Complex Systems

Publications

NEW:
  • Ion temperature fluctuations in the ASDEX Upgrade scrape-off layer.
    M. Kocan, F.P. Gennrich, A. Kendl, H.W. Müller and the ASDEX Upgrade Team,
    submitted to: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2011).

  • The long hot summer of the tokamak.
    A. Kendl,
    AIP Conf. Proc. 1445, pp. 63-67 (2012): Joint ITER-IAEA-ICTP Advanced Workshop on Fusion and Plasma Physics 2011. | doi:10.1063/1.3701886 | arXiv:1202.5410

  • Turbulence and structure formation in complex plasmas and fluids.
    A. Kendl,
    AIP Conf. Proc. 1421, pp.21-30 (2012): International Topical Conference on Plasma Science: Strongly Coupled Ultra-cold and Quantum Plasmas 2011. | doi:10.1063/1.3679582 | arXiv:1202.5409

  • Correlation length scaling laws in drift Alfven edge turbulence computations.
    S. Konzett, D. Reiser, A. Kendl
    Plasma Phys. Contr. Fusion 54, 025011 (2012). | doi:10.1088/0741-3335/54/2/025011 | arxiv:1109.1997

  • Towards a unified linear kinetic transport model with the trace ion module for EIRENE.
    J. Seebacher, A. Kendl,
    Comput. Phys. Commun. 183, 947-959 (2012). | doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2011.12.021 | arXiv:1112.5583

  • Analysis of the temperature influence on Langmuir probe measurements on the basis of gyrofluid simulations.
    F.P. Gennrich, A. Kendl,
    Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 54, 015012 (2012). | doi:10.1088/0741-3335/54/1/015012 | arXiv:1109.3600

Books:

Alexander Kendl:
Plasma turbulence in complex magnetic field structures

ISBN: 978-3-902571-17-5
brosch., 104 Seiten, 19 sw-Abbildungen
2007, innsbruck university press • iup. Preis: 12 Euro

Alexander Kendl (Hg.):
50 Jahre Plasmaphysik und Fusionsforschung an der Universität Innsbruck

ISBN: 978-3-902571-82-3
brosch., 214 Seiten, 19 s/w-Abbildungen und Tabellen
2008, innsbruck university press • iup. Preis: 19,90 Euro

Irene Milewski, Alexander Kendl, Paul Scheier (Hg.)
: Contributions: XVIIth Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics (SASP 2010)

ISBN: 978-3-902719-52-2
brosch., 286 Seiten, zahlr. Abb., Grafiken und Tabellen
2010, innsbruck university press • iup. Preis: 19,90 Euro

Selected peer-reviewed publications:
  • Drift wave turbulence in the presence of a dust density gradient.
    A. Kendl, P.K. Shukla,
    Phys. Rev. E 84, 046405 (2011) | doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.046405| arXiv:1109.5029

  • On radial geodesic forcing of zonal modes.
    A. Kendl,
    Physics of Plasmas 18, 072303 (2011) | doi:10.1063/1.3603838 | arXiv:1106.3411

  • Drift wave turbulence in a dense semiclassical magnetoplasma.
    A. Kendl and P.K. Shukla
    Physics Letters A 375, 3138-3141 (2011) | doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2011.07.004 | arXiv:1107.1308

  • Assessment of hydrocarbon electron-impact ionization cross section measurements for magnetic fusion.
    S.E. Huber, J. Seebacher, A. Kendl, D. Reiter,
    Contrib. Plasma Physics 51, 931-943 (2011) | doi:10.1002/ctpp.201100029 | arXiv:1106.5951

  • EDGE2D comparisons of JET tungsten and carbon screening.
    J. Strachan, G. Corrigan, D. Harting, L. Lauro-Taroni, C. Maggi, G. Matthews, M. O'Mullane, D. Reiter, J. Seebacher, J. Spence, H. Summers, S. Wiesen, and JET EFDA Contributors,
    Journal of Nuclear Materials 415, S501-S504 (2011) | doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.08.028

  • Nonlinear gyrofluid computation of edge localised ideal ballooning modes.
    A. Kendl, B.D. Scott and T.T. Ribeiro,
    Physics of Plasmas 17, 072302 (2010) | doi:10.1063/1.3449807 | arXiv:1002.3109

  • Nonlinear dynamics in the tokamak edge.
    B.D. Scott, A. Kendl, and T. Ribeiro,
    Contrib. Plasma Physics 50, 228-241 (2010) | doi:10.1002/ctpp.201010039

  • Summary of the workshop on electric fields, structures and self-organisation in magnetized plasmas (EFTSOMP) 2009
    S. Zoletnik, M. Agostini, E. Belonohy, G. Bonhomme, D. Dunai, P. Lang, P. Garcia- Martinez, A.D. Gurchenko, C. Hidalgo, A. Kendl, G. Kocsis, C. Maszl, K. McCormick, H.W. Müller, S. Spagnolo, E.R. Solano, S. Soldatov, M. Spolaore, Y. Xu,
    Nuclear Fusion 50, 047001 (2010) | doi: 10.1088/0029-5515/50/4/047001

  • Transcranial stimulability of phosphenes by lightning electromagnetic pulses.
    J. Peer and A. Kendl,
    Physics Letters A, 375 (2010) | doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2010.05.023 | arXiv:1005.1153

  • Reflection properties of small hydrocarbons impinging on tungsten and carbon surfaces.
    N. Endstrasser, B. Rasul, W. Schustereder, K. Krieger, A. Kendl, P. Scheier, T.D. Märk,
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B 267, 700-703 (2008) | doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2008.12.004

  • The European turbulence code benchmarking effort: Turbulence driven by thermal gradients in magnetically confined plasmas.
    G.L. Falchetto, B.D. Scott, P. Angelino, A. Bottino, T. Dannert, V. Grandgirard, S. Janhunen, F. Jenko, S. Jolliet, A. Kendl, B.F. McMillan, V. Naulin, A.H. Nielsen, M. Ottaviani, A.G. Peeters, M.J. Pueschel, D. Reiser, T.T. Ribeiro and M. Romanelli,
    Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 50, 124015, 12pp (2008) | doi:10.1088/0741-3335/50/12/124015

  • Two-dimensional turbulence in magnetized plasmas.
    A. Kendl,
    European Journal of Physics 29, 911-926 (2008) | doi:10.1088/0143-0807/29/5/005 | arXiv:1003.1036

Selected conference contributions:

 

2011:

* Finite element modelling of fireballs in low pressure gas discharges.
C. Speer, J. Gruenwald, J. Seebacher, A. Kendl
registered for: COMSOL Conference 2011 Stuttgart, 26.-28.10.2011, Stuttgart, Germany.
* Introduction to fusion edge plasma turbulence.
A. Kendl
invited review talk: Joint ITER-IAEA-ICTP Advanced Workshop on "Fusion and Plasma Physics", 3.-14.10.2011, Trieste, Italy.
* Gyrofluid simulations of the temperature influence on synthetic Langmuir probes.
F.P. Gennrich, A. Kendl
registered for: 14th European Fusion Theory Conference, 26.-29.9.2011, Frascati, Italy.
* Nonlinear gyrofluid simulations on the magnetic field structure of ideal ballooning ELMs.
J. Peer, A. Kendl
registered for: 14th European Fusion Theory Conference, 26.-29.9.2011, Frascati, Italy.
* Analysis of the temperature influence on Langmuir probe measurements on the basis of gyrofluid simulations.
F.P. Gennrich, A. Kendl
registered for: 9th Int. Workshop on Electrical Probes in Magnetized Plasmas (IWEP2011), 21.-23.9.2011, Iasi, Romania.
* Turbulence and structure formation in complex plasmas.
A. Kendl
International Topical Conference on Plasma Science: Strongly Coupled Ultra-cold and Quantum Plasmas. 12.-14.9.2011, Lisbon, Portugal. (Invited talk)
* Remarks on fluid and kinetic thermal forces for plasma edge transport codes.
J. Seebacher, A. Kendl,
22nd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas (ICNSP 2011), 7.-9.9.2011, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
* Gyrofluid investigation of the magnetic field structure associated with edge localised ballooning modes.
J. Peer, A. Kendl,
38th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 27.6.-1.7.2011, Strasbourg, France.
* Analysis of the temperature influence on Langmuir probe measurements on the basis of gyrofluid simulations.
F. Gennrich, A. Kendl,
38th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 27.6.-1.7.2011, Strasbourg, France.
* Turbulence and structure formation in complex plasmas.
A. Kendl, P.K. Shukla
International Astrophysics Forum Alpbach(IAFA 2011): Frontiers in space environment research. 20.-24.6.2011, Alpbach, Austria.
* Magnetic reconnection in the deep magnetotail
Z. Vörös, A. Runov, T.L. Zhang, and M.P. Leubner
International Astrophysics Forum Alpbach (IAFA 2011): Frontiers in space environment research. 20.-24.6.2011, Alpbach, Austria.
* Turbulence in the heliosphere
Z. Vörös
Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Austrian Physical Society, with Swiss and Austrian Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 15.-17.6.2011, Lausanne, Switzerland. (Invited talk)
* Gyrokinetic computation of waves and turbulence in the intra-cluster medium.
M. Wiesenberger, B. Pammer, A. Kendl,
478th Heraeus Seminar, Fusion and Astrophysical Plasmas, 18.-20.4.2011, Bad Honnef, Germany.
* Ion acoustic waves in strongly correlated ultracold neutral plasmas.
C. Lechner, C. Knapp, A. Kendl,
75. Jahrestagung der DPG und DPG-Frührjahrstagung AMOP/KM, 13.-18.3.2011, Dresden, Germany; Verhandl. DPG 2011, A26.81.
* TIM‐EIRENE simulations of carbon and tungsten transport in JET
J. Seebacher
EFDA TF PWI Joint Working Session of SEWGs Material Migration and ITER Material Mix on Model Validation, 31.1.-2.2.2011, Tervaniemi, Finland.

 

2010:

* 3D effects on edge turbulence and flows
A. Kendl
18th European Fusion Physics Workshop (EFPW), 6.-8.12.2010, Mayrhofen, Austria. (Invited talk.)
* Gyrokinetic studies of turbulence, equilibrium and flows in the tokamak edge
B.D. Scott, F. da Silva, A. Kendl, N. Miyato, T. Ribeiro
23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, 11.-16.10.2010, Daejon, South Korea.
* EDGE2D-EIRENE study on tungsten fluid vs. tungsten kinetic.
J. Seebacher, S. Wiesen, J. Strachan, L. Lauro Taroni, A. Kendl and JET-EFDA contributors.
37th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 21.-25.6.2010, Dublin, Ireland.
* Conformal coordinates for turbulence computations on shaped tokamak geometries.
T.T. Ribeiro, B. Scott, A. Kendl.
37th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 21.-25.6.2010, Dublin, Ireland.
* Magnetic geometry and flow shear effects on tokamak edge turbulence simulations.
S. Konzett, D. Reiser, A. Kendl.
37th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 21.-25.6.2010, Dublin, Ireland.
* Physical and numerical effects in long-term tokamak edge plasma simulations.
J. Peer, A. Kendl, B. Scott.
Summer School and Workshop on Self-Organization in Turbulent Plasmas and Fluids, 3.5.-14.5.2010, Max-Planck-Institut fuer die Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden.
* Investigation of plasma edge turbulence by means of gyrofluid simulations and their comparison to experimental measurements.
F. Gennrich, A. Kendl.
Summer School and Workshop on Self-Organization in Turbulent Plasmas and Fluids, 3.5.-14.5.2010, Max-Planck-Institut fuer die Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden.
* Drift waves and instabilities in ultracold plasmas
C. Lechner, C. Knapp, A. Kendl.
DPG Frühjahrstagung Hannover 10, 8.-12.3.2010, Hannover, Deutschland.
* High-Performance Computing in Plasmaphysik und Fusionsforschung
A. Kendl
Interdisziplinärer ÖFG "High-Performance Computing" Workshop, 18.-19.2.2010, Wien, Österreich.
* Hydrocarbon impurity transport in tokamaks.
J. Seebacher.
AECU (Association Euratom Comenius University) Workshop on Materials and Plasma-Wall Interaction, 18.-19.2.2010, Comenius University, Slovakia. (Invited talk)
* Monte-Carlo simulations of hydrocarbon break-up and transport in scrape-off layer plasmas.
J. Seebacher, S. Huber, D. Reiter, A. Kendl.
17th Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics (SASP 2010), 24.-29.1.2010, Obergurgl, Austria. (Hot Topic talk)
* Ion-surface interactions of C2Dx+ (x=2-6) on fusion relevant CFC materials investigated by SIMS.
A. Keim, N. Endstrasser, B. Rasul, F. Zappa, A. Kendl, P. Scheier, T.D. Märk.
17th Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics (SASP 2010), 24.-29.1.2010, Obergurgl, Austria.

 

2009:

* ASDEX Upgrade edge turbulence simulations with synthetic reflectometry probing.
T. Ribeiro, F. da Silva, B. Scott, A. Kendl, S. Heuraux.
13th European Fusion Theory Conference, 12.-15.10.2009, Riga, Latvia.
* Electron-molecule and ion-surface experiments at University of Innsbruck
A. Kendl, T.D. Märk, A. Keim, P. Scheier et al.
ADAS (Atomic Data and Analysis) Workshop 2009, 4.-7.10.2009, Scloss Ringberg, Germany.
* Wavelet analysis of plasma edge turbulence probe measurements and simulations.
F. Gennrich, J. Peer, A. Kendl, F. Mehlmann, R. Schrittwieser,
8th International Workshop on Electric Probes in Magnetized Plasmas, 21.-24.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Nonlinear dynamics in the tokamak edge.
B.D. Scott, A. Kendl, T. Ribeiro,
12th International Workshop on Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices (PET-12), 2.-4.9.2009, Rostov Veliky, Russia.
* Turbulence in the edge of magnetized plasmas: emergent structures and transport.
A. Kendl, F. Gennrich, J. Peer, S. Konzett, T. Ribeiro and B.D. Scott,
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria. (Invited talk)
* Revisiting reflection properties of small hydrocarbons impinging on tungsten and carbon surfaces by means of 3D simulations,
A. Keim, N. Endstrasser, B. Rasul, F. Zappa, A. Kendl, P. Scheier and T.D. Märk,
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Nonlinear gyrofluid computation of the ideal ballooning mode ELM scenario in tokamaks.
A. Kendl, T. Ribeiro, B.D. Scott,
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Drift waves and instabilities in ultracold quantum plasmas.
C. Lechner, C. Knapp, A. Kendl.
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Monte-Carlo simulations of hydrocarbon break-up and transport in scrape-off layer plasmas.
J. Seebacher, D. Reiter, A. Kendl, S. Kuhn.
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Simulations on the influence of rational magnetic surfaces on turbulence in the edge region of a tokamak fusion experiment.
S. Konzett, D. Reiser, A. Kendl.
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Wavelet analysis of plasma edge turbulence measurements and simulations.
F. Gennrich, A. Kendl, R. Schrittwieser, F. Mehlmann, C. Ionita, C. Maszl and the ASDEX Upgrade Team.
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Transcranial stimulability of phosphenes by lightning electromagnetic pulses.
J. Peer and A. Kendl,
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies and Societies for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2.-4.9.2009, Innsbruck, Austria.
* Turbulence in the edge of magnetized plasmas: emergent structures and transport.
A. Kendl
Workshop on Electric Fields, Turbulence and Self-organization in Magnetized Plasmas (EFTSOMP2009), 6.-7.7.2009, Sofia, Bulgaria. (Invited talk)
* Revisiting reflection properties of small hydrocarbons impinging on tungsten and carbon surfaces by means of 3D simulations,
A. Keim, N. Endstrasser, B. Rasul, F. Zappa, A. Kendl, P. Scheier and T.D. Märk,
ITER International Summer School 2009 "Plasma Surface Interaction in Controlled Fusion Devices", 22.-26.6.2009, Aix-en-Provence, France.
* Collisions of CDn+ (n=2-4) with room temperature magnetron-sputtered tungsten and beryllium surfaces at low incident energies of 0-100 eV.
B. Rasul, N. Endstrasser, A. Keim, A. Kendl, F. Zappa, Z. Herman, P. Scheier and T.D. Märk,
12th Int. Workshop on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications (11.-14.5.2009, Jülich, Germany).
* Two-dimensional turbulence in magnetised plasmas.
A. Kendl,
WPI Meeting "Kinetic Instabilities, Plasma Turbulence and Magnetic Reconnection" (16.-20.2.2009, Vienna, Austria).

 

2008:

* Nonlinear MHD ELM simulations.
A. Kendl,
16th European Fusion Physics Workshop (1.-3.12.2008, Cork, Ireland). Invited review talk.
* Hydrocarbon characteristics in fusion edge plasmas from electron-molecule and ion-surface collision experiments.
A. Kendl, K. Becker, S. Denifl, O. Echt, N. Endstrasser, B. Farizon, M. Farizon, S. Feil, L. Feketeova, V. Grill, Z. Herman, T.D. Märk, S. Matejcik, S. Matt-Leubner, M. Probst, B. Rasul, P. Scheier, W. Schustereder, J.D. Skalny, P. Sulzer, M. Winkler, F. Zappa,
Proc. 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (13.-18.10.2008, Geneva, Switzerland).
* Global electromagnetic gyrofluid / gyrokinetic computation of turbulence and self consistent rotation in large tokamaks.
B.D. Scott, A. Bottino, R. Hatzky, S. Jolliet, A. Kendl, B.F.McMillan, D. Reiser, T. Ribeiro,
Proc. 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (13.-18.10.2008, Geneva, Switzerland).
* Nonlinear gyrofluid computation of ideal ballooning ELMs,
A. Kendl and B. Scott,
13th EU-US TTF Workshop (1.-4.9.2008, Copenhagen, Denmark).
* Radial transport in the L- and H-mode SOL of ASDEX Upgrade,
F. Mehlmann, C. Ionita, H.W. Müller, P. Balan, A. Herrmann, A. Kendl, M. Maraschek, V. Naulin, A.H. Nielsen, J.J. Rasmussen, V. Rohde, R. Schrittwieser and the AUG Team,
13th EU-US TTF Workshop (1.-4.9.2008, Copenhagen, Denmark).
* Gyrofluid simulations of the ideal ballooning mode ELM scenario,
A. Kendl and B. Scott,
35th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (9.-13.6.2008, Hersonissos, Greece).
* The European turbulence code benchmarking effort: Turbulence driven by thermal gradients in magnetically confined plasmas,
G.L. Falchetto, B.D. Scott, P. Angelino, A. Bottino, T. Dannert, V. Grandgirard, S. Janhunen, S.Jolliet, A. Kendl, V. Naulin, A.H. Nielsen, M. Ottaviani, D. Reiser, T. Ribeiro, M. Romanelli,
35th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (9.-13.6.2008, Hersonissos, Greece): invited talk.
* Ion-surface collisions relevant for fusion devices: CD2+, CD3+ and CD4+ on beryllium and tungsten films,
B. Rasul, F. Zappa, N. Endstrasser, A. Kendl, J.D. Skalny, Z. Hermann, P. Scheier, T.D. Märk,
35th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (9.-13.6.2008, Hersonissos, Greece).
* Radial transport in the L- and H-mode SOL of ASDEX Upgrade,
F. Mehlmann, C. Ionita, P. Balan, A. Herrmann, A. Kendl, M. Maraschek, H.W. Müller, V. Naulin, A.H. Nielsen, J.J. Rasmussen, V. Rohde, R. Schrittwieser and the AUG Team,
35th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics (9.-13.6.2008, Hersonissos, Greece).