Nathan Howard

About Nathan Howard

Nathan Howard, With an exceptional h-index of 33 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializes in the field of plasma physics, fusion.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Gyrokinetic modeling of negative triangularity plasmas ASDEX Upgrade

Prediction of Performance and Turbulence in ITER Burning Plasmas via Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Profile Prediction

Overview of multiscale turbulence studies covering ion-to-electron scales in magnetically confined fusion plasma

Simultaneous reproduction of experimental profiles, fluxes, transport coefficients, and turbulence characteristics via nonlinear gyrokinetic profile predictions in a DIII-D …

Predictions of improved confinement in SPARC via energetic particle turbulence stabilization

ARC Physics Basis Status

Comparing Hydrogen and Deuterium Plasmas in DIII-D Using Gyrokinetic Simulation

Enhancing predictive capabilities in fusion burning plasmas through surrogate-based optimization in core transport solvers

Nathan Howard Information

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Citations(all)

3678

Citations(since 2020)

2001

Cited By

2430

hIndex(all)

33

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

72

i10Index(since 2020)

52

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University Profile Page

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Nathan Howard Skills & Research Interests

plasma physics

fusion

Top articles of Nathan Howard

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Gyrokinetic modeling of negative triangularity plasmas ASDEX Upgrade

R Bielajew

B Vanovac

NT Howard

P Rodriguez-Fernandez

GD Conway

...

2024

Prediction of Performance and Turbulence in ITER Burning Plasmas via Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Profile Prediction

arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.17040

NT Howard

P Rodriguez-Fernandez

C Holland

J Candy

2024/4/25

Overview of multiscale turbulence studies covering ion-to-electron scales in magnetically confined fusion plasma

Nuclear Fusion

Shinya Maeyama

Tokihiko Tokuzawa

Nathan T Howard

Jonathan Citrin

Tomo-Hiko Watanabe

2024/3/18

Simultaneous reproduction of experimental profiles, fluxes, transport coefficients, and turbulence characteristics via nonlinear gyrokinetic profile predictions in a DIII-D …

Physics of Plasmas

NT Howard

P Rodriguez-Fernandez

C Holland

T Odstrcil

B Grierson

...

2024/3/1

Predictions of improved confinement in SPARC via energetic particle turbulence stabilization

Nuclear Fusion

A Di Siena

P Rodriguez-Fernandez

NT Howard

A Bañón Navarro

R Bilato

...

2023/1/25

ARC Physics Basis Status

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Jon Hillesheim

Alex Creely

Devon Battaglia

Tom Body

M Brookman

...

2023

Comparing Hydrogen and Deuterium Plasmas in DIII-D Using Gyrokinetic Simulation

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Elizabeth Perez

David Smith

George McKee

Kathreen Thome

Benedikt Geiger

...

2023

Enhancing predictive capabilities in fusion burning plasmas through surrogate-based optimization in core transport solvers

arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.12610

P Rodriguez-Fernandez

NT Howard

A Saltzman

S Kantamneni

J Candy

...

2023/12/19

Predictions of Reactor Performance Utilizing Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Simulations: SPARC, ITER, and ARC-class reactors

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Nathan Howard

Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

Christopher Holland

Alexander Creely

Jeff Candy

2023

Impurity transport studies in DIII-D H-mode plasmas: Experiment and Turbulence Modeling

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Arsene Tema Biwole

Nathan Howard

Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

Tomas Odstrcil

Kathreen Thome

...

2023

Turbulence and Transport Dependence on rho* and Isotope Mass in H-Mode Plasmas on DIII-D

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

George McKee

Elizabeth Perez

Colin Chrystal

Kathreen Thome

Rongjie Hong

...

2023

Temperature fluctuation measurements in negative triangularity plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Rachel Bielajew

Branka Vanovac

Michael Dunne

Thomas Pütterich

Tim Happel

...

2023/11/1

On the direct use of core nonlinear gyrokinetic profile predictions for the planning of burning plasma experiments

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

Nathan Howard

Audrey Saltzman

Lucas Shoji

Jerry Hughes

...

2023

Flexible test of reduced transport models for SPARC scenarios in ASTRA

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

Nathan Howard

Audrey Saltzman

Giovanni Tardini

2023/10/31

Validity of using heat pulse diffusivity as a proxy for incremental diffusivity in validation studies

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Audrey Saltzman

Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

Marco Muraca

Rachel Bielajew

Nathan Howard

...

2023

Access to Edge Pedestals in the SPARC Tokamak

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Jerry Hughes

Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

Amanda Hubbard

Theresa Wilks

Nathan Howard

...

2023

Experimental investigation of impurity transport in the core and edge of the wide pedestal QH-mode regime on DIII-D

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Tomas Odstrcil

Alessandro Bortolon

Xi Chen

Darin Ernst

Colin Chrystal

...

2023

Inference of edge carbon transport coefficients from multi-ion measurements on DIII-D tokamak

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Wyley Petrus

Tomas Odstrcil

Alessandro Bortolon

Darin Ernst

Xi Chen

...

2023

Development of compact tokamak fusion reactor use cases to inform future transport studies

Journal of Plasma Physics

C Holland

EM Bass

DM Orlov

J McClenaghan

BC Lyons

...

2023/8

Full-pulse simulations for SPARC using MOSAIC

APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts

Anna Teplukhina

Devon Battaglia

Thomas Body

Mark Boyer

Alexander Creely

...

2023

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