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Refereed Publications (1996-2010)

 (PDAG group members in boldface) 





    

  1. 
M. Bessenrodt-Weberpals, H.J. de Blank,
 M. Maraschek, P.J. Mc Carthy,
           M. Sokoll K. Asmussen and the ASDEX Upgrade Team:
MHD activity as seen in soft x-ray radiation,
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 38 (1996) 1543-1559.
    



  2. 
W. Treuterrer, C. Aubanel, O. Gruber, G. Neu, G. Raupp,
 U. Seidel, E. Zasche, T. Zehetbauer,  P. Mc Carthy, K. Lueddecke:
Redesign of the ASDEX Upgrade plasma position and shape controller,
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science  43 (1996) 217-221.
    


  3. 
R. Albanese, E. Coccorese, O. Gruber, R. Martone,
 P.J. Mc Carthy, F.C. Morabito: 
Identification of Plasma Equilibria in ITER from
Magnetic Measurements via Functional Parameterization and Neural Networks,
Fusion Technology 30 (1996) 219-236.
    


  4. 
P.J.Mc Carthy, F.C. Morabito:
Function parameterization and artificial neural networks for
equilibrium parameter recovery in ASDEX Upgrade: A Comparison,
Int. J. of App,. Electrom. and Mechanics 8 (1997) 343-373.
    




  5. 
 H.W. Mueller, P.T. Lang, K. Buechl, M. Kaufmann,
B.V. Kuteev, P.J.Mc Carthy, V. Mertens, I. Miroshnikov, W. Schneider, H. Zohm:
Improvement of q-profile measurement by fast observation of pellet
ablation at ASDEX Upgrade,
Rev. of Sci. Instr.
 68 (1997) 4051-4060.
    


  6. P.J. Mc Carthy:
Analytical solutions to the Grad-Shafranov equation for tokamak equilibrium with dissimilar source functions 
Phys. Plasmas 6 (1999) 3554-3560.
    


  7. H.P. Callaghan, P.J. Mc Carthy, J. Geiger:
 Fast equilibrium interpretation on the W7-AS stellarator using Function Paramaterization.
 Nucl. Fusion 39 (1999) 509-523.
    


  8. O. Gruber,  R.C. Wolf,  R. Dux,  C. Fuchs,  S. Günter,
   A. Kallenbach,  K. Lackner,  M.  Maraschek,
P.J. Mc Carthy, H. Meister, G. Pereverzev, F. Ryter, J. Schweinzer,
 U. Seidel, S. Sesnic,
  A. Stäbler,
   J. Stober: 
Stationary H-mode discharges with internal transport barrier
 on ASDEX Upgrade
, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 (1999) 1787-1790.
    



  9. L. deKock, C. Walker, E. Coccorese, A.E. Costley, M. Dremin,
 J. Gernhardt, S. Kasai, I. Senda, T. Shoji, J. Leuer, R. Snider,
  P.J. Mc Carthy, A. Portone, P. Stott, K. Young: 
Design of the magnetic diagnostic for ITER ,
   Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70 (1999) 452-457.
    



  10. R.C. Wolf, O. Gruber, M. Maraschek,
 R. Dux, C. Fuchs,
  S. Günter,
A. Herrmann,
A. Kallenbach, K. Lackner,
P.J. Mc Carthy, H. Meister, G. Pereverzev,  J. Schweinzer,
U. Seidel and the ASDEX Upgrade Team: 
Stationary  advanced scenarios
with Internal Transport Barrier on ASDEX Upgrade ,
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 41 (1999) B93-B107.
    



  11. 
  S. Günter,
 R.C. Wolf, F. Leuterer, O. Gruber, M. Kaufmann,
K. Lackner, M. Maraschek,
        P.J. Mc Carthy, H. Meister, A. Peeters, G. Pereversev, H. Salzmann,
 S. Schade,                J. Schweinzer, W. Suttrop
                       and the ASDEX Upgrade team:

Simultaneous attainment of high electron and ion temperatires in discharges
 with Internal Transport Barriers on ASDEX Upgrade,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 3097-3100.
    


  12. R.C. Wolf,
  S. Günter,
  F. Leuterer, A. Peeters,
 G. Pereversev,
O. Gruber, M. Kaufmann,
K. Lackner, M. Maraschek,
        P.J. Mc Carthy, H. Meister,
 H. Salzmann,
 S. Schade,   J. Schweinzer, W. Suttrop
              and the ASDEX Upgrade team:
Response of
  internal transport barriers to central electron heating and current drive
 on ASDEX Upgrade,
Phys. Plas. 7 (2000) 1839-1844.
    


  13. O. Gruber, R. Wolf, H.S. Bosch, R. Dux,
  S. Günter,
P.J. Mc Carthy, K. Lackner, M. Maraschek, H. Meister, G. Pereversev,
  A. Stäbler,
 W. Treutterer: 
Steady state H mode and Te approximate to Ti operation with
  internal transport barriers in ASDEX Upgrade
Nucl. Fusion 40 (2000) 1145-1155.
    



  14. O. Gruber, R. Wolf,  R. Dux,
  S. Günter,
P.J. Mc Carthy, K. Lackner, M. Maraschek, H. Meister, G. Pereversev,
 W. Treutterer:
Internal transport barrier discharges on ASDEX Upgrade: progress
 towards steady state
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 42 Suppl. 5A (2000) A117-A126.
    



  15. W. Schneider, P.J. Mc Carthy, K. Lackner,
O. Gruber, K. Behler, P. Martin, R. Merkel:

ASDEX Upgrade MHD equilibria reconstruction on distributed
workstations,
Fusion Engineering and Design 48 (2000) 127-134.
    


  16. 
H.P. Callaghan, P.J. Mc Carthy, J. Geiger:
 
Pressure profile recovery on W7-AS with idealized external magnetic
measurements using function parameterization,
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 42 (2000) 1013-1022.
    


  17. 
J. Hobirk, R.C. Wolf, O. Gruber, A. Gude, S. Günther,
B. Kurzan, M. Maraschek, P.J. Mc Carthy,  H. Meister, A.G. Peeters,
 G.V. Pereversev, J. Stober, W. Treutterer, and ASDEX Upgrade Team:

 Reaching high poloidal beta at Greenwald density with
internal transport barrier close to full noninductive current drive,
Phys.Rev.Lett. 87 (2001) 085002.
    



  18. 
 R.C. Wolf, J. Hobirk, G.D. Conway, O. Gruber, A. Gude,
 S.  Günther, K. Kirov, B. Kurzan, F. Leuterer, M. Maraschek,
  P.J. Mc Carthy,  H. Meister, G.V. Pereversev, E. Poli, F. Ryter,
   W. Treutterer, Q. Yu, ASDEX Upgrade Team:

 Performance, heating and current drive scenarios of ASDEX
Upgrade advanced tokamak discharges,
Nucl. Fusion 41 (2001)1259-1272.
    


  19. 
L.D. Horton, T. Hatae, A. Hubbard, G. Janeschitz, Y. Kamada, B. Kurzan,
L. Lao, P.J. Mc Carthy, D. Mossessian, T.H. Osborne, S.D. Pinches,
S. Saarelma, M. Sugihara, W. Suttrop, K. Thomsen and H. Urano: 
 
   Dependence of H-mode pedestal parameters on plasma magnetic
geometry,
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 44 (2002) A273-A278.
    


  20. 
H. Meister, R. Dux, L.D. Horton, B. Kurzan, H. Zohm, and the ASDEX Team, P.J. Mc Carthy:  

An integrated system to measure the effective charge of fusion plasmas in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak,  Rev. Sci. Instrum.
74 (2003) 4625-4633.
    


  21. 
P.T. Lang,  A.W.  Degeling, J.B. Lister, Y.R. Martin, P.J. Mc Carthy,
 A.C.C. Sips, W.  Suttrop,  G.D. Conway, L.  Fattorini,
 O.Gruber, L.D. Horton, A. Herrmann, M. Kaufmann, M.E.  Manso, M. Maraschek, V. Mertens, A.  Mück, W. Schneider,
 C. Sihler, W. Treutterer, H. Zohm, ASDEX Upgrade Team: 
Frequency control of type-I ELMs by magnetic triggering 
in ASDEX Upgrade, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46 (2004) L31-L39.
    


  22. 
A.J.H. Donne, M.F. Graswinckel, M. Cavinato, L. Giudicotti, E. Zilli, C. Gil, H.R. Koslowski, P.Mc Carthy, 
C.Nyhan, S. Prunty, M. Spillane, C. Walker: 
 Poloidal polarimeter for current density measurements in ITER
Rev. of Sci. Instr. 75 (2004) 4694-4701.
     


  23. 
A. Sengupta, P.J. Mc Carthy, J. Geiger, A. Werner: 
 Fast recovery of vacuum magnetic configuration of the W7-X 
stellarator using  function parametrization and artificial neural networks Nucl. Fusion  44 (2004) 1176-1188.
     


  24. 
E.D. Quigley, A.G. Peeters, P.J. Mc Carthy, M. Apostoliceanu, J. Hobirk, V. Igochine, H. Meister and the ASDEX 
Upgrade Team:  
 Formation criteria and positioning of internal transport barriers in ASDEX Upgrade Nucl. 
Fusion  44 (2004) 1189-1196.
    


  25. 
L.D. Horton, G.D. Conway, A.W. Degeling, T. Eich, A. Kallenbach, P.T. Lang, J.B. Lister, A. Loarte, Y.R. Martin,   
 P.J. Mc Carthy, H. Meister, J. Neuhauser, J. Schirmer, A.C.C. Sips, W. Suttrop  and the ASDEX Upgrade Team: 
ITER-relevant H-mode physics at ASDEX Upgrade Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46 (2004) B511-B525.
    


  26. 
D.J. Kelliher, N.C. Hawkes, P.J. Mc Carthy and contributors to the EFDA-JET Workprogramme:  
Comparison of TRANSP-evolved q-profiles with MSE constrained equilibrium fits on JET
 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 47 (2005) 1459-1474.
    



  27. 
A.G. Peeters, C. Angioni, M. Apostoliceanu, G.V. Pereverzev, E. Quigley, F. Ryter, D. Strintzi, F. Jenko, 
U. Fahrbach, C. Fuchs, O. Gehre, J. Hobirk, B. Kurzan, C.F. Maggi, A. Manini, P.J. Mc Carthy, H. Meister, J. Schweinzer,
 J. Stober, W. Suttrop, G. Tardini and ASDEX Upgrade Team: 
Understanding of the density profile shape, electron heat transport and internal transport barriers observed in ASDEX Upgrade
 Nucl. Fusion 45 (2005) 1140-1147.
    



  28. 
L. C. Ingesson, D. J. Campbell, M. Cecconello, E. Ciattaglia, P. Dirken, N. Hawkes, M. Walsh, M. von Hellermann, 
S. Kálvin, P. Mc Carthy, O. Neubauer, and L. Petrizzi: 
Progress on common aspects of the EU-supplied ITER diagnostics and prediction of diagnostic performance Rev. Sc. Instr.  77 (2006) 10F502.
    



  29. 
A. Sengupta, J. Geiger, P.J. Mc Carthy: 
Statistical analysis of the equilibrium configurations of the W7-X stellarator 
Plas. Phys. Control. Fusion 49 (2007)  649-673. 
    


  30. 
J. Stober, A.C.C. Sips, C. Angioni, C.B. Forest, O. Gruber, J. Hobirk, L.D. Horton, C.F. Maggi, M. Maraschek, P. Martin,
 P.J. Mc Carthy, V. Mertens, Y.-S. Na, M. Reich, A. Stäbler, G. Tardini, H. Zohm and the ASDEX Upgrade Team: 
 
The role of the current profile in the improved H-mode scenario in ASDEX Upgrade 
 Nucl. Fusion 47 (2007) 728-737. 
    


  31. 
S. Günter, G. Conway, S. daGraça, H.-U. Fahrbach, C. Forest, M. Garcia Muñoz, T. Hauff, J. Hobirk, V. Igochine, F. Jenko, K. Lackner,
 P. Lauber, P. Mc Carthy, M. Maraschek, P. Martin, E. Poli, K. Sassenberg, E. Strumberger, G. Tardini, E. Wolfrum, 
H. Zohm and ASDEX Upgrade Team: 
Interaction of energetic particles with large and small scale instabilities 
Nucl. Fusion 47 (2007) 920-928. 
    


  32. 
A.C.C. Sips, G. Tardini, C.B. Forest, O. Gruber, P.J. Mc Carthy, A. Gude, L.D. Horton, V. Igochine, O. Kardaun, C.F. Maggi,
 M. Maraschek, V. Mertens, R. Neu, A.G. Peeters, G.V. Pereverzev, A. Stäbler, J. Stober, 
W. Suttrop and the ASDEX Upgrade Team: 
The performance of improved H-modes at ASDEX Upgrade and projection to ITER 
Nucl. Fusion 47 (2007) 1485-1498. 
    


  33. 
P. Piovesan, V. Igochine, P. Lauber, K. Sassenberg,  A. Flaws, M. García-Muñoz, S. Günter, M. Maraschek,
L. Marrelli, P. Martin, P.J. Mc Carthy and the AUG team: 
TAE internal structure through high-resolution  soft x-ray measurements in ASDEX-Upgrade 
Nucl. Fusion 48 (2008) 065001. 
  34. 

K Sassenberg, M Maraschek, P. Mc Carthy, H Zohm, R Bilato, W Bobkov, S Da Graça,
 A Flaws, M García-Muñoz, S Günter, V Igochine, P Lauber, M J Mantsinen, P Piovesan 
and the ASDEX Upgrade Team:
 Stability of toroidicity induced shear Alfvén eigenmodes
 in ASDEX Upgrade Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 51 (2009) 065003. 
    


  35. 
L. Giannone , W. Schneider, P.J. McCarthy, A.C.C. Sips, W. Treutterer, K. Behler,
 T. Eich, J.C. Fuchs, N. Hicks, A. Kallenbach, M. Maraschek, A. Mlynek, G. Neu,
 G. Pautasso, G. Raupp, M. Reich, K.H.
Schuhbeck, J. Stober, F. Volpe, T. Zehetbauer, ASDEX Upgrade Team, M. Cerna,
 T. Debelle, B. Marker, S. McCaslin, M. Munroe and L. Wenzel:
Real time magnetic
 field and flux measurements for tokamak control using a multi-core PCI Express system
  Fus. Eng. and Design  84  (2009) 825-828.
    


  36. 
K. Sassenberg, M Maraschek, P.J. Mc Carthy,  W. Bobkov, M. García-Muñoz, N. Hicks, V. Igochine, P. Lauber,  S. Günter
and  ASDEX Upgrade Team:
ICRH beatwave excited toroidicity induced Alfven eigenmodes in ASDEX Upgrade
  Nucl. Fusion 50   (2010) 052003.
    


  37.  T. O'Gorman, P. J. Mc Carthy, S. Prunty, M. J. Walsh, M. R. Dunstan, R. B. Huxford, G. Naylor, Emmanuel Maguet, R. Scannell, and S. Shibaev:
 
Design and implementation of a full profile sub-cm ruby laser based Thomson scattering system for MAST ,
   Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81 (2010) 123508.
    


  38. 
P.J. Mc Carthy
and the ASDEX Upgrade Team:
 Identification of edge-localized moments 
of the current density profile in a tokamak 
equilibrium from external magnetic 
measurements Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 54 (2012) 015010. 
    






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