A.W. Leonard

Fusion (United States) — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Magnetic confinement fusion research(487), Fusion materials and technologies(283), Superconducting Materials and Applications(179), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics(113), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics(103)

Publications625 total

Statistical inference of anomalous thermal transport with uncertainty quantification for interpretive 2D SOL models
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion·2025Open Access
Taming harmful bursts and heat flux in high-confinement tokamak plasmas
Nature Communications·2025Open Access
Divertor detachment in MAST-U’s Super-X Double Null plasmas: SOLPS-ITER modeling and experiment
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion·2025
Identification and control of the exhaust using gas perturbations in the DIII-D tokamak
Nuclear Fusion·2025Open Access
Impact of the isotope effect on divertor detachment and pedestal structure in DIII-D
Nuclear Fusion·2025Open Access
Recrystallization, cracking, and erosion of dispersoid-strengthened tungsten materials during exposure to divertor plasmas
Nuclear Materials and Energy·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Divertor characterization and access to dissipative divertor conditions in negative triangularity discharges in DIII-D
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion·2025Open Access
Framework for assessment of magnetic equilibrium controller performance on the MAST upgrade spherical tokamak
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion·2025· 1 cited
Scrape-off layer and divertor physics: Chapter 5 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation
Nuclear Fusion·2025· 20 citedOpen Access
Experiment-modeling studies comparing energy dissipation in the DIII-D SAS and SAS-VW divertors
Nuclear Materials and Energy·2025Open Access
Characterization and controllability of radiated power via extrinsic impurity seeding in strongly negative triangularity plasmas in DIII-D
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
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2024
In search of X-point radiator regime features in NSTX and DIII-D discharges with the snowflake divertor
Nuclear Materials and Energy·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Modeling a divertor with mid-leg pumping for high-power H-mode scenarios in DIII-D considering E <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si4.svg" display="inline" id="d1e324"><mml:mo>×</mml:mo></mml:math> B drift flows
Nuclear Materials and Energy·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Manipulating density pedestal structure to improve core–edge integration towards low collisionality
Nuclear Fusion·2024Open Access
Investigation of pedestal parameters and divertor heat fluxes in small ELM regimes in DIII-D
Nuclear Fusion·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
Nuclear Fusion·2024· 28 citedOpen Access
High performance power handling in the absence of an H-mode edge in negative triangularity DIII-D plasmas
Nuclear Fusion·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Real-time plasma equilibrium reconstruction and shape control for the MAST Upgrade tokamak
Nuclear Fusion·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Experiments on plasma detachment in a V-shaped slot divertor in the DIII-D tokamak
Nuclear Fusion·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

T.H. Osborne(20), M.E. Fenstermacher(18), P.B. Snyder(18), R. J. Groebner(17), R. A. Moyer(15), T.E. Evans(13), K.H. Burrell(13), J.G. Watkins(13), P. Gohil(12), C.J. Lasnier(12), W.P. West(11), A. Loarte(10), G. D. Porter(10), M. J. Schaffer(10), J.A. Boedo(10), H. R. Wilson(9), T. Eich(8), A. Herrmann(8), M. A. Mahdavi(8), P.C. Stangeby(7)