P. Blanchard

Publication List Details

Period

1942 - 2009

Number

94

Co-Authors

Rapid processing of net-shape thermoplastic planar random composite preforms (2009)

Jespersen, S. T., Baudry, F., Schmäh, D., D.Wakeman, M., Michaud, V., Blanchard, P., ...

A novel thermoplastic composite preforming and moulding process is investigated to target cost issues in textile composite processing associated with trim waste, and the limited mechanical properties...

Cardiac 82 rubidium PET/CT: initial European experience (2007)

Groves, A.M., Dickson, J.C., Kayani, I., Endozo, R., Blanchard, P., ...

Purpose: Myocardial perfusion with PET/CT has advantages over conventional SPECT. We describe our initial European experience using 82Rubidium-PET/CT, as part of a clinical myocardial perfusion...

Recent electron cyclotron emission results on TCV (2007)

Udintsev, V. S., Turri, G., Asp, E., Schlatter, C., Goodman, T. P., Sauter, O., ...

Electron cyclotron emission (ECE) diagnostics on Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV) allow study of the electron temperature evolution in time with good spatial and temporal resolution at the high...

Plasma dynamics with second and third-harmonic ECRH and access to quasi-stationary ELM-free H-mode on TCV (2007)

Porte, L., Coda, S., Alberti, S., Arnoux, G., Blanchard, P., Bortolon, A., ...

Intense electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) and electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) are employed on the Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV) both in second- and third-harmonic X-mode...

Current profile tailoring using localized electron cyclotron heating in highly elongated TCV plasmas (2007)

Camenen, Y., Hofmann, Y. C. F., Pochelon, A., Scarabosio, A., Alberti, S., Arnoux, G., ...

Radially localized electron cyclotron heating (ECH) at the 2nd harmonic (X2) is used to tailor the current profile through the modification of the temperature, and hence conductivity, profiles. The...

An operational approach for aircraft crew dosimetry: the SIEVERT system (2007)

Bottollier-Depois, J. F., Blanchard, P., Clairand, I., Dessarps, P., Fuller, N., Lantos, P., ...

The study of naturally occurring radiation and its associated risk is one of the preoccupations of bodies responsible for radiation protection. Cosmic particle flux is significantly higher on-board...

The effect of ECRH on the electron velocity distribution function (2006)

Coda, S., Klimanov, I., Alberti, S., Arnoux, G., Blanchard, P., Fasoli, A.

Electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) is a mature technology that has progressed constantly over a period of forty years, particularly as a tool in magnetic confinement fusion. As with other...

10-channel far-infrared polarimeter for the tokamak configuration variable - art. no. 10F101 (2006)

Blanchard, P., Behn, R., Weisen, H., Zhuchkova, A.

A new far-infrared polarimeter diagnostic for the tokamak a configuration variable (TCV) is under construction at CRPP. It uses two FIR lasers at 432.5 mu m, optically pumped by a 120 W continuous...

10-channel far-infrared polarimeter for the tokamak configuration variable (2006)

Blanchard, P., Behn, R., Weisen, H., Zhuchkova, A.

A new far-infrared polarimeter diagnostic for the tokamak a configuration variable (TCV) is under construction at CRPP. It uses two FIR lasers at 432.5 mu m, optically pumped by a 120 W continuous...

Green's functions for theories with massless particles (in theory) (2005)

Blanchard, P

Using the method of perturbative renormalization developed by Epstein and Glaser (ibid., vol.XIX, no.3, p.211 (1973)) it is shown that Green's functions exist for theories with massless particles...

Electron cyclotron emission spectrometry on the Tokamak a Configuration Variable (2005)

Klimanov, I., Porte, L., Alberti, S., Blanchard, P., Fasoli, A., Goodman, T. P.

Electron cyclotron emission (ECE) measurements are an important component of the diagnostic suite on the Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV) [F. Hoffman , Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 36, B277...

Strong pi-electron donors based on a self-rigidified 2,2 '-bi(3,4-ethylenedioxy)thiophene-tetrathiafulvalene hybrid pi-conjugated system (2003)

Leriche, P., Turbiez, M., Monroche, V., Frere, P., Blanchard, P., Skabara, P.J., ...

Strong pi-donors based on the association of TTF and 2,2'-bi(3,4-ethylenedioxy)thiophene conjugating unit have been synthesised, optical and an X-ray data show that intramolecular interactions lead...

Strong pi-electron donors based on a self-rigidified 2,2 '-bi(3,4-ethylenedioxy)thiophene-tetrathiafulvalene hybrid pi-conjugated system (2003)

Leriche, P., Turbiez, M., Monroche, V., Frere, P., Blanchard, P., Skabara, P.J., ...

Strong pi-donors based on the association of TTF and 2,2'-bi(3,4-ethylenedioxy)thiophene conjugating unit have been synthesised, optical and an X-ray data show that intramolecular interactions lead...

Strong pi-electron donors based on a self-rigidified 2,2 '-bi(3,4-ethylenedioxy)thiophene-tetrathiafulvalene hybrid pi-conjugated system (2003)

Leriche, P., Turbiez, M., Monroche, V., Frere, P., Blanchard, P., Skabara, P.J., ...

Strong pi-donors based on the association of TTF and 2,2'-bi(3,4-ethylenedioxy)thiophene conjugating unit have been synthesised, optical and an X-ray data show that intramolecular interactions lead...

Recent results from the electron cyclotron heated plasmas in Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV) (2003)

Henderson,M. A., Alberti,S., Angioni,C., Arnoux,G., Behn,R., Blanchard,P., ...

In noninductively driven discharges, 0.9 MW second harmonic (X2) off-axis co-electron cyclotron current drive deposition is combined with 0.45 MW X2 central heating to create an electron internal...

An overview of recent results from the TCV Tokamak (2003)

Goodman,T. P., Ahmed,S. M., Alberti,S., Andrèbe,Y., Angioni,C., Appert,K., ...

The TCV tokamak ( R = 0.88 m, κ = 2.5, are produced at low normalized current using far off-axis EC heating (ECH) and ECCD to broaden the current profile. Third harmonic heating is used to heat the...

Recent results from the electron cyclotron heated plasmas in Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV) (2003)

Henderson, M. A., Alberti, S., Angioni, C., Arnoux, G., Behn, R., Blanchard, P., ...

In noninductively driven discharges, 0.9 MW second harmonic (X2) off-axis co-electron cyclotron current drive deposition is combined with 0.45 MW X2 central heating to create an electron internal...

An overview of recent results from the TCV Tokamak (2003)

Goodman, T. P., Ahmed, S. M., Alberti, S., Andrèbe, Y., Angioni, C., Appert, K., ...

The TCV tokamak ( R = 0.88 m, κ = 2.5, are produced at low normalized current using far off-axis EC heating (ECH) and ECCD to broaden the current profile. Third harmonic heating is used to heat the...

ELM driven divertor target currents on TCV (2003)

Pitts, R. A., Alberti, S., Blanchard, P., Horacek, J., Reimerdes, H., Stangeby, P. C.

There is currently both considerable interest in the physics of ELM transport in the scrape-off layer (SOL) and concern over the impact of the ELM power and particle loads on the divertor targets of...

Overview of JET results (2003)

Pamela, J., Solano, E. R., Adams, J. M., Agarici, G., Agarici, M., Akhter, H., ...

Scientific and technical activities on JET focus on the issues likely to affect the ITER design and operation. Our understanding of the ITER reference mode of operation, the ELMy H-mode, has...

Accessibility and properties of ELMy H-mode and ITB plasmas in TCV (2003)

Martin, Y. R., Henderson, M. A., Alberti, S., Amorim, P., Andrebe, Y., Appert, K., ...

This paper presents experimental results on the accessibility and the properties of plasmas with improved confinement in TCV. First, the H-mode threshold power is measured in Ohmic plasmas. Above an...

Recent results from the electron cyclotron heated plasmas in Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV) (2003)

Henderson, M. A., Alberti, S., Angioni, C., Arnoux, G., Behn, R., Blanchard, P., ...

In noninductively driven discharges, 0.9 MW second harmonic (X2) off-axis co-electron cyclotron current drive deposition is combined with 0.45 MW X2 central heating to create an electron internal...

An overview of results from the TCV tokamak (2003)

Goodman, T. P., Ahmed, S. M., Alberti, S., Andrebe, Y., Angioni, C., Appert, K., ...

The Tokamak Configuration Variable (TCV) tokamak (R = 0.88 m, a < 0.25 m, B < 1.54 T) programme is based on flexible plasma shaping and heating for studies of confinement, transport, control and...

Electron cyclotron current drive and suprathermal electron dynamics in the TCV tokamak (2003)

Coda, S., Alberti, S., Blanchard, P., Goodman, T. P., Henderson, M. A., Nikkola, P., ...

Electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) is an important prospective tool for tailoring the current profile in nextstep devices. To fill the remaining gaps between ECCD theory and experiment,...

Temporal trends of organochlorine pesticides in the Canadian Arctic atmosphere. (2002)

Halsall, Crispin J., Blanchard , P., Hung , H., Li , H. H.

Temperature normalization (TN), multiple linear regression (MLR), and digital filtration (DF) were used to analyze the temporal trends of an atmospheric dataset on organochlorine pesticides (OCs)...

Shape dependence of sawtooth inversion radii and profile peaking factors in TCV L mode plasmas (2002)

Weisen, H., Furno, I., Alberti, S., Angioni, C., Appert, K., Behn, R., ...

Sawtooth inversion radii and profile peaking factors of a large variety of ohmic and ECH heated L mode plasmas, including, elongations up to 2.6 and triangularities between -0.5 and 0.75, have been...

ECH physics and new operational regimes on TCV (2002)

Moret, J. M., Ahmed, S. M., Alberti, S., Andrebe, Y., Appert, K., Arnoux, G., ...

The physics of tokamak plasmas, in which electrons are heated by electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and whose current is driven by electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD), is investigated in this paper...

High field side measurements of non-thermal electron cyclotron emission on TCV plasmas with ECH and ECCD (2002)

Blanchard, P., Alberti, S., Coda, S., Weisen, H., Nikkola, P., Klimanov, I.

Measurements of electron cyclotron emission (ECE) from the high field side of the TCV tokamak have been made on plasmas heated by second and third harmonic X-mode electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and...

Full absorption of third harmonic ECH in TCV tokamak plasmas in the presence of second harmonic ECCD (2002)

Alberti, S., Goodman, T. P., Henderson, M. A., Manini, A., Moret, J. M., Gomez, P., ...

An experimental study of the extraordinary mode (X mode) absorption at the third electron cyclotron harmonic frequency has been performed on the TCV tokamak in plasmas preheated by X mode at the...

Are PCBs in the Canadian Arctic atmosphere declining? Evidence from 5 years of monitoring. (2001)

Hung, H. H., Halsall, Crispin J., Blanchard, P., Li, H. H., Fellin, P., Stern, G., ...

A long-term database of weekly air concentrations was examined to establish temporal trends of PCBs in the Arctic atmosphere. Several methods were employed to reduce the intra-annual variability...

Overview of TCV results (2001)

Weisen, H., Alberti, S., Angioni, C., Appert, K., Bakos, J., Behn, R., ...

The TCV tokamak (R = 0.88 in, a < 0.25 in, BT < 1.54 T) is equipped with six 0.5 MW gyrotron sources operating at 82.7 GHz for second harmonic X mode ECH. By distributing the ECCD current sources...

Steady-state fully noninductive operation with electron cyclotron current drive and current profile control in the tokamak a configuration variable (TCV) (2001)

Sauter, O., Angioni, C., Coda, S., Gomez, P., Goodman, T. P., Henderson, M. A., ...

Fully noninductive, steady-state electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) has been demonstrated for the first time in experiments carried out in the tokamak a configuration variable (TCV) [O. Sauter ,...

Stability and energy confinement of highly elongated plasmas in TCV (2001)

Hofmann, F., Behn, R., Coda, S., Goodman, T. P., Henderson, M., Lavanchy, P., ...

The operating space of the TCV tokamak has been extended to higher elongation, kappa = 2.8, and higher normalized current, I-N = I-p/aB = 3.6MA/mT, than were previously attainable. This has been...

Cluster Percolation in O(n) Spin Models (2000)

Blanchard, P., Digal, S., Fortunato, S., Gandolfo, D., Mendes, T., Satz, H.

The spontaneous symmetry breaking in the Ising model can be equivalently described in terms of percolation of Wolff clusters. In O(n) spin models similar clusters can be built in a general way, and...

Steady-state fully noninductive current driven by electron cyclotron waves in a magnetically confined plasma (2000)

Sauter, O., Henderson, M. A., Hofmann, F., Goodman, T., Alberti, S., Angioni, C., ...

A steady-state, fully noninductive plasma current has been sustained for the first time in a tokamak using electron cyclotron current drive only. In this discharge, 123 kA of current have been...

High-power ECH and fully non-inductive operation with ECCD in the TCV tokamak (2000)

Coda, S., Goodman, T. P., Henderson, M. A., Hofmann, F., Pietrzyk, Z. A., Sauter, O., ...

Experiments with high-power electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and current drive (ECCD) in the TCV tokamak are discussed. Power up to 2.7 MW from six gyrotrons is delivered to the tokamak at the...

Energy confinement and MHD activity in shaped TCV plasmas with localized electron cyclotron heating (1999)

Pochelon, A., Goodman, T. P., Henderson, M., Angioni, C., Behn, R., Coda, S., ...

Confinement in TCV electron cyclotron heated discharges was studied as a function of plasma shape, i.e. as a function of elongation, 1.1 < kappa < 2.15, and triangularity, -0.65 less than or equal to...

Material Effects in Fretting Wear: Application to Iron, Titanium, and Aluminum Alloys. (1998)

Blanchard, P., Colombie, C., Pellerin, V., Fayeulle, S., Vincent, L.

Fretting wear tests were performed on several alloys(low alloyed and stainless steels, Ti6Al4V titanium alloy, 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys) slid against themselves in air under relatively low...

Effect of plasma shape on confinement and MHD behaviour in TCV (1997)

Weisen, H., Alberti, S., Berry, S., Behn, R., Blanchard, P., Bosshard, P., ...

The TCV tokamak (B-T < 1.5 T, R approximate to 0.88 m, a < 0.25 m) has produced a wide variety of plasma configurations, both diverted and limited, with elongations kappa(a), ranging from 0.9 to...

Incorporation of pseudorabies virus gD into human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag particles produced in baculovirus-infected cells.

Garnier, L, Ravallec, M, Blanchard, P, Chaabihi, H, Bossy, J P, Devauchelle, G, ...

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Pr55gag precursors were previously shown to assemble and bud efficiently as noninfectious virus-like particles (VLPs) when expressed in...

Incorporation of pseudorabies virus gD into human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag particles produced in baculovirus-infected cells.

Garnier, L, Ravallec, M, Blanchard, P, Chaabihi, H, Bossy, J P, Devauchelle, G, ...

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Pr55gag precursors were previously shown to assemble and bud efficiently as noninfectious virus-like particles (VLPs) when expressed in...

Spread of Infectious Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus by Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Feces▿

Ribière, M., Lallemand, P., Schurr, F., Celle, O., Blanchard, P., ...

Knowledge of the spreading mechanism of honeybee pathogens within the hive is crucial to our understanding of bee disease dynamics. The aim of this study was to assess the presence of infectious...