Here there are my recent works:

Phd Thesis
 Articles in Peer-reviewed journals
Seminars and Workshops
 Conference Contributions

PhD Thesis

  1. Fast transient transport phenomena measured by soft x-ray emission in TCV tokamak plasmas
    Ivo Furno    , Thesis advisor: Dr. H. Weisen
    [click here for the      .ps(14MB)   or .pdf(3MB) version]

Article in peer-reviewed journals
  1. Fast Bolometric Measurements on the TCV Tokamak
    I. Furno, H. Weisen , J. Mlynar, R.A. Pitts, X. Llobet, P. Marmillod, G. Pochon,
    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 4552 (1999).
  2. Understanding sawtooth activity during intense electron cyclotron heating experiments on TCV.
    Furno, I.; Angioni, C.; Porcelli, F.; Weisen, H.; Behn, R.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.A.; Pietrzyk, Z.A.; Pchelon, A.; Reimerdes, H.; et. al.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; April 2001; vol.41, no.4, p.403-20
  3. Reconnection Scaling Experiment: a new device for three dimensional magnetic reconnection studies
    I. Furno, et al.,
    to be published in Rev. Sci. Instrum (April 2003).
  4. Observation of inward and outward particle convection in the core of ECH and ECCD plasmas in the TCV tokamak,
    I. Furno and H. Weisen accepted for publication to Physics of Plasmas.
  5. Reversal of particle convection in a helically perturbed tokamak plasma core
    I. Furno and H. Weisen submitted  for publication to Physical Review Letters.
  6. Effect of ELMs on the measurement of vertical plasma position in TCV and JET.
    Hofmann, F.; Furno, I.; Gerasimov, S.; Martin, Y.; Milani, F.; Nave, M.F.F.; Reimerdes, H.; Sartori, F.; Sauter, O.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Jan. 2002; vol.42, no.1, p.59-65
  7. Particle transport with high power central ECH and ECCD in TCV.
    Weisen, H.; Furno, I.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Sept. 2001; vol.41, no.9, p.1227-33
  8. Shape dependence of sawtooth inversion radii and profile peaking factors in TCV L mode plasmas.
         Weisen, H.; Furno, I.; Alberti, S.; Angioni, C.; Appert, K.; Behn, R.; Blanchard, P.; Bosshard, P.; Coda, S.; Condrea, I.; et. al.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Feb. 2002; vol.42, no.2, p.136-42
  9. "Profile consistency" features in strongly shaped Ohmic tokamak plasmas.
    Weisen, H.; Behn, R.; Furno, I.; Moret, J.-M.; Sauter, O.
    Source: Physics of Plasmas; Jan. 1999; vol.6, no.1, p.1-4
  10. Experimental and theoretical stability limits of highly elongated tokamak plasmas.
    Hofmann, F.; Sauter, O.; Reimerdes, H.; Furno, I.; Pochelon, A.
    Source: Physical Review Letters; 5 Oct. 1998; vol.81, no.14, p.2918-21

    11. Source: Physics Letters A; 24 June 1996; vol.216, no.6, p.289-95
  11. Incomplete reconnection in sawtooth crashes in ASDEX Upgrade.
    Letsch, A.; Zohm, H.; Ryter, F.; Suttrop, W.; Gude, A.; Porcelli, F.; Angioni, C.; Furno, I.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Sept. 2002; vol.42, no.9, p.1055-9
  12. Model for humpback relaxation oscillations.
    Porcelli, F.; Angioni, C.; Behn, R.; Furno, I.; Goodman, T.; Henderson, M.A.; Pietrzyk, Z.A.; Pochelon, A.; Reimerdes, H.; Rossi, E.; et. al.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Oct. 2000; vol.40, no.10, p.1691-5
  13. Vertical instability in TCV: comparison of experimental and theoretical growth rates.
    Hofmann, F.; Dutch, M.J.; Ward, D.J.; Anton, M.; Furno, I.; Lister, J.B.; Moret, J.-M.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; May 1997; vol.37, no.5, p.681-7
  14. Experimental investigation of the effects of neon injection in TCV.
    Pitts, R.A.; Refke, A.; Duval, B.P.; Furno, I.; Joye, B.; Lister, J.B.; Martin, Y.; Moret, J.-M.; Rommers, J.; Weisen, H.
    Source: Journal of Nuclear Materials; March 1999; vol.266-269, p.648-53
  15. Effect of plasma shape on confinement and MHD behaviour in the TCV tokamak.
    Weisen, H.; Moret, J.-M.; Franke, S.; Furno, I.; Martin, Y.; Anton, M.; Behn, R.; Dutch, M.J.; Duval, B.P.; Hofmann, F.; et. al.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Dec. 1997; vol.37, no.12, p.1741-58
  16.  
    17. Behaviour of central plasma relaxation oscillations during localized electron cyclotron heating on the TCV tokamak.
    Pietrzyk, Z.A.; Pochelon, A.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.A.; Hogge, J.-P.; Reimerdes, H.; Tran, M.Q.; Behn, R.; Furno, I.; Moret, J.-M.; et. al.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; May 1999; vol.39, no.5, p.587-611
  17. Modelling of macroscopic magnetic islands in tokamaks.
    Porcelli, F.; Airoldi, A.; Angioni, C.; Bruschi, A.; Buratti, P.; Califano, F.; Cirant, S.; Furno, I.; Grasso, D.; Lazzaro, E.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Sept. 2001; vol.41, no.9, p.1207-18
  18. Plasma shape effects on sawtooth/internal kink stability and plasma shaping using electron cyclotron wave current profile tailoring in TCV.
    Pochelon, A.; Hofmann, F.; Reimerdes, H.; Angioni, C.; Behn, R.; Duquerroy, R.; Furno, I.; Gomez, P.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.A.; et. al.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Nov. 2001; vol.41, no.11, p.1663-9
  19. Divertor geometry effects on detachment in TCV.
    Pitts, R.A.; Duval, B.P.; Loarte, A.; Moret, J.-M.; Boedo, J.A.; Coster, D.; Furno, I.; Horacek, J.; Kukushkin, A.S.; Reiter, D.; et. al.
    Source: Journal of Nuclear Materials; March 2001; vol.290-293, p.940-6
  20. Stability and energy confinement of highly elongated plasmas in TCV.
    Hofmann, F.; Behn, R.; Coda, S.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.; Lavanchy, P.; Marmillod, P.; Martin, Y.; Martynov, A.; Mlynar, J.; et. al. (including Furno. I.)
    Source: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion; Dec. 2001; vol.43, no.12A, p.A161-73
  21. Energy confinement and MHD activity in shaped TCV plasmas with localized electron cyclotron heating.
    Pochelon, A.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.; Angioni, C.; Behn, R.; Coda, S.; Hofmann, F.; Hogge, J.-P.; Kirneva, N.; Martynov, A.A.; et. al.
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; 1999; vol.39, spec. issue., p.1807-18
  22. Overview of TCV results.
    Weisen, H.; Alberti, S.; Angioni, C.; Appert, K.; Bakos, J.; Behn, R.; Blanchard, P.; Bosshard, P.; Chavan, R.; Coda, S.; et. al. (including Furno I.)
    Source: Nuclear Fusion; Oct. 2001; vol.41, no.10, p.1459-72
  23. Steady-state fully noninductive operation with electron cyclotron current drive and current profile control in the tokamak a configuration variable (TCV).
    Sauter, O.; Angioni, C.; Coda, S.; Gomez, P.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.A.; Hofmann, F.; Hogge, J.-P.; Moret, J.-M.; Nikkola, P.; et. al. (including Furno I.)
    Source: Physics of Plasmas; May 2001; vol.8, no.5, p.2199-207
  24. High-power ECH and fully non-inductive operation with ECCD in the TCV tokamak.
    Coda, S.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.A.; Hofmann, F.; Pietrzyk, Z.A.; Sauter, O.; Alberti, S.; Angioni, C.; Appert, K.; Behn, R.; et. al.(including Furno I.)
    Source: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion; Dec. 2000; vol.42, suppl.12B, p.B311-21
  25. Effect of plasma shape on confinement and MHD behaviour in TCV.
    Weisen, H.; Alberti, S.; Berry, S.; Behn, R.; Blanchard, P.; Bosshard, P.; Buhlmann, F.; Chavan, R.; Coda, S.; Deschenaux, C.; et. al. (including Furno I.)
    Source: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion; Dec. 1997; vol.39, no.12B, p.B135-44

 

Seminars and Workshops

  1. Inverse Problems and multivariate analysis in plasma physics
    I. Furno
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, T-15 seminar series, February 25, 2003, Los Alamos, New Mexico
  2. Sawtooth Activity Modification in ECH/ECCD Experiments on TCV
    I. Furno, et al,
    presented at US/Japan Workshop on Innovative MHD Control in Magnetic Fusion Plasmas
    Princeton, NJ, USA 30 Oct.- 1 Nov, 2000     [click here for the .pdf version]
  3. Sawtooth Activity Modification in ECH/ECCD Experiments on TCV
    I. Furno, C. Angioni, T. Goodman, M. Henderson, H. Weisen, F. Porcelli
    presented at MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center, November 2nd, 2000.     [click here for the .pdf version]

    Conference Contributions

     

  4. X-ray measurements of MHD activity in shaped TCV plasmas
     I. Furno, H Weisen et al,
    24th EPS on Controlled Fusion Plasma Physics, ECA 21A(1997), part II, 545
  5. X-Ray Tomography of Sawtooth Activity during Intense Electron Cyclotron Heating Experiments on TCV.
    I. Furno, et al.,
    26th EPS on Controlled Fusion Plasma Physics
  6. Effect of ELMs on the Measurement of Vertical Plasma Position in TCV
    F. Hofmann, I.Furno, Y.Martin, H.Reimerdes,
    27th EPS on Controlled Fusion Plasma Physics.
  7. Influence of Electron Cyclotron Heating on Electron Density Behaviour
    I. Furno     and H. Weisen,
    27th EPS on Controlled Fusion Plasma Physics
  8. Heat and Particle Transport Phenomena During Intense ECH/ECCD on TCV
    I. Furno    , C. Angioni, F. Porcelli1 and H. Weisen
    42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, October 23-27, 2000 Quebec City, Canada
  9. RSX, Reconnection Scaling Experiment
    T. Intrator, I. Furno, C. Angioni, F. Porcelli1 and H. Weisen
    43rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, October 23-27, 2001, Long Beach, California
  10. Overview of the Reconnection Scaling Experiment at LANL and first experimental results
    I. Furno    , T. Intrator , et al.
    44th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November 11-15, 2002, Orlando, Florida
  11. Reconnection Scaling Experiment at LANL: a new device for investigating magnetic reconnection in plasmas
    I. Furno, T. Intrator
    invited talk at     7th Easter Plasma Meeting on OPEN ISSUES IN MAGNETICALLY CONFINED PLASMAS, Turin Italy, 3-5 April 2002
  12. Central relaxation phenomena during electron cyclotron heating in TCV.
    Pietrzyk, Z.A.; Pochelon, A.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.; Reimerdes, H.; Tran, M.Q.; Behn, R.; Furno, I.; Hogge, J.-P.; Rommers, J.;
    Conference: 2nd Europhysics Topical Conference on RF Heating and Current Drive of Fusion Devices, 20-23 Jan. 1998, Brussels, Belgium
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