Presentations

Presentations at Scientific Meetings/Conferences

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147. (B2-106) "Prospects for Attractive Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at 18th Korean Atomic Industry Forum/Korean Nuclear Society Meeting (Seoul, Korea April 21, 2006).
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146. (B2-105) "Towards Attractive Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited Lecture at Korean national Fusion Research Center, (Daejon, Korea April 20, 2006).
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145. (B2-104) "The Future Prospects of Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited Presentation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology IAP, (January 10, 2006).
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144. (B2-103) "Recent Progress in ARIES Compact Stellarator Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited Presentation at 15th International Toki Conference, (Toki, Japan, December 6-9, 2005).
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143. (B2-102) "Impact of Advances in Fusion Physics & Technology on the Attractiveness of Tokamak Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited Presentation at 22nd annual meeting of Japan Society of Plasma Science & Nuclear Fusion Research, (Tokyo, Japan, December 1, 2005).
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142. (B2-101) "Optimization of Compact Stellarator Configuration as Fusion Devices,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited Presentation at 47th APS/DPP Annual Meeting, (Denver, CO, October 23-28, 2005).
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141. (B2-100) "Hydrodynamic Evolution of IFE Chambers with Different Protective Gases and Pre-Ignition Conditions,"
Z. Dragojlovic and F. Najmabadi,
Invited Presentation at 21st IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering, (Knoxville, TN, September 26-29, 2005).
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140. (B2-99) "Physics and Technology Trade-Offs in Optimizing Compact Stellarators as Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited Presentation at 21st IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering, (Knoxville, TN, September 26-29, 2005).
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139. (B2-98) "Impact of Scientific and Technological Developments on Fusion Costs,"
F. Najmabadi,
Presentation at International Energy Agency (IEA) workshop on Socioeconomics of Fusion, (Culham Science Centre, United Kingdom, April 19-21, 2005).
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138. (B2-97) "IFE Chambers: Modeling and Experiments at UCSD,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at the 5th US-Japan Workshop on Laser IFE, (General Atomics, San Diego, March 21-23, 2005).
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137. (B2-96) "Characteristics of an Economically Attractive Fusion Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting (Washington DC, February 18-20, 2005).
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136. (B2-95) "Optimization of a Steady-State Tokamak-Based Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at International Energy Agency (IEA) Workshop on Shape and aspect ratio optimization for high , steady-state tokamak," General Atomics, San Diego. CA (February 14-15, 2005).
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135. (B2-94) "Overview of ARIES Compact Stellarator Power Plant Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at Japan/US Workshop on Fusion Power Plant Studies & Advanced Technologies with E.U. Participation (Tokyo, Japan, January 11-13, 2005).
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134. (B2-93) "Perspectives on Fusion Electric Power Plants: Critical R&D Issues,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting and Symposia,, (Washington, DC, December 13, 2004).
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133. (B2-92) "ARIES-IFE Assessment of Operational Windows for IFE Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited paper, 16th ANS topical meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), (Madison, WI, September 2004).
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132. (A1-84) "Exploration of Compact Stellarators as Power Plants: Initial Results from ARIES-CS Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited paper, 16th ANS topical meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), (Madison, WI, September 2004)).
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131. (A1-85) "Effects of Chamber Geometry and Gas Properties on Hydrodynamic Evolution of IFE Chambers,,"
Z. Dragojlovic and F. Najmabadi,
Invited paper, 16th ANS topical meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-16), (Madison, WI, September 2004).
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130. (B2-91) "ARIES-AT: An Advanced Tokamak, Advanced Technology Fusion Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited lecture at International School of Fusion Reactor Technology 9th Course of Technology of Fusion Tokamak Reactors, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center, Erice, Italy (July 26 - August 1, 2004).
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129. (B2-90) "ARIES-ST: A Spherical Torus Fusion Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited lecture at International School of Fusion Reactor Technology 9th Course of Technology of Fusion Tokamak Reactors, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center, Erice, Italy (July 26 - August 1, 2004).
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128. (B2-89) "Recent Results from US Magnetic Fusion Power Plant Studies,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at German Nuclear Society Meeting on Nuclear Technology 2004, Dusseldorf, Germany, May 25-27, 2004.
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127. (B3-40) "Results from ARIES-IFE Study and Research Activities on IFE Chamber and Optics at UC San Diego,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at IAEA Coordinated Research Program on "elements of Power Plant Design for Inertial Fusion Energy," IAEA, Vienna, Austria, November 4-7, 2003.
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126. (B2-88) "Overview of US Power Plant Studies: A) Results from ARIES-IFE Study, B)Plans for Compact Stellarator,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan Workshop on Fusion Power Plant Studies & Advanced Technologies with E.U. Participation (UC San Diego, CA, October 9-11, 2003).
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125. (B2-87) "Physics Issues and Trade-Offs in Magnetic Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at APS April 2002 Meeting (Albuquerque, NM, April 20-23, 2002), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 47(2), 84-85, 2002.
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124. (B2-86) "Design Windows and Trade-Offs for Inertial Fusion Energy Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, ISFNT-6 (San Diego, CA, April 8-12, 2002).
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123. (B2-85) "Overview of US Power Plant Studies,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan Workshop on Fusion Power Plant Studies & Advanced Technologies with E.U. Participation (San Diego, CA, April 6-7, 2002).
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122. (B1-28) "Impact of Advanced Physics and Technology on the Attractiveness of Tokamak Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
Plenary presentation at 19th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (Atlantic City, New Jersey, January 22-25, 2002).

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121. (B2-84) "Design Windows for IFE Chamber and Target Injection,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at US/Japan Workshop on IFE Target Fabrication (San Diego, Cam December 3-4, 2001).

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120. (B1-27) "Assessment of Chamber Concepts for Inertial Fusion Energy Power Plants -- The ARIES-IFE Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at International Symposium on Inertial Fusion Science and Applications, IFSA 2001 (Kyoto, Japan, September 9-14, 2001).
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119. (B3-36) "Initial Results from ARIES-IFE Studies,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at Heavy-ion IFE Workshop (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, July 23-24, 2001).
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118. (B2-83) "Contribution of Burning Plasma Physics Experiments to Fusion Energy Goals,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at 2nd UFA workshop on Burning Plasma Science (San Diego, CA, May 1-2, 2001).
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117. (B2-82) "ARIES-AT: Evolution of Vision for Advanced Tokamak Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan Workshop on Fusion Power Plant Studies & Advanced Technologies with E.U. Participation (University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March 29-31, 2001).
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116. (B2-81) "Laser-Driven IFE Power Plants - Initial Results from ARIES-IFE Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 3rd US/Japan Workshop on Laser-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA January 25-27, 2001).
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115. (B2-80) "ARIES Inertial Fusion Chamber Assessment"
M. S. Tillack, F. Najmabadi, and the ARIES Team,
Plenary presentation at 14th ANS topical meeting on Fusion Energy (Park City, UT, October 15-19, 2000).
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114. (B2-79) "Impact of Advanced Technologies on Fusion Power Plant Characteristics: The ARIES-AT Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Plenary presentation at 14th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Park City, UT, October 15-19, 2000).
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113. (A3-5) "ARIES-AT: An Advanced Tokamak, Advanced Technology Fusion Power Plant"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 2000 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (Sorrento, Italy, October 2000).
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112. (B2-78) "Characteristics of Commercial Fusion Power Plants Results from ARIES-AT Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting & Symposium, "Science and Technology for Fusion Power" (Institute of the Americas, UC San Diego, CA, July 17, 2000).
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111. (B2-77) "Status of Advanced Design Studies and Overview of ARIES-AT Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan Workshop on Fusion Power Plant Studies & Advanced Technologies with E.U. Participation (UC San Diego, CA, March 16-18, 2000).
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110. (B3-35) "Impact of Liquid Wall on Fusion Systems,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation to National Research Council (NRC) Fusion Science Assessment Committee (Seattle, Washington, November 17, 1999).
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109. (B2-76) "Requirements and Designs for IFE and MFE First Wall and Blankets,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 2nd Japan/US Workshop on Laser-driven Inertial Fusion Energy (Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, November 5-6, 1999).
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108. (B2-75) "Optimization of Spherical Torus as Power Plants - The ARIES-ST Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 5th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, ISFNT-5 (Rome, Italy, September 20-24, 1999).
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107. (B3-34) "Summary Report of the Energy Issues Working Group,"
F. Najmabadi et al.,
presentation at 1999 Fusion Summer Study (Snowmass, CO, July 12-23, 1999).
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106. (B3-33) "Environmental, Safety, and Economics Studies of Magnetic Fusion, Including Power Plant Design Studies,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
presented to Secretary Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) Task Force on Fusion Energy (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, April 28, 1999).
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Related Talk:
"Energy Marketplace Forecasts for the 21st Century and Opportunities for Fusion,"
Robert Conn and J. Holdren,
SEAB Task Force on Fusion Energy,
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, April 28, 1999.
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105. (B2-74) "Overview of the ARIES-ST Study,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at Japan/US workshop on fusion power plant studies and related advanced technologies with China, European Community, and Russia participation, P246 (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, March 24- 26, 1999).
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104. (B2-73) "Advanced Design Activities in US,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at Japan/US workshop on fusion power plant studies and related advanced technologies with China, European Community, and Russia participation, P246 (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, March 24- 26, 1999).
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103. (B2-72) "Progress Toward and Opportunities for Attractive Magnetic Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at Fusion Power Associate Meeting on Cost effective Steps to Fusion Power (Marina Del Rey, CA, January 25-27, 1999).
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102. (B2-71) "Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at The Royal Society Discussion Meeting, "The Approach to an Ignited Plasma," (The Royal Society, London, United Kingdom, July 16, 1998).
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101. (A3-4) "The ARIES-ST Study: Assessment of the Spherical Tokamak Concept as Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at 17th IAEA International Conference on Fusion Energy (Yokohama, Japan, October 19-24, 1998).
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100. (B3-32) "Magnetic Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at MFE-IFE Workshop (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, September 14-16, 1998).
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99. (B3-31) "Towards An Attractive Fusion Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at University Fusion Associates (FPA) Forum on Next Step Device (U. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, April 27-May 1, 1998).
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98. (B2-70) "Overview of the ARIES Fusion Power Plant Studies,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at 6th IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Fusion Power Plant Studies (Culham, United Kingdom, March 24-28, 1998).
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97. (B2-69) "The ARIES Spherical Tokamak Power Plant Study,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at 17th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (San Diego, CA, October 6-9, 1997).
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96. (B2-68) "Potential of Tokamaks as Attractive Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at 1997 Fusion Power Associates Symposium (Snowmass, CO, August 1997).
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95. (B3-29) "The ARIES-RS Reversed-Shear Power Tokamak Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi
Colloquium presentation (General Atomics, San Diego, CA, June 1997).
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94. (B2-67, A1-55) "Overview of ARIES-RS Tokamak Fusion Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at 4th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, ISFNT-4 (Tokyo, Japan, April 1997).
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93. (B2-66, A1-54) "Prospects and Issues for Commercial Fusion Power Systems,"
R. W. Conn, F. Najmabadi, and M. S. Tillack,
Plenary presentation at 4th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, ISFNT-4 (Tokyo, Japan, April 1997).
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92. (A3-3) "Assessment of Tokamak Plasma Operation Modes as Fusion Power Plants--The Starlite Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Proc. of 16th IAEA International Conference on Fusion Energy, (Montreal, Canada, October, 1996), Fusion Energy 1996, IAEA Vienna, 3, 337-347, 1997.
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91. (B1-20) "Fusion Power Plants: Goals and Technological Challenges,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at 31st Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, IECEC (Washington, D.C., August 11-16, 1996).
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90. (B2-65) "Assessment of Engineering Options for Attractive Commercial and Demonstration Tokamak Fusion Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at 12th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Engineering (Reno, NV, June 16-20, 1996).
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89. (B2-64) "The Starlite Study: Mission, Requirements, and R&D needs of the Fusion Demo,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at 1996 Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting and Symposium," The Approach to Fusion Ignition and Beyond" (Pleasanton, CA, May 30-31, 1996).
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88. (B2-63) "Slot Divertor Modeling for a Fusion Power Plant,"
B. J. Lee, F. Najmabadi, and L. Schmitz
37th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Louisville, KE, November 6-10, 1995, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 40 (11), 1270, 1995.
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87. (B2-62) "The Starlite Project: Mission, Requirements, and Features of Fusion Demo,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at IEEE 16th Symposium on Fusion Energy (Champaign, IL, September 30-October 5, 1995).
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86. (B3-26) "The Starlite Project: Mission, Requirements, and Features of Fusion Demo,"
F. Najmabadi
Colloquium presentation at Lawrence Livermore National Lboratory (LLNL, Livermore, CA, October 24, 1995).
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85. (B3-25) "Fusion Power Pants Based on Reversed-Shear Tokamak Plasmas,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation to TPX Program Advisory Council (General Atomics, San Diego, CA September 25, 1995).
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84. (B2-61) "Characteristics of Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited 1995 ANS Annual Meeting Panel on "Future Energy Support - Is Fusion a Solution" (Philadelphia, PA, June 25-29, 1995).
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83. (B3-24) "Perspectives of Fusion Demo and its R&D Needs,"
F. Najmabadi
ITER Lecture, presentation at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Joint Work Site (March 24, 1995).
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82. (B2-60) "Overview of U.S. Fusion Power Plant Studies Program,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at the Japan/U.S. workshop on tokamak power reactors with China and European Community participation, P246 (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, March 13-16, 1995).
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81. (B2-59) "Comparison of Pulsed and Steady-State Tokamak Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at International Energy Agency (IEA) Workshop on "Technology of Steady-State Fusion Systems" (Max-Planck-Institut Fur PlasmaPhysik, Garching, Germany, February 20-23, 1995).
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80. (B2-58) "Perspective on Fusion Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited, IEEE Power Society Annual Meeting Panel on "Fusion Power" (IEEE, New York, January 29 - February 2, 1995).
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79. (B2-57) "Modeling of a High-Pressure Gas-Target Divertor,"
B. J. Lee, F. Najmabadi, and L. Schmitz,
36th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Minneapolis, MI, November 7-11, 1994), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 39 (7), 1710, 1994.
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78. (B2-56) "Fluid Simulations of an ITER Gas-Target Divertor with Impurity Radiation,"
L. Schmitz, B. Merriman, A. Grossman, L. Blush, R. Lehmer, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
36th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Minneapolis, MI, November 7-11, 1994), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 39 (7), 1172, 1994.
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77. (B2-55) "Assessment of Fusion Power Plants based on Pulsed Tokamak Operation: The PULSAR Study,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at the 15th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research (Seville, Spain, September 26 - October 1, 1994).
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76. (B2-54) "Summary of the PULSAR/ARIES Studies,"
F. Najmabadi and R. W. Conn,
Plenary presentation at 3rd International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear technology, ISFNT-3 (Los Angeles, CA June 27 - July 1, 1994).
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75. (B3-21) "Fusion Safety and Licensing: Suggestions from the Utility Advisory Committee of Fusion Power Plant Studies Program,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation to US Department of Energy Fusion Safety Steering Committee (DOE, Germantown, MD, May 17, 1994).
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74. (B2-53) "Overview of the PULSAR Studies: A Pulsed Tokamak Fusion Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at U.S./Japan workshop on tokamak power reactor studies, Q185 (University of California, San Diego, March 14-17, 1994).
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73. (B2-52) "Tokamak Equilibria with Toroidal and Poloidal Flows,"
B. J. Lee, B. Merrimen, R. W. Conn, T. K. Mau, and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 35th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO, November 1-5, 1993), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 38, 1946, 1993.
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72. (B2-51) "Gas-Target Divertors for ITER and TPX: Results from a coupled Plasma/Neutral Fluid Code,"
B. Merriman, L. Schmitz, L. Blush, A. Grossman, R. Lehmer, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 35th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO, November 1-5, 1993), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 38, 1920, 1993.
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71. (B2-50) "Discretization Issues for Highly Anisotropic Fluids,"
M. S. Day, B. Merriman, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn, presentation at 35th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO, November 1-5, 1993), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 38, 1892, 1993.
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70. (B2-49) "Lessons from the ARIES Study: Directions for an Attractive Tokamak Power Plant,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at IEEE 15th Symposium on Fusion Engineering (Hyannis, MA, October 11-15, 1993).
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69. "Lessons From the ARIES Study: Directions for an Attractive Tokamak Power Plants,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 5th IAEA Technical Committee Meeting (TCM) on Fusion Reactor Design and Technology (UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, September 13-17, 1993).
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68. (B2-48) "The ARIES-III D-3He Tokamak Reactor Study,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at 2nd Wisconsin Symposium on 3He and Fusion Power (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, July 19-21, 1993).
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67. (B2-47) "Advanced Composites for Nuclear Applications,"
S. Sharafat and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at the ANS Topical Meeting on National Critical Technologies and Advanced Technology Applications (San Diego, CA, June 1993), Trans. ANS, 68(B), 13-14, 1993.
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66. (B3-20) "Fusion Energy Advisory Committee (FEAC) Panel 7 report on IFE Technologies and Reactor Studies,"
F. Najmabadi
Presentation to Fusion Energy Advisory Committee (April 15, 1993).
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65. (B3-17) "Towards an Attractive Fusion Reactor: Implications of the ARIES Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Colloquim presentation at General Atomic (General Atomics, San Diego, CA, April 7, 1993).
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64. (B3-16) "Implications of the ARIES Study for Steady State Tokamaks,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at the 2nd International Workshop on Steady-State Devices (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, January 5-7, 1993).
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63. (B2-46) "Application of a Non-Orthogonal Edge Fluid Code for the ITER Divertor,"
M. Day, B. Merriman, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 34th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 4-8, 1992), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 38, 1992.
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62. (A1-35) "Directions for Attractive Tokamak Reactors: The ARIES-II and ARIES-IV Second-Stability Designs,"
F. Najmabadi and R. W. Conn,
presenation at 14th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research (Wurzburg, Germany, September 30- October 7, 1992).
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61. (B2-45, A1-34) "The ARIES-II and ARIES-IV Second-Stability Tokamak Reactors,"
F. Najmabadi and R. W. Conn,
Invited presentation at the 10th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Boston, MA, June 7-12, 1992).
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60. (B2-44) "The ARIES Tokamak Reactor Study and Implications for Next Generation Devices,"
R. W. Conn, F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at the 10th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Boston, MA, June 7-12, 1992).
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59. (B2-43) "The ARIES Tokamak Reactor Studies,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting and Symposium (Pleasanton, CA, April 1992).
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58. (B2-42) "The ARIES-III D-3He Tokamak Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at Japan/U.S. workshop on tokamak power reactors with European Community participation (Japan Atomic Energy Institute, Naka, Japan, March 9-11, 1992).
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57. (B2-41) "Overview of U.S. Fusion Reactor Studies Activities,"
F. Najmabadi
presentation at Japan/U.S. workshop on tokamak power reactors with European Community participation (Japan Atomic Energy Institute, Naka, Japan, March 9-11, 1992).
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56. (B2-40) "Prospects for a Practical and Economic Tokamak Power Plant and the Role of ITER,"
R. W. Conn, A. Glass, and F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (Monterey, CA, 1991).
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55. (B3-12) "The ARIES Tokamak Reactor Study and Implications for Tokamak Research,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Colloquium (Princeton, NJ, November 1991).
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54. (B2-39) "Super-PISCES, an ITER/PMI Component Test Facility,"
R. Doerner, R. W. Conn, Y. Hirooka, F. Najmabadi, et al.,
presentation at 33rd APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL, November 4-8, 1991), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 36, 2426, 1991.
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53. (B2-38) "Plasma/neutral Fluid Simulations on a Non-orthogonal Finite Volume Mesh,"
M. Day, B. Merriman, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 33rd APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL, November 4-8, 1991), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 36, 2434, 1991.
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52. (B2-37) "Hybrid Electrostatic/Ponderomotive Barriers for Boundary Layer Transport Control,"
A. A. Grossman, L. Schmitz, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 33rd APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL, November 4-8, 1991), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 36, 2491, 1991.
» Electronic copy of abstract is not available.

51. (B2-36) "ARIES-I, A Safe, Environmentally Attractive Fusion Reactor Design,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at 33rd APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL, November 4-8, 1991), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 36, 2479, 1991.
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50. (B3-11) "The Advanced Tokamak Experiment: ARIES-I/-II Scaled-Down Option,"
F. Najmabadi and R. W. Conn,
presentation at Post-TFTR Initiatives Workshop (Plasma Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 25-26, 1991).
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49. (B1-13) "The ARIES-III D-3He Tokamak Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi and R. W. Conn,
Invited presentation at 14th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (San Diego, CA, September 30 - October 3, 1991).
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48. (B3-10) "The ARIES Tokamak Reactor Study,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation to the Secretary of Energy's Fusion Energy Advisory Committee (US Department of Energy, Washington, DC, September 1991).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.

47. (B1-12) "The ARIES Study - A search for Attractive Fusion Power Plants,"
K. R. Schultz, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
Invited presentation at IEEE Power Society Meeting (San Diego, CA, August 1991).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.
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46. (B2-35, A1-26) "Recent Directions in Plasma Physics and Their Impact on Tokamak Magnetic Fusion Design,"
M. Kikuchi, R. W. Conn, F. Najmabadi, and Y. Seki,
Plenary presentation at 2nd International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, ISFNT-2 (Karlsruhe, Germany, June 2-7, 1991).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.
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45. (B3-8) "Steady-State Reactors and ARIES Perspective,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at Steady-State Tokamak Experiment Workshop (General Atomics, San Diego, CA, October 30-Novemeber 1, 1990).
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44. (B2-34) "The ARIES-I Tokamak Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at U.S./Japan Workshop on Tokamak Power Reactors (University of California, Los Angeles, October 15-17, 1990).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.

43. (B2-33, A1-20) "The ARIES-I Tokamak Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi and R. W. Conn,
Invited presentaion at ANS 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, IL, October 7-11, 1990).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.
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42. (A1-24) "ARIES-I: A Steady-State, First-Stability Tokamak Reactor with Enhanced Safety and Environmental Features,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 13th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research (Washington, DC, October 1-6, 1990).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.
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41. (A3-2) "The ARIES-I Tokamak Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi et al.,
presentation at 16th Symposium on Fusion Technology, SOFT-16 (London, UK, September 3-7, 1990).
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40. (B3-7) "ARIES-Prospects for Tokamak Fusion Reactors,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation to The Secretary of Energy's Fusion Policy Advisory Committee (San Diego, CA, May 3, 1990).
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39. (B3-6) "Magnetic Fusion Reactor Potential and Studies,"
J. Sheffield, F. Najmabadi, and R. A. Krakowski,
Invited presentation to The Secretary of Energy's Fusion Policy Advisory Committee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, April 17, 1990).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.

38. (B3-5) "Physics Aspects of Tokamak Fusion Reactors,"
F. Najmabadi
Invited presentation at Symposium on Future Devices, Transport Task Force Workshop (Hilton Head, SC, February 18-23, 1990).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.

37. (B2-32) "Time Dependent Transport in the Plasma Sheath and Presheath for Collisional to Weakly Collisional Plasmas,"
F. Najmabadi, E. Zawaideh, and N. S. Kim,
presentation at 31st APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA, November 13-17, 1989), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 34, 2027, 1989.
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36. (B2-31) "Modeling of DC and RF Discharges with High Pressure and Negative Ions,"
N. S. Kim, E. Zawaideh, and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 31st APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA, November 13-17, 1989), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 34, 2027, 1989.
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35. (B2-30) "Modeling of a Collisionless (Low Pressure) Capacitively-Driven RF Discharge,"
E. Zawaideh, N. S. Kim, and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 31st APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA, November 13-17, 1989), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 34, 2027, 1989.
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34. (B2-29) "Computational Analysis of Poloidal Asymmetries in the Tokamak Plasma Edge,"
E. Vold, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 31st APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA, November 13-17, 1989), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 34, 2137, 1989.
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33. (B1-9) "The ARIES Tokamak Fusion Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi and R. W. Conn,
Invited presentation at 13th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (Knoxville, TN, October 1989).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.
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32. (B2-28) "The ARIES Tokamak Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at Japan/U.S. workshop on tokamak power reactors, P153 (Japan Atomic Energy Institute, Naka, Japan, May 29-31, 1989).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.

31. (B2-27) "Hybrid Electrostatic/Ponderomotive Barriers for Boundary Layer transport Control,"
A. Grossman, L. Schmitz, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 30th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (October 31 - November 4, 1988), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 33, 1988.
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30. (B2-26) "Two-Dimensional Time-Dependent Transport in the Tokamak Edge-Plasma Region,"
E. Vold, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 30th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (October 31 - November 4, 1988), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 33, 2104, 1988.
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29. (A1-16) "Compact, High-Power-Density Reversed-Field-Pinch Fusion Reactors,"
R. W. Conn, F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 12th IAEA International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research (Nice, France, October 12-19, 1988).
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28. (B2-25) "Trends in Fusion Reactor Design,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
Plenary presentation at 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Salt Lake City, UT, October 9-13, 1988).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.

27. (B2-24) "The ARIES Tokamak Fusion Reactor Study-The Scoping Phase,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Salt Lake City, UT, October 9-13, 1988).
» Electronic copy of presentation is not available.

26. (A3-1) "Engineering and Physics of High-Power-Density, Compact, Reversed-Field-Pinch Fusion Reactors: The TITAN Study,"
F. Najmabadi et al.,
presentation at 15th Symposium on Fusion Technology, SOFT-15 (Utrecht, The Netherlands, September 19-23, 1988).
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25. (B2-23) "The TITAN Reversed-Field Pinch Fusion Reactor Study,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at 29th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA, November 2-6, 1987), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 32, 1987.
» Electronic copy of abstract is not available.

24. (B2-22) "The Structure of Electric Presheath and Sheath,"
F. Najmabadi, E. Zawaideh, , and N. S. Kim,
presentation at 29th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA, November 2-6, 1987), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 32, 1987.
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23. (B2-21) "Particle and Energy Flow in The Electric Sheath and Presheath for Collisional to Weakly Collisional Plasmas,"
N. S. Kim,, E. Zawaideh, , and F. Najmabadi
presentation at 29th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA, November 2-6, 1987), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 32, 1987.
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22. (B2-20) "A Generalized Electron Heat Conduction Model for Collisional to Weakly Collisional Plasmas,"
E. Zawaideh, N. S. Kim, and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 29th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA, November 2-6, 1987), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 32, 1987.
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21. (B1-2) "The TITAN Reversed-Field Pinch Fusion Reactor Study,"
R. W. Conn and F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at 12th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (Monterey, CA, October 1987).
» Electronic copy of presenation is not available.
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20. (B2-19) "Advances in Fusion Reactor Design-The TITAN Reversed-Field Pinch Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi,
Invited presentation at Fusion Power Associates Symposium Fusion Energy Development (Princeton, NJ, August 27-28, 1987).
» Electronic copy of presenation is not available.

19. (B2-18) "TITAN Plasma Accidents Simulations,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan Workshop on RFP Reactor Studies (UCLA, Los Angels, CA, July 20-24, 1987).
» Electronic copy of presenation is not available.

18. (B2-17) "Key Technical Issues of the TITAN-1 High Mass Power Density RFP Reactor,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan Workshop on RFP Reactor Studies (UCLA, Los Angels, CA, July 20-24, 1987).
» Electronic copy of presenation is not available.

17. (B2-16) "Overview of TITAN Plasma Engineering,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan Workshop on RFP Reactor Studies (UCLA, Los Angels, CA, July 20-24, 1987).
» Electronic copy of presenation is not available.

16. (B2-15) "Physics Issues for Compact Reversed-Field Pinch Reactors,"
R. A. Krakowski, F. Najmabadi, et al.,
presentation at 28th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 3-7, 1986), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 32, 1762, 1986.
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15. (B2-14) "TITAN Reversed-Field Pinch Parapoint Reactor Study,"
F. Najmabadi, R. W. Conn, N. Ghoniem, R. Miller, R. Krakowski, K. Schultz C. Wong, D. Steiner,
presentation at 28th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 3-7, 1986), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 31, 1986.
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14. (B2-13) "Overview of US RFP reactor Studies,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at US/Japan workshop on RFP reactor Design Studies, P103 (University of Tokyo, Tokai-Mura, Japan August 18-21, 1986).
» Electronic copy of presenation is not available.

13. (B2-12) "Axial Plasma Confinement in Multiple Mirror Devices,"
E. Zawaideh, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 27th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 4-8, 1985), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 30, 1378, 1985.
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12. (B2-11) "Effects of Pressure Anisotropy on Plasma Transport,"
F. Najmabadi, E. Zawaideh, R. W. Conn,
presentation at 27th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 4-8, 1985), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 30, 1378, 1985.
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11. (B2-10) "Plasma Flow Through Magnetic Mirrors,"
E. Zawaideh, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at Annual Sherwood Theory Conference (Madison, WI, April 15-17, 1985).
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10. (B2-9) "Analytical Study of Energetic Ions Slowing Down in Plasmas,"
F. Najmabadi,
presentation at Annual Sherwood Theory Conference (Madison, WI, April 15-17, 1985).
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9. (B2-8) "A Generalized Fluid Model for Collisional to Weakly Collisional Plasma,"
E. Zawaideh, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 26th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (October 29 - November 2, 1984), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 29, 1984.
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8. (B2-7) "Tail-Pulling Effect by Fusion Products in a DT Plasma,"
Y. Chu, R. W. Conn, and F. Najmabadi,
presentation at 25th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 7-11, 1983), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 28, 1983.
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7. (B2-6) "Radius Control System for Tandem Mirror Reactors,"
R. W. Conn, F. Najmabadi, and E. Zawaideh,
presentation at 25th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 7-11, 1983), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 28, 1983.
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6. (B2-5) "Magnetic Divertors for Tandem Mirror Reactors,"
F. Najmabadi, R. W. Conn, and E. Zawaideh,
presentation at 25th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 7-11, 1983), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 28, 1983.
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5. (B2-4) "Particle Losses from Electrostatic Traps,"
F. Najmabadi, R. W. Conn, and R. H. Cohen,
presentation at 24th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 1-5, 1982), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 27, 1982.
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4. (B2-3) "Fully Axisymmetric Mirror Equilibria and Stability,"
N. S. Kim, F. Najmabadi, and R. W. Conn,
presentation at 24th APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (November 1-5, 1982), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 27, 970, 1982.
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3. (B2-2) "Effects of Ambipolar Potential on Multiple Mirror Confinement,"
F. Najmabadi, A. J. Lichtenberg, and M. A. Lieberman,
presentation at 23rd APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting (New York, NY, November 10-14, 1981), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 26, 1981.
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2. (B2-1) "Parameter Optimization of A Multiple Mirror Reactor,"
F. Najmabadi and A. J. Lichtenberg,
presentation at 22nd APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual (San Diego, CA, November 10-14, 1980), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 25, 1980.
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1. (B1-1) "Coil Design and Economics Optimization for Multiple Mirror Reactors,"
F. Najmabadi and A. J. Lichtenberg,
presentation at 8th IEEE Symposium on Engineering Problems in Fusion Research (San Francisco, CA, October 1979).
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