available on Zenodo

2018

Helen H. Kaang, S. S. Kim, Hogun Jhang, and Juhyung Kim Symmetry breaking induced by the parity change in global electromagnetic ion temperature gradient modes Physics of Plasmas 25, 012505 (2018)
A. A. Stepanenko and S. I. Krasheninnikov Numerical study of the current-convective instability driven by asymmetry of detachment in inner and outer divertors Physics of Plasmas 25, 012305 (2018)
Y B Wu, T Y Xia, F C Zhong, Z Zheng, J B Liu and EAST team Simulations of particle and heat fluxes in an ELMy H-mode discharge on EAST using BOUT++ code Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 60 055007
I Romadanov, Y Raitses and A Smolyakov Hall thruster operation with externally driven breathing mode oscillations Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 27 094006
Chang-Bae Kim, Byunghoon Min, and Chan-Yong An Localization of the eigenmode of the drift-resistive plasma by zonal flow Physics of Plasmas 25, 102501
N Wu, S Y Chen, M L Mou, C J Tang, X M Song, Z C Yang, D L Yu, J Q Xu, M Jiang, X Q Ji, S Wang, B Li, L Liu, and HL-2A Team Study on edge localized mode during plasma vertical swing in HL-2A tokamak Physics of Plasmas 25, 102505 (2018)
D F Kong, X Q Xu, P H Diamond, J G Chen, C B Huang, T Lan, X Gao, J G Li and EAST Team E × B flow shear mitigates ballooning-driven edge-localized modes at high collisionality: experiment and simulation Nucl. Fusion 59 016016
T F Tang, H Shi, Z H Wang, W L Zhong, T Y Xia, X Q Xu, J Z Sun, and D Z Wang Quasi-coherent mode simulation during inter-ELM period in HL-2A Physics of Plasmas 25, 122510
Haruki SETO, Masatoshi YAGI, Nobuyuki AIBA, Akinobu MATSUYAMA, Benjamin D. DUDSON and Xueqiao XU Shaping Effects on Non-Ideal Ballooning Mode Plasma and Fusion Research Volume 13, 3403086
D Schwörer, N R Walkden, H Leggate, B D Dudson, F Militello, T Downes and M M Turner Influence of plasma background on 3D scrape-off layer filaments Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61 025008 Preprint here
N R Walkden, F Riva, B D Dudson, C Ham, F Militello, D Moulton, T Nicholas, J T Omotani 3D simulations of turbulent mixing in a simplified slab-divertor geometry Nuclear Materials and Energy Volume 18, January 2019, Pages 111-117
Matthew Thomas 3D full-wave modelling of microwave interactions with plasma density fluctuations PhD thesis, University of York
B Chen, X Q Xu, T Y Xia, N M Li, M Porkolab, E Edlund, B LaBombard, J Terry, J W Hughes, M Y Ye, and Y X Wan Progress towards modeling tokamak boundary plasma turbulence and understanding its role in setting divertor heat flux widths Physics of Plasmas 25, 055905
C K Sun, X Q Xu, C H Ma, and B Li Linear analyses of peeling-ballooning modes in high beta pedestal plasmas Physics of Plasmas 25, 082106
N Wu, S Y Chen, M L Mou, and C J Tang Effect of resistivity on small edge localized mode Physics of Plasmas 25, 092305
J G Chen, X Q Xu, C H Ma, and Y A Lei Impact of bootstrap current and Landau-fluid closure on ELM crashes and transport Physics of Plasmas 25, 050701
Yanqing HUANG (黄艳清), Tianyang XIA (夏天阳) and Bin GUI (桂彬) Numerical linear analysis of the effects of diamagnetic and shear flow on ballooning modes Plasma Sci. Technol. 20 045101
B Shanahan, B Dudson and P Hill The effects of non-uniform drive on plasma filaments J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1125 012018
B Shanahan, B Dudson and P Hill Fluid simulations of plasma filaments in stellarator geometries with BSTING Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61 025007
N M Li, X Q Xu, T D Rognlien, B Gui, J Z Sun, D Z Wang Calculation of two-dimension radial electric field in boundary plasmas by using BOUT++ Computer Physics Communications Volume 228, July 2018, Pages 69-82
O Koshkarov, A I Smolyakov, I V Romadanov, O Chapurin, M V Umansky, Y Raitses, and I D Kaganovich Current flow instability and nonlinear structures in dissipative two-fluid plasmas Physics of Plasmas 25, 011604 (2018)
Y M Wang, X Q Xu, Z Yan, G R Mckee, B A Grierson, T Y Xia and X Gao Simulation of density fluctuations before the L-H transition for Hydrogen and Deuterium plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak using the BOUT++ code Nucl. Fusion 58 026026 (2018)
B Gui, T Y Xia, X Q Xu, J R Myra and X T Xiao Calculation of the radial electric field with RF sheath boundary conditions in divertor geometry Nucl. Fusion 58 026027 (2018)

2017

Chan-Yong An, Byunghoon Min and Chang-Bae Kim Contributions of the cross phase to the plasma transport Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 59 115006 (2017)
F Militello, B Dudson, L Easy, A Kirk, P Naylor On the interaction of scrape off layer filaments Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 59 125013 (2017)
T T Tran, H Jhang, J Kim, S S Kim A characterization of the inertial range in forced-damped Hasegawa-Mima turbulence Physics of Plasmas 24, 102318 (2017)
T Rhee, G Y Park, Hogun Jhang, S S Kim, and R Singh A refined understanding of compressibility effects on the stability of drift ballooning modes Physics of Plasmas 24, 072504 (2017)
Y Zhang, J Huang, S Y Chen, and C J Tang Influence of plasma resistivity on peeling-ballooning modes Physics of Plasmas 24, 062108 (2017)
X Wu, H Li, Z Wang, H Feng and Y Zhou Simulations of the effects of density and temperature profile on SMBI penetration depth based on the HL-2A tokamak configuration Chinese Phys. B 26 065201 (2017)
Y-F Shi, Z-H Wang , Q-L Ren, A-P Sun, D-L Yu, W-F Guo and M Xu Simulations of fast component and slow component of SMBI on HL-2A tokamak Chinese Phys. B 26 055201 (2017)
J G Chen, X Q Xu, C H Ma, P W Xi, D F Kong, and Y A Lei Impact of ExB shear flow on low-n MHD instabilities Physics of Plasmas 24, 050704 (2017)
D Schwörer, N R Walkden, H Leggate, B D Dudson, F Militello, T Downes, M M Turner Influence of plasma background including neutrals on scrape-off layer filaments using 3D simulations Nuclear Materials and Energy (2017)
P Vaezi, C Holland, S C Thakur, and G R Tynan Understanding the impact of insulating and conducting endplate boundary conditions on turbulence in CSDX through nonlocal simulations Physics of Plasmas 24, 042306 (2017)
Y H Wang, Z H Wang, W Guo, Q L Ren, A P Sun, M Xu, A K Wang, N Xiang Benchmark studies of BOUT++ code and TPSMBI code on neutral transport during SMBI Phys Lett A 381 (21), 1795-1806
A I Smolyakov, O Chapurin, W Frias, O Koshkarov, I Romadanov, T Tang, M Umansky, Y Raitses, I D Kaganovich and V P Lakhin Fluid theory and simulations of instabilities, turbulent transport and coherent structures in partially-magnetized plasmas of ExB discharges Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 59 014041 (2017)
A A Stepanenko, W Lee, S I Krasheninnikov Dynamics of sheath-connected plasma filaments in magnetic field with arbitrary geometry Nuclear Materials and Energy (2017)
A A Stepanenko, W Lee, and S I Krasheninnikov Macroscopic motion of sheath-connected blobs in magnetic fields with arbitrary topology Physics of Plasmas 24, 012301 (2017)
C H Ma, X Q Xu Global kinetic ballooning mode simulations in BOUT++ Nucl. Fusion 57 016002 (2017)
H Jhang, H H Kaang, S S Kim, T Rhee, R Singh, T S Hahm Impact of zonal flows on edge pedestal collapse Nucl. Fusion 57 022006 (2017)
A Köhn, E Holzhauer, J Leddy, M B Thomas, R G L Vann Perturbing microwave beams by plasma density fluctuations
B D Dudson, J Leddy Hermes: Global plasma edge fluid turbulence simulations PPCF (2017). Preprint here

2016

J T Omotani, F Militello, L Easy, N R Walkden The effects of shape and amplitude on the velocity of scrape-off layer filaments Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58 014030 (2016)
CY An, B Min, CB Kim Cross phase of resistive-drift plasma turbulence near an adiabatic state Journal of the Korean Physical Society (2016) 69
Z X Liu, X Q Xu, X Gao, A E Hubbard, J W Hughes, J R Walk, C Theiler, T Y Xia, S G Baek, T Golfinopoulos, D Whyte, T Zhang, J G Li The physics mechanisms of the weakly coherent mode in the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Physics of Plasmas 23, 120703 (2016)
N M Li, J Z Sun, Z H Wang, X Q Xu, Z Sun, L Wang, J S Hu, D.Z. Wang Numerical investigation on lithium transport in the edge plasma of EAST real-time- Li-injection experiments in the frame of BOUT++ Nucl.Mat.and Energy (2016)
N R Walkden, L Easy, F Militello and J T Omotani Dynamics of 3D isolated thermal filaments Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58, 115010 (2016). [Preprint here] (https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.00582)
Ya-Hui Wang, W-F Guo, Z-H Wang Q-L Ren A-P Sun, Min Xu, Ai-Ke Wang and Nong Xiang Radial transport dynamics studies of SMBI with a newly developed TPSMBI code Chinese Phys. B 25 106601 (2016)
J Huang, S Y Chen and C J Tang Simulations of peeling-ballooning modes with electron cyclotron resonance heating Physics of Plasmas 23, 052513 (2016)
T F Tang, X Q Xu, C H Ma, E M Bass, C Holland and J Candy Benchmark studies of the gyro-Landau-fluid code and gyro-kinetic codes on kinetic ballooning modes Physics of Plasmas 23, 032119 (2016)
M L Mou, J Huang, N Wu, S Y Chen, C J Tang The impact of static magnetic perturbations on edge localized modes Phys Lett A 380(33) 2544-2548 (2016)
F Riva, C Colin, J Denis, L Easy, I Furno, J Madsen, F Militello, V Naulin, A H Nielsen, J M B Olsen, J T Omotani, J J Rasmussen, P Ricci, E Serre, P Tamain and C Theiler Blob dynamics in the TORPEX experiment: A multi-code validation Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58 044005 (2016)
O Izacard, C Holland, S D James, D P Brennan Dynamics of ion temperature gradient turbulence and transport with a static magnetic island Physics of Plasmas 23, 022304 (2016)
X Q Xu, T Y Xia, N Yan, Z X Liu, D F Kong, A Diallo, R J Groebner, A E Hubbard, and J W Hughes Toward integrated multi-scale pedestal simulations including edge-localized-mode dynamics, evolution of edge-localized-mode cycles, and continuous fluctuations Physics of Plasmas 23, 055901 (2016)
A S Richardson, J R Angus, S B Swanekamp, I M Rittersdorf, P F Ottinger, and J W Schumer The effect of electron inertia in Hall-driven magnetic field penetration in electron-magnetohydrodynamics Physics of Plasmas 23, 052110 (2016)
F Militello, N R Walkden, T Farley, W A Gracias, J Olsen, F Riva, L Easy, N Fedorczak, I Lupelli, J Madsen Multi-code analysis of scrape-off layer filament dynamics in MAST Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58 105002 (2016)
A Kohn, E Holzhauer, J Leddy, M B Thomas, R G L Vann Influence of plasma turbulence on microwave propagation Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58 105008 (2016)
J Kim, S S Kim, H Jhang Effects of resistivity on linear plasma responses to resonant magnetic perturbations in tokamak plasmas Physics of Plasmas 23, 092502 (2016)
Y Luo, S Y Chen, J Huang, Y Y Xiong, C J Tang Influence of equilibrium shear flow in the parallel magnetic direction on edge localized mode crash Physics of Plasmas 23, 042302 (2016)
H Seto, M Yagi, N Aiba, A Matsuyama, B D Dudson, X Q Xu “Non-ideal Ballooning Mode Instability with Real Electron Inertia” Plasma and Fusion Research (2016)
B W Shanahan, P A Hill, B D Dudson, “Towards nonaxisymmetry; initial results using the Flux Coordinate Independent method in BOUT++” Journal of Physics: Conference Series (2016) Preprint here
J Leddy, B Dudson “Simulation of the interaction between plasma turbulence and neutrals in linear devices” submitted to the Journal of Nuclear Materials and Energy (2016)
P Hill, B Shanahan, B Dudson Dirichlet boundary conditions for arbitrary-shaped boundaries in stellarator-like magnetic fields for the Flux-Coordinate Independent method. Computer Physics Communications (2016). Preprint here
B D Dudson, J Madsen, J Omotani, P Hill, L Easy, M Loiten Verification of BOUT++ by the Method of Manufactured Solutions Physics of Plasmas (2016). Preprint here.
B Shanahan, B Dudson Blob dynamics in TORPEX poloidal null configurations Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 58 125003 (2016). Preprint here.
J Leddy, B Dudson, M Romanelli, B Shanahan, N Walkden A novel flexible field-aligned coordinate system for tokamak edge plasma simulation Computer Physics Communications (2016). Preprint here.
L Easy, F Militello, J Omotani, N Walkden, B Dudson Investigation of the Effect of Resistivity on Scrape Off Layer Filaments using Three Dimensional Simulations Physics of Plasmas 23 012512 (2016) Preprint here

2015

B Friedman and T A Carter A non-modal analytical method to predict turbulent properties applied to the Hasegawa-Wakatani model Physics of Plasmas 22, 012307 (2015)
Y L Zhou, Z H Wang, X Q Xu, H D Li, H Feng, W G Sun Comparisons between tokamak fueling of gas puffing and supersonic molecular beam injection in 2D simulations Physics of Plasmas 22, 012503 (2015)
G Y Park, S S Kim, H Jhang, P H Diamond, T Rhee, X Q Xu Flux-driven simulations of turbulence collapse Physics of Plasmas 22, 032505 (2015)
T Rhee, S S Kim, H Jhang, G Y Park, R Singh A mechanism for magnetic field stochastization and energy release during an edge pedestal collapse Nucl. Fusion 55 032004 (2015)
W Lee, M V Umansky, J Angus, S I Krasheninnikov Electromagnetic effects on dynamics of high-beta filamentary structures Physics of Plasmas 22, 012505 (2015)
W Lee, J R Angus, M V Umansky, S I Krasheninnikov Electromagnetic effects on plasma blob-filament transport J.Nucl.Mat. 463, 765-768 (2015)
B Min, C-Y An and C-B Kim Contributions of nonlinear fluxes to the temporal response of fluid plasma Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 57 095009 (2015)
K Ghantous and Ö D Gürcan Wave-number spectrum of dissipative drift waves and a transition scale Phys. Rev. E 92, 033107 (2015)
N R Walkden, B D Dudson, L Easy, G Fishpool and J T Omotani Numerical investigation of isolated filament motion in a realistic tokamak geometry Nucl. Fusion 55 113022 (2015)
T Y Xia and X Q Xu Nonlinear fluid simulation of particle and heat fluxes during burst of ELMs on DIII-D with BOUT++ code Nucl. Fusion 55 113030 (2015)
C H Ma, X Q Xu, P W Xi, and T Y Xia Impact of relative phase shift on inward turbulent spreading Physics of Plasmas 22, 010702 (2015)
C H Ma, X Q Xu, P Xi, T Y Xia, P B Snyder, S S Kim Impact of inward turbulence spreading on energy loss of edge-localized modes Physics of Plasmas 22, 055903 (2015)
J T Omotani, B D Dudson, E Havlickova, M Umansky Non-local parallel transport in BOUT++ Journal of Nuclear Materials 463, 769-772 (2015) doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.10.040. Preprint here.

2014

G Q Li, X Q Xu, P B Snyder, A D Turnbull, T Y Xia, C H Ma and P W Xi Linear calculations of edge current driven kink modes with BOUT++ code Phys. Plasmas 21, 102511 (2014)
X Q Xu, J F Ma, G Q Li Impact of the pedestal plasma density on dynamics of edge localized mode crashes and energy loss scaling Physics of Plasmas 21, 120704 (2014)
L Easy, F Militello, J Omotani, B Dudson, E Havlickova, P Tamain, V Naulin, A H Nielsen 3D Simulations of Plasma Filaments in the Scrape Off Layer: A Comparison with Models of Reduced Dimensionality Phys. Plasmas 21, 122515 (2014). arXiv preprint
D Meyerson, C Michoski, F Waelbroeck, W Horton Effect of chaos on plasma filament dynamics and turbulence in the scrape-off layer Phys. Plasmas 21, 072310 (2014)
B D Dudson, A.Allen, G.Breyiannis, E.Brugger, J.Buchanan, L.Easy, S.Farley, I.Joseph, M. Kim, A.D.McGann, J.T.Omotani, M.V.Umansky, N.R.Walkden, T.Xia, X.Q.Xu BOUT++: Recent and current developments Journal of Plasma Physics 2014. arXiv preprint
J T Omotani, B D Dudson, E Havlickova, M Umansky Non-local parallel transport in BOUT++ in press Journal of Nuclear Materials 2014 doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.10.040. Preprint here.
J F Ma, X Q Xu, B D Dudson “Linear peeling-ballooning mode simulations in snowflake-like divertor configuration using BOUT++ code” Nucl. Fusion 54 (2014) 033011
P W Xi, X Q Xu, and P H Diamond The impact of pedestal turbulence and electron inertia on edge-localized-mode crashes Physics of Plasmas 21, 056110 (2014)
S Y Chen, J Huang, T T Sun, Z H Wang, and C J Tang Simulation of peeling-ballooning modes with pellet injection Physics of Plasmas 21, 112512 (2014)
B Gui, X Q Xu, J R Myra, and D A D’Ippolito Mitigating impact of thermal and rectified radio-frequency sheath potentials on edge localized modes Physics of Plasmas 21, 112302 (2014)
Z X Liu, X Q Xu, X Gao, T Y Xia, I Joseph Three dimensional nonlinear simulations of edge localized modes on the EAST tokamak using BOUT++ code Physics of Plasmas 21, 090705 (2014)

2013

M E Fenstermacher, X Q Xu, I Joseph, M J Lanctot, C J Lasnier, W H Meyer, B Tobias, L Zeng, A W Leonard, T H Osborne Fast pedestal, SOL and divertor measurements from DIII-D to validate BOUT++ nonlinear ELM simulations J. Nucl. Mat. 438, S346–S350 (2013)
S A Myers, B D Dudson, H R Wilson “Nonlinear MHD simulations of the gravitational ballooning mode close to marginal stability” Accepted in Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion (2013)
N R Walkden, B D Dudson, G Fishpool Characterization of 3D filament dynamics in a MAST SOL flux tube geometry. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 55 (2013) 105005. Also available as an arXiv preprint.
D R Smith, S E Parker, W Wan, Y Chen, B D Dudson, R J Fonck, G R McKee, S M Kaye, D S Thompson, R E Bell, A Diallo, W Guttenfelder, B P LeBlanc, M Podesta “Measurements and simulations of low wavenumber pedestal turbulence in the National Spherical Torus Experiment” Nuclear Fusion 53 (2013) 113029
X Xu, P W Xi, A Dimits, I Joseph, M V Umansky, T Y Xia, B Gui, S S Kim, G Y Park, T Rhee, H Jhang, P H Diamond, B Dudson, P B Snyder Gyro-fluid and two-fluid theory and simulations of edge-localized-modes. Phys. Plasmas 20 (2013) 056113
J T Omotani, B D Dudson Non-local approach to kinetic effects on parallel transport in fluid models of the scrape-off layer. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 55 (2013) 055009. Preprint arXiv plasm-phys/1302.0676
T Y Xia, X Q Xu, P W Xi Six-field two-fluid simulations of peeling–ballooning modes using BOUT++ Nucl. Fusion 53 (2013) 073009
T Y Xia, X Q Xu Five-field simulations of peeling-ballooning modes using BOUT++ code Physics of Plasmas 20, 052102 (2013)
P W Xi, X Q Xu, T Y Xia, W M Nevins and S S Kim Impact of a large density gradient on linear and nonlinear edge-localized mode simulations Nuclear Fusion Volume 53 Number 11

2012

P W Xi, X Q Xu, X G Wang, and T Y Xia Influence of equilibrium shear flow on peeling-ballooning instability and edge localised mode crash. Phys. Plasmas 19, 092503 (2012)
B Dudson, S Farley, L Curfmann McInnes Improved Nonlinear Solvers in BOUT++. Submitted to Computer Physics Communications August 2012. Preprint arXiv plasm-phys/1209.2054, report ANL/MCS-P3025-0812
B Friedman, M V Umansky, T A Carter Grid Convergence Study in a Simulation of LAPD Turbulence Contrib. Plasma Phys., 52: 412-416 (2012)
T Y Xia, X Q Xu, B D Dudson, J Li Nonlinear Simulations of Peeling-Ballooning Modes with Parallel Velocity Perturbation Contrib. Plasma Phys., 52 (2012) 353-359
B Friedman, T A Carter, M V Umansky, D Schaffner, B Dudson Energy dynamics in a simulation of LAPD turbulence. Physics of Plasmas 19 (2012) 102307
J R Angus, M V Umansky, and S. I. Krasheninnikov 3D Blob Modelling with BOUT++Contrib. Plasma Phys., 52: 348-352 (2012)
J R Angus, M V Umansky, and S. I. Krasheninnikov Effect of Drift Waves on Plasma Blob Dynamics Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 215002 (2012)

2011

X Q Xu, B D Dudson “Nonlinear ELM simulations based on a nonideal peeling ballooning model using the BOUT++ code”. Nucl. Fusion 51 (2011) 103040
B D Dudson, X Q Xu, M V Umansky, P.B.Snyder, H.R. Wilson Simulation of Edge Localised Modes using BOUT++. Invited paper to the 2010 Joint Varenna-Lausanne international workshop. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 53 (2011) 054005 doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/53/5/054005
P B Snyder, R J Groebner, J W Hughes, T H Osborne, M Beurskens, A W Leonard, H R Wilson and X Q Xu A first-principles predictive model of the pedestal height and width: development, testing and ITER optimization with the EPED model Nucl. Fusion 51 103016 (2011)

2010

X Q Xu, B D Dudson, P.B.Snyder, M V Umansky, H.R. Wilson Nonlinear simulations of peeling-ballooning modes with anomalous electron viscosity and their role in ELM crashes Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) 175005

2009

B D Dudson, M. V. Umansky, X. Q. Xu, P. B. Snyder, H. R. Wilson: BOUT++: a framework for parallel plasma fluid simulations. Computer Physics Communications 180 (2009), pp. 1467-1480 doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2009.03.008. Also available as an arXiv pre-print