Y. MARTIN

Publication List Details

Period

1978 - 2009

Number

208

Co-Authors

Physics Insight and Performance Benefit from Plasma Shaping Experiments in MHD and Energy Transport in the TCV Tokamak (2008)

Pochelon, A., Brunner, S., Camenen, Y., Coda, S., Graves, J., Marinoni, A., ...

The unique flexibility of TCV in plasma shaping has been exploited to address different aspects of tokamak physics in which the plasma shape may play a role. This paper summarizes the experiments...

A linear RFQ ion trap for the Enriched Xenon Observatory (2007)

Flatt, B., Green, M., Wodin, J., DeVoe, R., Fierlinger, P., Gratta, G., ...

The design, construction, and performance of a linear radio-frequency ion trap (RFQ) intended for use in the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) are described. EXO aims to detect the neutrinoless...

Observation of single collisionally cooled trapped ions in a buffer gas (2007)

Green, M., Wodin, J., DeVoe, R., Fierlinger, P., Flatt, B., Gratta, G., ...

Individual Ba ions are trapped in a gas-filled linear ion trap and observed with a high signal-to-noise ratio by resonance fluorescence. Single-ion storage times of ~5 min (~1 min) are achieved using...

Plasma shape stabilization of current rise MHD instabilities in TCV (2007)

Scarabosio, A., Pochelon, A., Martin, Y.

The well-known and potentially disruptive plasma 'current rise' instabilities are studied as a function of the plasma shape in the Tokamak a a Configuration Variable (TCV). Disruptions typically...

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...

Chapter 2: Plasma confinement and transport (2007)

Doyle, E. J., Houlberg, W. A., Kamada, Y., Mukhovatov, V., Osborne, T. H., Polevoi, A., ...

The understanding and predictive capability of transport physics and plasma confinement is reviewed from the perspective of achieving reactor-scale burning plasmas in the ITER tokamak, for both core...

Edge profiles of electron temperature and density during ELMy H-mode in ohmically heated TCV plasmas (2007)

Behn, R., Allier, A., Medvedev, S. Y., Zhuang, G., Pasqualotto, R., Nielsen, P., ...

Improvement of the spatial resolution of the TCV Thomson scattering system has permitted measurements of the pedestal height and gradient of electron density and temperature profiles near; the plasma...

A liquid xenon ionization chamber in an all-fluoropolymer vessel (2006)

LePort, EXO Collaboration: F., Pocar, A., Bartoszek, L., DeVoe, R., Fierlinger, P., Flatt, B., ...

A novel technique has been developed to build vessels for liquid xenon ionization detectors entirely out of ultra-clean fluoropolymer. We describe the advantages in terms of low radioactivity...

The role of aspect ratio and beta in H-mode confinement scalings (2006)

Kaye, S. M., Valovic, M., Chudnovskiy, A., Cordey, J. G., McDonald, D., Meakins, A., ...

The addition of high power, low aspect ratio data from the NSTX and MAST experiments has motivated a new investigation of the effect of aspect ratio on confinement scaling. Various statistical...

Integrated exhaust scenarios with actively controlled ELMs (2005)

Lang, P. T., Kallenbach, A., Bucalossi, J., Conway, G. D., Degeling, A., Dux, R., ...

An integrated radiative high performance scenario has been established at ASDEX Upgrade based on simultaneous feedback control of the average divertor neutral particle and power flux in combination...

Local 3D perturbation experiments for probing the ELM stability (2005)

Lang, P. T., Hobirk, J., Horton, L. D., Kallenbach, A., Maraschek, M., Mertens, V., ...

Empirical estimates indicate that the transient divertor power load induced by type-I ELMs in the standard H-mode ITER scenario might result in intolerably short target life times. Significant...

Safety factor profile requirements for electron ITB formation in TCV (2005)

Goodman, T. P., Behn, R., Camenen, Y., Coda, S., Fable, E., Henderson, M. A., ...

On the Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV), electron internal transport barriers (eITBs) can be formed during a gradual evolution from a centrally peaked to a hollow current profile while all...

Scaling of the energy confinement time with beta and collisionality approaching ITER conditions (2005)

Cordey, J. G., Thomsen, K., Chudnovskiy, A., Kardaun, Ojwf, Takizuka, T., Snipes, J. A., ...

The condition of the latest version of the ELMy H-mode database has been re-examined. It is shown that there is bias in the ordinary least squares regression for some of the variables. To address...

Edge localized modes control: experiment and theory (2005)

Becoulet, M., Huysmans, G., Thomas, P., Joffrin, E., Rimini, F., Monier-Garbet, P., ...

The paper reviews recent theoretical and experimental results focussing on the identification of the key factors controlling ELM energy and particle losses both in natural ELMs and in the presence of...

Third-harmonic, top-launch, ECRH experiments on TCV tokamak (2005)

Alberti, S., Arnoux, G., Porte, L., Hogge, J. P., Marletaz, B., Marmillod, P., ...

In the moderate magnetic field of TCV (1.5 T), the recently installed X3 system (3 gyrotrons, 118 GHz, 0.45 MW each, 2 s) broadens the operational space with the possibility of heating plasmas at...

Third-harmonic X-mode, real-time controlled top-launch ECW experiments on TCV Tokamak (2005)

Alberti, S., Arnoux, G, Porte, L, Bortolon, A, Karpushov, A, Martin, Y, ...

In the moderate magneticfield of TCV (1.5T), the recently installed X3 system (3 gyrotrons @118 GHz, 0.45 MW/each, 2s) broadens the operational space with the possibility of heating plasmas at high...

Control of electron internal transport barriers in TCV (2004)

Henderson, M. A., Behn, R., Coda, S., Condrea, I., Duval, B. P., Goodman, T. P., ...

Current profile tailoring has been performed by application of electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and electron cyclotron current drive, leading to improved energy confinement in the plasma core of 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...

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...

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...

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...

On the dependence of energy confinement on elongation in single null divertor plasmas (2002)

Weisen, H., Martin, Y., Moret, J. M.

An analysis of the effect of magnetic geometry on heat flux in a wide range of single null diverted discharge configurations with 1.5 < κ(95) < 2.2, 0.2 < δ(95) < 0.45 suggests that...

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...

Development of a two-term model for the confinement in ELMy H-modes using the global confinement and pedestal databases (2002)

Thomsen, K., Cordey, J.G., Martin, Y.

The overlap of pulses in the pedestal database and the global H-mode confinement database has been increased. This has resulted in a new improved combined dataset with core and pedestal energy data....

Progress of the international H-mode power threshold database activity (2002)

Ryter, F., Martin, Y.

The International Global H-mode Threshold Database has been revised and cleaned from inadequate data for some tokamaks. This significantly reduces the scatter for the corresponding datasets. The...

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...

Effect of ELMS on the measurement of vertical plasma position in TCV and JET (2002)

Hofmann, F., Furno, I., Gerasimov, S., Martin, Y., Milani, F., Nave, M. F. F., ...

The effect of ELMS on the vertical position observer in TCV has been investigated and a new, optimized, observer which minimizes the influence of ELMS has been constructed. The new observer has been...

Extension of the TCV operating space towards higher elongation and higher normalized current (2002)

Hofmann, F., Coda, S., Lavanchy, P., Llobet, X., Marmillod, P., Martin, Y., ...

Recently, an experimental campaign has been launched on TCV with the aim of exploring and extending the limits of the operating space. The vertical position control system has been optimized, with...

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...

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...

Considerations on energy confinement time scalings using present tokamak databases and prediction for ITER size experiments (2000)

Sauter, O., Martin, Y.

The prediction of the thermal energy confinement time, tau(th), for ITER size experiments is based on power law scalings obtained using data sets of present tokamak results in specific regimes, the...

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...

Vertical position control in TCV: Comparison of model predictions with experimental results (2000)

Hofmann, F., Favre, A., Isoz, P. F., Martin, Y., Moret, J. M., Nieswand, C.

Growth rates of the axisymmetric instability of elongated plasmas in TCV are measured, in open loop configuration, for a wide variety of plasma shapes with elongations and triangularities in the...

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...

Experimental investigation of the effects of neon injection in TCV (1999)

Pitts, R. A., Refke, A., Duval, B. P., Furno, I., Joye, B., Lister, J. B., ...

This contribution describes the results of impurity seeding experiments using neon gas injection into the private fl zone of an ohmically heated TCV single null lower, deuterium fuelled, open...

Statistical analysis of the ohmic H-mode accessibility in TCV (1998)

Martin, Y., Buhlmann, F.

In TCV, L-mode to H-mode transitions have been observed in a wide variety of plasma configurations. Two statistical methods, discriminant analysis and a nonlinear system identification, have been...

Feedback stabilization of axisymmetric modes in the TCV tokamak using active coils inside and outside the vacuum vessel (1998)

Hofmann, F., Dutch, M. J., Favre, A., Martin, Y., Moret, J. M., Ward, D. J.

A new vertical position control system, including an internal active coil, has become operational on TCV. The new system has made it possible to stabilize plasmas with open loop growth rates up to...

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

Weisen, H., Moret, J. M., Franke, S., Furno, I., Martin, Y., Anton, M., ...

The energy confinement time of TCV ohmic L mode discharges depends strongly on plasma shape. For fixed average current and electron densities, confinement times increase with plasma elongation and...

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...

Divertor target profiles and recycling studies in TCV single null lower standard discharges (1997)

Pitts, R. A., Nieswand, C., Weisen, H., Anton, M., Behn, R., Chavan, R. F., ...

A 'standard', single null lower diverted discharge has been developed to enable continuous monitoring of the first wall conditions and to characterise the effectiveness and influence of wall...

Influence of plasma shape on transport in the TCV Tokamak (1997)

Moret, J. M., Franke, S., Weisen, H., Anton, M., Behn, R., Duval, B. P., ...

The energy confinement time of TCV Ohmic, L-mode discharges is observed to depend strongly on the plasma shape, improving slightly with elongation and degrading strongly as triangularity is increased...

The control of tokamak configuration variable plasmas (1997)

Lister, J. B., Hofmann, F., Moret, J. M., Buhlmann, F., Dutch, M. J., Fasel, D., ...

The general control of tokamak plasmas has evolved considerably over the past few years with an increase in the plasma pulse length, an increase in the control of additional heating and fueling, and...

Ohmic H-modes in the TCV tokamak (1996)

Weisen, H., Hofmann, F., Dutch, M. J., Martin, Y., Pochelon, A., Moret, J. M., ...

The TCV tokamak has obtained ohmic H-modes in virtually all diverted plasmas with the ion del B drift directed towards an X-point and in several elongated limiter plasmas. Troyon factors...

Effect on confinement of edge-localized modes in TCV (1996)

Weisen, H., Dutch, M. J., Hofmann, F., Martin, Y., Moret, J. M., Nieswand, C., ...

The effect of ELMs on confinement in ohmic H-modes has been investigated by analysing the rates of change of global parameters such as the electron content and the stored energy as a function of ELM...

On locating the poloidal field coils for tokamak vertical position control (1996)

Lister, J. B., Martin, Y., Moret, J. M.

The TCV tokamak has 16 poloidal field coils for plasma shaping, distributed around the vacuum vessel. Experiments are described that determine the relative merits of different coil positions for...

Recent Results from the Tcv Tokamak (1995)

Weisen, H., Hoffmann, F., Dutch, M. J., Moret, J. M., Lister, J. B., Pochelon, A., ...

During the first two years of operation, the TCV tokamak has produced a large variety of plasma shapes and magnetic configurations, with 1.0 less than or equal to B-tor less than or equal to 1.46T,...

Ohmic H-mode and confinement in TCV (1995)

Moret, J. M., Anton, M., Barry, S., Behn, R., Besson, G., Buhlmann, F., ...

The unique flexibility of TCV for the creation of a wide variety of plasma shapes has been exploited to address some aspects of tokamak physics for which the shape may play an important role. The...

Elm Control During Double-Null Ohmic H Modes in Tcv (1995)

Dutch, M. J., Hofmann, F., Duval, B. P., Corboz, M., Hirt, A., Joye, B., ...

Precise control of the shape and position of double-null divertor configurations in the TCV tokamak has been used to trigger reliably the transition from ELM-free to ELMy ohmic H mode and back....

Creation and Control of Variably Shaped Plasmas in Tcv (1994)

Hofmann, F., Lister, J. B., Anton, M., Barry, S., Behn, R., Bernel, S., ...

During the first year of operation, the TCV tokamak has produced a large variety of plasma shapes and magnetic configurations, with 1.0 less than or equal to B(tor)less than or equal to 1.46T, I-p...

Overview of H-Mode Studies in Diii-D (1994)

Groebner, R. J., Allen, S. L., Baker, D. R., Brooks, N. H., Buchenauer, D. A., Burrell, K. H., ...

A major portion of the DIII-D program includes studies of the L-H transition, of the VH-mode, of particle transport and control and of the power-handling capability of a divertor. Significant...

An Experimental-Study of the Harmonics Generated During Alfven-Wave Heating at Tca (1993)

Borg, G. G., Lister, J. B., Dallapiazza, S., Martin, Y.

During plasma excitation by high power Alfven waves at TCA, signals at harmonics of the generator frequency are observed in the plasma scrape-off layer. In this paper, experimental investigations of...

Atomic force microscope-force mapping and profiling on a sub 100-Å scale (1987)

Williams, Clayton C., Martin, Y.; Wickramasinghe, H. K.

A modified version of the atomic force microscope is introduced that enables a precise measurement of the force between a tip and a sample over a tip-sample distance range of 30-150Å. As an...

20 - Displacement detection techniques for thermal wave non-destructive testing (1985)

MARTIN, Y.

L'utilisation d'ondes thermiques est de plus en plus répandue dans les tests non destructifs de matériaux . Parmi les méthodes de détection des ondes thermiques, on peut citer des transducteurs...

20 - Displacement detection techniques for thermal wave non-destructive testing (1985)

MARTIN, Y.

L'utilisation d'ondes thermiques est de plus en plus répandue dans les tests non destructifs de matériaux . Parmi les méthodes de détection des ondes thermiques, on peut citer des transducteurs...

Models of relations between bacteria and plankton, and regeneration processes in marine planktonic ecosystem. (1984)

MARTIN, Y, LELONG, P, CAUCHI, B

In order to study bacteria-plankton relationships, experimental and mathematical models were used to stimulate biological processes implicated in plankton ecosystems and to analyze community...

Interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton during an experimental continuous culture of natural marine phytoplankton in environmental conditions. (1984)

GAUTHIER, M, MARTIN, Y, LELONG, P, BREITTMAYER, V

During an experimental continuous culture of natural marine phytoplankton in environmental conditions, microbial and biochemical tests performed to study production of antibacterial and antialgal...

Experimental study of fecal coliforms survival of urban sewage in seawater. (1984)

BONNEFONT, J, LELONG, P, MARTIN, Y

The authors studied survival of faecal coliform (decrease rate + T90) in experimental devices (closed or continuous flow systems) using various dilutions of urban sewage in sea-water. Survival...

Petroleum degradation in sea water. Effect of mineral fertilizer containing nitrogen and phosphorus compounds. (1984)

LEPETIT, J, GUIOT, J, MARTIN, Y, TAGGER, S

To exploit the presence in the sea of microorganisms capable of degrading petroleum products a mineral fertilizer, containing immediatly assimilable nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, was used to...

OPTICAL HETERODYNE TECHNIQUES FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC AND PHOTOTHERMAL DETECTION (1983)

Wickramasinghe, H., Martin, Y., Spear, D., Ash, E.

We review the basic principles of optical heterodyne detection with particular reference to applications in photoacoustic and photothermal imaging. A novel scheme is described which utilises an...

OPTICAL HETERODYNE TECHNIQUES FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC AND PHOTOTHERMAL DETECTION (1983)

Wickramasinghe, H., Martin, Y., Spear, D., Ash, E.

We review the basic principles of optical heterodyne detection with particular reference to applications in photoacoustic and photothermal imaging. A novel scheme is described which utilises an...

OPTICAL HETERODYNE TECHNIQUES FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC AND PHOTOTHERMAL DETECTION (1983)

Wickramasinghe, H., Martin, Y., Spear, D., Ash, E.

We review the basic principles of optical heterodyne detection with particular reference to applications in photoacoustic and photothermal imaging. A novel scheme is described which utilises an...

Primary production and bacterial activity in experimental eutrophication (lagoon Brusc - Fall 1977) (1978)

CAHET, G, MARTIN, Y

An experimental eutrophication carried out with several technics on mediterranean sea water (Embiez) in autumn shows : - significant variations in the electro-chemical composition of phytoplanktonic...

Increased matrix metalloproteinase-3 serum levels in rheumatic diseases: relationship with synovitis and steroid treatment

Ribbens, C, Martin, Y, Franchimont, N, Kaiser, M, Jaspar, J, Damas, P, ...

Objective: To determine matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) serum levels in patients with rheumatic diseases and to study the relation between MMP-3 and C reactive protein (CRP) levels.

Sensitivity of clinical and behavioural tests of spatial neglect after right hemisphere stroke

Azouvi, P, Samuel, C, Louis-Dreyfus, A, Bernati, T, Bartolomeo, P, Beis, J, ...

Objectives: The lack of agreement regarding assessment methods is responsible for the variability in the reported rate of occurrence of spatial neglect after stroke. The aim of this study was to...