James D. Hanson
Physics
Professor

Research Areas: Theoretical Plasma Physics

Office: Leach Science Center 3126

Address:
380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849

E-Mail: hanson@physics.auburn.edu

Education

Professional Employment

Honors and Awards

Professional Activities

Member, American Physical Society

Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Referee: Contributions to Plasma Physics, Physical Review Letters, Physics of Fluids, Physics Letters A, Physica D, Reviews of Modern Physics, Nuclear Fusion

Proposal Referee: United States Department of Energy, United States National Science Foundation

Selected Publications

1. D. Terranova, L. Marrelli, J.D. Hanson, S.P Hirshman, M. Cianciosa, and P. Franz, “Helical equilibrium reconstruction with V3FIT in the RFX-mod Reversed Field Pinch”, Nucl. Fusion 53 113014 (2013).
2. J.D. Hanson, D.T. Anderson, M. Cianciosa, P. Franz, J.H. Harris, G.J. Hartwell,  S.P. Hirshman, S.F. Knowlton, L.L. Lao, E.A. Lazarus, L. Marrelli, D.A. Maurer, J.C. Schmitt, A.C. Sontag, B.A. Stevenson, and D. Terranova, “Non-axisymmetric equilibrium reconstruction for stellarators, reversed field pinches and tokamaks”, Nucl. Fusion 53 083016 (2013).
3. M.C. Miller, J.D. Hanson, G.J. Hartwell, S. F. Knowlton, D. A. Maurer and B. A. Stevenson, “Design and implementation of a multichannel millimeter wave interferometer for the Compact Toroidal Hybrid experiment”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83 10E332 (2012).
4. James D. Hanson, Stephen F. Knowlton, B. Adam Stevenson, and Gregory J. Hartwell, “Equilibrium and stability of current-carrying discharges in the non-axisymmetric CTH experiment”, Contributions to Plasma Physics, v50 724-730 (2010).
5. J. Peterson, J. Hanson, G. Hartwell, and S. Knowlton, “Vacuum magnetic field mapping experiments for validated determination of the helical field coil location in stellarators”, Physics of Plasmas, 17 03205 (2010).