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Anne White

Anne White

Norman C. Rasmussen Assistant Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering

whitea@psfc.mit.edu
617-253-8667
617-253-0627 (fax)
NW17-111

Education

Ph.D. - Physics, University of California, Los Angeles (2008)
M.S. - Physics, University of California, Los Angeles (2004)
B.S. - Physics and Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson (2003

Teaching

22.67 Principles of Plasma Diagnostics
22.012 Seminar in Fusion & Plasma Physics
22.071j/6.071j Electronics, Signals, & Measurement
8.03 Physics III: Vibrations and Waves (Recitations)

Research

Small fluctuations in tokamak plasmas lead to turbulence, and turbulent eddies can very effectively transport heat from the hot core across confining magnetic field lines out to the cooler plasma edge. Predicting this phenomenon of turbulent-transport is essential for the development of fusion reactors. In order to improve predictive capability by testing and validating models of turbulent-transport, detailed measurements of fluctuations in high-performance, reactor relevant tokamak plasmas are required. Diagnostic techniques that allow for simultaneous measurements of fluctuations in plasma density, temperature, and flows in the core and edge of Alcator C-Mod are presently being developed. With these new measurement capabilities we will improve our understanding of how turbulence is suppressed and how the turbulent-transport of particles, energy and momentum can be separated from one another. The new data from these measurements allow for stringent tests of turbulent-transport models. Close collaboration between experiment, theory and simulation is a key aspect of this work.

Honors and Awards

  • Department of Energy Early Career Award,  2011–2016
  • Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, 2009
  • U. S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Research Program Fellow, 2008–2009
  • UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2007–2008
  • U. S. Department of Energy ORISE Fusion Energy Science (FES) Fellowship, 2004–2007

Professional Societies

  • American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP)
  • American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Selected Publications

  1. A.E. White, Nathan Howard, Martin Greenwald, Matthew Reinke, Choongki Sung, et al., Multi-channel transport experiments at Alcator C-Mod and comparison with gyrokinetic simulations (Invited), Accepted for publication, Physics of Plasmas 2013
  2. C.P. Kasten, J.H. Irby, R. Murray, A.E. White, D.C. Pace, A new interferometry-based electron density fluctuation diagnostic on Alcator C-Mod, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 10E301 (2012)
  3. C. Sung, A. E. White, J. H. Irby, R. Leccacorvi, R. Vieira, C. Y. Oi, W. A. Peebles, X. Nguyen, Design and first measurements from correlation electron cyclotron emission diagnostic for Alcator C-Mod, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 10E311 (2012)
  4. J. C. DeBoo, C. C. Petty, A. E. White, K. H. Burrell, E. J. Doyle, J. C. Hillesheim, C. Holland, G. R. McKee, T. L. Rhodes, L. Schmitz, S. P. Smith, G. Wang, and L. Zeng, Electron profile stiffness and critical gradient studies Phys. Plasmas 19, 082518 (2012)
  5. A.E. White, A.E. Hubbard, J.W. Hughes, P.T. Bonoli, M.E. Austin, A. Bader, R.W. Harvey, Y. Lin, Y. Ma, M.L. Reinke, S.J. Wukitch, Investigation of the Thomson Scattering-ECE Discrepancy in ICRF Heated Plasmas at Alcator C-Mod, Nucl. Fusion 52 063021(2012)
  6. N.T. Howard, M. Greenwald, A.E. White, M.L. Reinke, D. Ernst, Y. Podpaly, D.R. Mikkelsen, and J. Candy, Measurement of plasma current dependent changes in impurity transport and comparison with nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation, Phys. Plasmas 19, 056110 (2012)
  7. N.T. Howard et al., Quantitative comparison of experimental impurity transport with nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation in an Alcator C-Mod L-mode plasma, Nucl. Fusion 52 063002 (2012)
  8. C. Holland et al., Testing gyrokinetic simulations of electron turbulence, Nucl. Fusion 52 063028 (2012)
  9. A. E. White, P. Phillips, D. G. Whyte, A. E. Hubbard, C. Sung, J. W. Hughes, A. Dominguez, J. Terry, and I. Cziegler, “Electron temperature fluctuations associated with the weakly coherent mode in the edge of I-mode plasmas”, Nuclear Fusion, 51 113005 (2011)
  10. A.E. White, N. T. Howard, D. R. Mikkelsen, M. Greenwald, J. Candy, R. E. Waltz, “Feasibility study for a correlation electron cyclotron emission turbulence diagnostic based on nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations”, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 53 ,115003 (2011)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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