Publications and Papers:

Here are some of the many publications related to SSX -- including senior theses. Many more papers can be found on Dr. Brown's papers page.

• Fung, J. "High Resolution Flow and Ion Temperature Measurements with Ion Doppler Spectroscopy at SSX."
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (2006).
  pdf
• Murchadha, J. Ó. "Ion Temperature and Flow Velocity Measurements on SSX-FRC."
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (2005).
  pdf
• Falk, A. "Dynamics of Field-Reversed-Configuration in SSX."
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (2003).
  pdf
• Fefferman, A. "Formation and Stability of Spheromak/Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) Hybrids in SSX-FRC."
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (2003).
  pdf
• Landreman, M. "The Three-Dimensional Structure of Magnetic Reconnection in SSX."
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (2003).
  pdf
• Lukin, V. S. "Modeling SSX Spheromak Plasmas: Internal Physics from External Measurements."
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (2000).
  pdf or ps
• Brown, M. R. "Experimental Studies of Magnetic Reconnection."
  Phys. Plasmas 6, 1717 (1999).
• Brown, Michael R., et al, eds. "Magnetic Helicity in Space and Laboratory Plasmas."
  Washington D.C.: The American Geophysical Union, 1999.
• Kornack, T. W. "Magnetic Reconnection Studies on SSX."
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (1998).
  pdf or ps
• Kornack, T. W. et al. "Experimental Observation of Correlated Magnetic Reconnection and Alfvénic Ion Jets."
  Phys. Rev. E 58, 36 (1998).
  pdf or ps
• Geddes, C. G. R. et al. "Scaling Studies of Spheromak Formation and Equilibrium."
  Phys. Plasmas 5, 1027 (1998).
  pdf or ps
• Geddes, C. G. R. "Equilibrium Studies on SSX"
  Swarthmore College Senior Honors Thesis (1997).
  pdf or ps
• Brown, M. R. "Experimental Evidence of Rapid Relaxation to Large-Scale Structures in Turbulent Fluids: Selective Decay and Maximal Entropy."
  J. Plasma Phys. 57, 203 (1997).
  pdf or ps
• Brown, M. R. and Martin, A. "Spheromak Experiment Using Separate Guns for Formation and Sustainment."
  Fusion Tech., 30, 300 (1996).