Bellan, Paul M

(orcid 0000-0002-0886-8782)

Combined from CaltechAUTHORS

• Hirabayashi, M.; Hartzell, C. M. et al. (2023) Electrostatic dust remediation for future exploration of the Moon Acta Astronautica; Vol. 207; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.03.005

• Hartzell, Christine M.; Bellan, Paul et al. (2023) Payload concepts for investigations of electrostatic dust motion on the lunar surface Acta Astronautica; Vol. 207; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.02.032

• Zhou, Yi; Bellan, Paul M. (2023) Two-stream instability with a growth rate insensitive to collisions in a dissipative plasma jet Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 30; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0146806

• Zhou, Yi; Bellan, Paul M. (2023) Two-stream instability with a growth rate insensitive to collisions in a dissipative plasma jet arXiv; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20230517-481295000.1

• Zhang, Yang; Pree, Seth et al. (2023) Generation of laboratory nanoflares from multiple braided plasma loops Nature Astronomy; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01941-x (In Press)

• Zhou, Yi; Pree, Seth et al. (2023) Imaging suprathermal x-rays from a laboratory plasma jet using PIN-diode-based and scintillator-based 1D pinhole/coded aperture cameras Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 94; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0122760

• Falato, Michael J.; Wolfe, Bradley T. et al. (2022) Plasma image classification using cosine similarity constrained convolutional neural network Journal of Plasma Physics; Vol. 88; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377822000940

• Bellan, Paul M. (2022) Mechanism for the Efficient Homogeneous Nucleation of Ice in a Weakly Ionized, Ultracold Plasma Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 936; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac85bd

• Zhang, Yang; Bellan, Paul M. (2022) Neutral-charged-particle Collisions as the Mechanism for Accretion Disk Angular Momentum Transport Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 930; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac62d5

• Bellan, P. M. (2021) Large pitch-angle scattering by a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave In: 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA); In: 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 9-13 August 2021, Honolulu, HI https://doi.org/10.1109/iceaa52647.2021.9539815

• Yoon, Young Dae; Bellan, Paul M. (2021) How Hall electric fields intrinsically chaotize and heat ions during collisionless magnetic reconnection Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 28; No. 2; In: 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 9-13 November 2020, [Online Only] https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0040374

• Bellan, P. M. (2020) Why Interstellar Ice Dust Grains Should Be Elongated Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 905; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc55b

• Bellan, Paul M. (2020) Why Interstellar Ice Dust Grains Should be Elongated In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS); In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), 6-10 December 2020, Singapore https://doi.org/10.1109/icops37625.2020.9717577

• Bellan, Paul M. (2020) Caltech lab experiments and the insights they provide into solar corona phenomena Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics; Vol. 125; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ja028139

• Marshall, R. S.; Bellan, P. M. (2020) Laser-induced fluorescence measurement of very slow neutral flows in a dusty plasma experiment Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 91; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006684

• Yoon, Young Dae; Bellan, Paul M. (2020) Nondiffusive Pitch-Angle Scattering of a Distribution of Energetic Particles by Coherent Whistler Waves Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics; Vol. 125; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ja027796

• Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn; Li, Hui et al. (2020) 3D Numerical Simulation of Kink-driven Rayleigh–Taylor Instability Leading to Fast Magnetic Reconnection Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 895; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab8e35

• Zhang, Yang; Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn et al. (2020) Magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor Instability in an Experiment Simulating a Solar Loop Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 889; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab6b2d

• Seo, Byonghoon; Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn et al. (2020) Determination of a macro- to micro-scale progression leading to a magnetized plasma disruption Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 27; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5140348

• Bellan, P. M. (2020) Analytic Model for the Time-dependent Electromagnetic Field of an Astrophysical Jet Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 888; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab5f0d

• Yoon, Young Dae; Bellan, Paul M. (2019) Kinetic Verification of the Stochastic Ion Heating Mechanism in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 887; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab5b0a

• Yoon, Young Dae; Bellan, Paul M. (2019) The electron canonical battery effect in magnetic reconnection: Completion of the electron canonical vorticity framework Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 26; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5122225

• Haw, Magnus A.; Seo, Byonghoon et al. (2019) Laboratory measurement of large‐amplitude whistler pulses generated by fast magnetic reconnection Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 46; No. 13; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082621

• Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn; Haw, Magnus A. et al. (2019) Magnetically Induced Current Piston for Generating Extreme-ultraviolet Fronts in the Solar Corona Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 874; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab09f2

• Marshall, R. S.; Bellan, P. M. (2019) Acceleration of charged particles to extremely large energies by a sub-Dreicer electric field Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 26; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5081716

• Yoon, Young Dae; Bellan, Paul M. (2018) Fast Ion Heating in Transient Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection via an Intrinsic Stochastic Mechanism Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 868; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaf0a3

• Savin, Daniel Wolf; Babb, James F. et al. (2018) Perspectives on Astrophysics Based on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Techniques arXiv; Series Decadal Assessment and Outlook Report on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Science (AMO 2020). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1811.06157

• Seo, Byonghoon; Bellan, Paul M. (2018) Experimental investigation of the compression and heating of an MHD-driven jet impacting a target cloud Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 25; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5045678

• Marshall, R. S.; Flynn, M. J. et al. (2018) Hard x-ray bursts observed in association with Rayleigh-Taylor instigated current disruption in a solar-relevant lab experiment Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 25; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5054927

• Bellan, P. M. (2018) Experiments relevant to astrophysical jets Journal of Plasma Physics; Vol. 84; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1017/s002237781800079x

• Haw, Magnus A.; Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn et al. (2018) Reverse Current Model for Coronal Mass Ejection Cavity Formation Astrophysical Journal Letters; Vol. 862; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad33c

• Yoon, Young Dae; Bellan, Paul M. (2018) An intuitive two-fluid picture of spontaneous 2D collisionless magnetic reconnection and whistler wave generation Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 25; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016345

• Bellan, Paul M. (2018) Experiments and models of MHD jets and their relevance to astrophysics and solar physics Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 25; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5009571

• Bellan, Paul M. (2018) Model for how an accretion disk drives astrophysical jets and sheds angular momentum Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion; Vol. 60; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa85f9

• Seo, Byonghoon; Bellan, Paul M. (2017) Spatially translatable optical fiber-coupled heterodyne interferometer Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 88; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007070

• Wongwaitayakornkul, Pakorn; Haw, Magnus A. et al. (2017) Apex Dips of Experimental Flux Ropes: Helix or Cusp? Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 848; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8990

• Haw, Magnus A.; Bellan, Paul M. (2017) MHD collimation mechanism in arched flux ropes characterized using volumetric, time-dependent B-vector measurements Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 44; No. 19; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074505

• Yoon, Young Dae; Bellan, Paul M. (2017) A generalized two-fluid picture of non-driven collisionless reconnection and its relation to whistler waves Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 24; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982812

• Gershman, Daniel J.; F-Viñas, Adolfo et al. (2017) Wave-particle energy exchange directly observed in a kinetic Alfvén-branch wave Nature Communications; Vol. 8; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14719

• Marshall, Ryan S.; Chai, Kil-Byoung et al. (2017) Identification of Accretion as Grain Growth Mechanism in Astrophysically Relevant Water–Ice Dusty Plasma Experiment Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 837; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5d11

• Ha, Bao N.; Bellan, Paul M. (2016) Laboratory demonstration of slow-rise to fast-acceleration of arched magnetic flux ropes Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 43; No. 18; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069744

• Bellan, P. M. (2016) Revised Single-Spacecraft Method for Determining Wavevector k and Resolving Space-time Ambiguity Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics; Vol. 121; No. 9; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA022827

• Chaplin, Vernon H.; Bellan, Paul M. (2016) Emission and afterglow properties of an expanding RF plasma with nonuniform neutral gas density Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 23; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960326

• Bellan, P. M. (2016) Integrated accretion disk angular momentum removal and astrophysical jet acceleration mechanism Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 458; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw562

• Zhai, Xiang; Bellan, Paul M. (2016) A hybrid Rayleigh-Taylor-current-driven coupled instability in a magnetohydrodynamically collimated cylindrical plasma with lateral gravity Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 23; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943896

• Chai, Kil-Byoung; Zhai, Xiang et al. (2016) Extreme ultra-violet burst, particle heating, and whistler wave emission in fast magnetic reconnection induced by kink-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 23; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944390

• Bellan, P. M. (2016) Orbits of magnetized charged particles in parabolic and inverse electrostatic potentials Journal of Plasma Physics; Vol. 82; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377816000064

• Chai, Kil-Byoung; Bellan, Paul M. (2016) Vortex motion of dust particles due to non-conservative ion drag force in a plasma Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 23; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4941973

• Chaplin, Vernon H.; Bellan, Paul M. (2015) One-dimensional time-dependent fluid model of a very high density low-pressure inductively coupled plasma Journal of Applied Physics; Vol. 118; No. 24; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938490

• Bellan, P. M.; Zhai, X. et al. (2015) Complex astrophysical experiments relating to jets, solar loops, and water ice dusty plasma Journal of Plasma Physics; Vol. 81; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377815000604

• Chaplin, Vernon H.; Bellan, Paul M. (2015) Battery-powered pulsed high density inductively coupled plasma source for pre-ionization in laboratory astrophysics experiments Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 86; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926544

• Chai, Kil-Byoung; Bellan, Paul M. (2015) Study on morphology and growth of water–ice grains spontaneously generated in a laboratory plasma Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics; Vol. 127; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2014.07.012

• Chai, Kil-Byoung; Bellan, Paul M. (2015) Formation and Alignment of Elongated, Fractal-like Water-ice Grains in Extremely Cold, Weakly Ionized Plasma Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 802; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/112

• Haw, Magnus A.; Bellan, Paul (2015) 1D fast coded aperture camera Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 86; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917345

• Bellan, Paul M.; Paccagnella, Roberto (2015) Magnetic axis safety factor of finite β spheromaks and transition from spheromaks to toroidal magnetic bubbles Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 22; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4908553

• Perkins, R. J.; Bellan, P. M. (2015) Orbit-averaged quantities, the classical Hellmann-Feynman theorem, and the magnetic flux enclosed by gyro-motion Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 22; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905635

• Bellan, Paul M. (2014) Fast, purely growing collisionless reconnection as an eigenfunction problem related to but not involving linear whistler waves Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 21; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897375

• Zhai, Xiang; Li, Hui et al. (2014) Three-dimensional MHD Simulation of the Caltech Plasma Jet Experiment: First Results Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 791; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/791/1/40

• Chai, Kil-Byoung; Bellan, Paul M. (2013) Spontaneous formation of nonspherical water ice grains in a plasma environment Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 40; No. 23; https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058268

• Chai, Kil-Byoung; Bellan, Paul M. (2013) Extreme ultra-violet movie camera for imaging microsecond time scale magnetic reconnection Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 84; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841915

• Bellan, P. M. (2013) Circular polarization of obliquely propagating whistler wave magnetic field Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 20; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4817964

• Bellan, P. M. (2013) Reply to comment by R. L. Lysak on “Improved basis set for low frequency plasma waves” Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics; Vol. 118; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1002/jgra.50389

• Chaplin, Vernon H.; Bellan, Paul M. (2013) Fast Ignitron Trigger Circuit Using Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science; Vol. 41; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2013.2249113

• Bellan, P. M. (2013) Pitch angle scattering of an energetic magnetized particle by a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 20; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4801055

• Shikama, T.; Bellan, P. M. (2013) Development of a polarization resolved spectroscopic diagnostic for measurements of the vector magnetic field in the Caltech coaxial magnetized plasma jet experiment Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 84; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4793403

• Bellan, P. M. (2012) Improved basis set for low frequency plasma waves Journal of Geophysical Research A; Vol. 117; No. A12; https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JA017856

• Stenson, E. V.; Bellan, P. M. (2012) Quantifying the dynamic evolution of individual arched magnetic flux tubes Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion; Vol. 54; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/54/12/124017

• Zhai, Xiang; Bellan, Paul M. (2012) An earth-isolated optically coupled wideband high voltage probe powered by ambient light Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 83; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4757112

• Stenson, E. V.; Bellan, P. M. (2012) Magnetically Driven Flows in Arched Plasma Structures Physical Review Letters; Vol. 109; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.075001

• Moser, Auna L.; Bellan, Paul M. (2012) Magnetic reconnection from a multiscale instability cascade Nature; Vol. 482; No. 7385; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10827

• Moser, A. L.; Bellan, P. M. (2012) Observations of magnetic flux compression in jet impact experiments Astrophysics and Space Science; Vol. 337; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-011-0860-1

• Bellan, P. M. (2011) Meta-equilibrium state of multi-species ambipolar diffusion and its relevance to polar mesopheric summer echoes Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics; Vol. 73; No. 14-15; In: 9th International Workshop on Layered Phenomena in theMesospause Region (LPMR), July 14, 2009, Stockholm, Sweden https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2010.11.015

• Perkins, Rory J.; Bellan, Paul M. (2010) Wheels within Wheels: Hamiltonian Dynamics as a Hierarchy of Action Variables Physical Review Letters; Vol. 105; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.124301

• Bellan, P. M. (2010) Comment on comment by Markus Rapp and Franz-Josef Lübken on “Ice iron/sodium film as cause for high noctilucent cloud radar reflectivity” Journal of Geophysical Research D; Vol. 115; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JD013245

• Bellan, P. M.; Kumar, D. et al. (2010) Laboratory simulations of astrophysical jets and solar coronal loops: new results In: Plasmas in the laboratory and in the universe : interactions, patterns, and turbulence; Series AIP Conference Proceedings ; No. 1242; In: International Symposium Plasmas in the Laboratory and in the Universe: Interactions, Patterns and Turbulence, 1-4 December 2009, Como, Italy https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3460119

• Yun, Gunsu S.; Bellan, Paul M. (2010) Plasma tubes becoming collimated as a result of magnetohydrodynamic pumping Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 17; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3437075

• Kumar, Deepak; Moser, Auna L. et al. (2010) Energy Efficiency Analysis of the Discharge Circuit of Caltech Spheromak Experiment IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science; Vol. 38; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2009.2034744

• Kumar, Deepak; Bellan, Paul M. (2009) Nonequilibrium Alfvénic Plasma Jets Associated with Spheromak Formation Physical Review Letters; Vol. 103; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.105003

• Bellan, P. M.; Livio, M. et al. (2009) Astrophysical jets: observations, numerical simulations, and laboratory experiments Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 16; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3101812

• Bellan, P. M. (2008) Dust-driven Dynamos in Accretion Disks Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 687; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1086/591244

• Bellan, P. M. (2008) Ice iron/sodium film as cause for high noctilucent cloud radar reflectivity Journal of Geophysical Research D; Vol. 113; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD009927

• Stenson, Eve V.; Bellan, Paul M. (2008) Dual-Species Plasmas Illustrate MHD Flows IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science; Vol. 36; No. 4, Par; https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2008.927095

• Bellan, P. M. (2008) Enrichment of the dust-to-gas mass ratio in Bondi/Jeans accretion/cloud systems due to unequal changes in dust and gas incoming velocities Astrophysical Journal; Vol. 678; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1086/533483

• Bellan, P. M. (2007) Consideration of the relationship between Kepler and cyclotron dynamics leading to prediction of a nonmagnetohydrodynamic gravity-driven Hamiltonian dynamo Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 14; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815791

• Bellan, P. M. (2007) Laboratory investigations of space-relevant, self-organizing MHD plasmas In: Turbulence and Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas: 6th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, Oahu, Hawaii, 16-22 March 2007; Series AIP Conference Proceedings; No. 932; In: Turbulence and Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas: 6th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, 16-22 March 2007, Oahu, HI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2778986

• Bellan, P. M.; You, S. et al. (2007) Measurements of Plasma Jets and Collimated Flux Tubes that are the Precursors of Spheromak Self-organization Journal of Fusion Energy; Vol. 26; No. 1-2; In: Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop 2006 , Austin, TX https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-006-9048-z

• Bellan, P. M. (2007) Simple system for locating ground loops Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 78; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2745242

• Tripathi, S. K. P.; Bellan, P. M. et al. (2007) Observation of Kinetic Plasma Jets in a Coronal-Loop Simulation Experiment Physical Review Letters; Vol. 98; No. 13; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.135002

• Yun, Gunsu S.; You, Setthivoine et al. (2007) Large density amplification measured on jets ejected from a magnetized plasma gun Nuclear Fusion; Vol. 47; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/47/3/003

• Bellan, P. M.; You, S. et al. (2006) Identification of the Sequence of Steps Intrinsic to Spheromak Formation In: 16th IAEA Technical Meeting on Research using Small Fusion Devices AND XI Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics, Mexico City, Mexico, 30 November - 9 December 2005; Series AIP Conference Proceedings; No. 875; In: 16th IAEA Technical Meeting on Research using Small Fusion Devices AND XI Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics, 30 November - 9 December 2005, Mexico City, Mexico https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405901

• Kumar, Deepak; Bellan, Paul M. (2006) Heterodyne interferometer with unequal path lengths Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 77; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2336769

• Romero-Talamás, C. A.; Holcomb, C. et al. (2006) Spheromak formation and sustainment studies at the sustained spheromak physics experiment using high-speed imaging and magnetic diagnostics Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 13; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2140682

• You, S.; Yun, G. S. et al. (2005) Dynamic and Stagnating Plasma Flow Leading to Magnetic-Flux-Tube Collimation Physical Review Letters; Vol. 95; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.045002

• Bellan, Paul M.; You, Setthivoine et al. (2005) Simulating Astrophysical Jets in Laboratory Experiments Astrophysics and Space Science; Vol. 298; No. 1-2; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-005-3933-1

• Bellan, P. M. (2005) Miniconference on astrophysical jets Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 12; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1900563

• Hsu, S. C.; Bellan, P. M. (2005) On the jets, kinks, and spheromaks formed by a planar magnetized coaxial gun Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 12; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1850921

• Romero-Talamás, C. A.; Bellan, P. M. et al. (2004) Multielement magnetic probe using commercial chip inductors Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 75; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1771483

• Bellan, P. M. (2004) A model for the condensation of a dusty plasma In: The 31st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, 2004. ICOPS 2004. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts; In: 31st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, July 1, 2004, Baltimore, MD https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.2004.1339618

• Bellan, P. M. (2004) A model for the condensation of a dusty plasma Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 11; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1740773

• Hansen, J. F.; Tripathi, S. K. P. et al. (2004) Co- and counter-helicity interaction between two adjacent laboratory prominences Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 11; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1724831

• Bellan, P. M. (2004) A microscopic, mechanical derivation of the adiabatic gas relation American Journal of Physics; Vol. 72; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1629088

• Bellan, P. M.; Hsu, S. C. et al. (2004) Simulating Solar and Astrophysical Plasmas in Laboratory Experiments and New Models Motivated by these Experiments In: Plasmas in the laboratory and in the universe: new insights and new challenges; Series AIP Conference Proceedings; No. 703; In: Conference on Plasmas in the Laboratory and in the Universe , September 16-19, 2003 , Como, Italy https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1718492

• Hsu, S. C.; Bellan, P. M. (2003) Experimental Identification of the Kink Instability as a Poloidal Flux Amplification Mechanism for Coaxial Gun Spheromak Formation Physical Review Letters; Vol. 90; No. 21; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.215002

• Bellan, P. M. (2003) Why current-carrying magnetic flux tubes gobble up plasma and become thin as a result Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 10; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1558275

• Bellan, P. M. (2003) Why helicity injection causes coronal flux tubes to develop an axially invariant cross-section Advances in Space Research; Vol. 32; No. 10; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90627-2

• Hsu, S. C.; Bellan, P. M. (2002) A laboratory plasma experiment for studying magnetic dynamics of accretion discs and jets Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Vol. 334; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05422.x

• Bellan, P. M. (2002) Thermal instability of electrolytic capacitor bank used for gas puff valve Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 73; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1488677

• Bellan, P. M. (2002) Generalization of cylindrical spheromak solution to finite beta and large reversed shear Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 9; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1482071

• Hsu, S. C.; Bellan, P. M. (2002) Study of magnetic helicity injection via plasma imaging using a high-speed digital camera IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science; Vol. 30; No. 1, Par; https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2002.1003898

• Bellan, P. M.; Yee, J. et al. (2001) Spheromaks, solar prominences, and Alfvén instability of current sheets Earth, Planets and Space; Vol. 53; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03353261

• Bellan, P. M. (2001) Alfven wave instability of current sheets in force-free plasmas: comparison to ion acoustic instability Advances in Space Research; Vol. 28; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00509-9

• Yee, J.; Bellan, P. M. (2000) Taylor relaxation and lambda decay of unbounded, freely expanding spheromaks Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 7; No. 9; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1287137

• Bellan, P. M. (1999) Alfvén-Wave Instability of Current Sheets in Force-Free Collisionless Plasmas Physical Review Letters; Vol. 83; No. 23; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4768

• Chu, M. S.; Jensen, T. H. et al. (1999) General Taylor configuration expansion revisited Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 6; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.873401

• Bellan, P. M. (1998) Collisionless reconnection using Alfvén wave radiation resistance Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 5; No. 9; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.873034

• Yee, J.; Bellan, P. M. (1998) Effects of CT injector acceleration electrode configuration on tokamak penetration Nuclear Fusion; Vol. 38; No. 5; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:YEEnf98

• Bellan, P. M.; Hansen, J. F. (1998) Laboratory simulations of solar prominence eruptions Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 5; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872870

• Sanders, S. J.; Stern, R. A. et al. (1998) Real-time phase-selective data acquisition system for measurement of wave phenomena in pulsed plasma discharges Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 69; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1148893

• Bellan, P. M.; Stasiewicz, K. (1998) Fine-scale cavitation of ionospheric plasma caused by inertial Alfvén wave ponderomotive force Physical Review Letters; Vol. 80; No. 16; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3523

• Sanders, S. J.; Bellan, P. M. et al. (1998) Observations of fast anisotropic ion heating, ion cooling, and ion recycling in large-amplitude drift waves Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 5; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872758

• Bellan, P. M. (1997) An Effective Numerical Method for Linear Mode Conversion Problems Journal of Computational Physics; Vol. 136; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.1997.5792

• Bellan, P. M. (1996) New model for ULF Pc5 pulsations: Alfvén cones Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 23; No. 14; https://doi.org/10.1029/96gl01735

• Bellan, P. M. (1996) Comment on "On the Alfvén resonance and its existence" [Phys. Plasmas 2, 340 (1995)] Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 3; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871819

• Bellan, P. M. (1995) Response to comments on "Alfvén 'resonance' reconsidered: Exact equations for wave propagation across a cold inhomogeneous plasma" Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 2; No. 9; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871140

• Bailey, A. D., III; Bellan, P. M. et al. (1995) Poincaré maps define topography of Vlasov distribution functions consistent with stochastic dynamics Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 2; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871194

• Loewenhardt, P. K.; Brown, M. R. et al. (1995) Performance characterization of the Caltech compact torus injector Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 66; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1146044

• Bellan, P. M. (1994) Alfvén 'resonance' reconsidered: Exact equations for wave propagation across a cold inhomogeneous plasma Physics of Plasmas; Vol. 1; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.870888

• Sato, A. H.; Yee, J. et al. (1993) A quick-retrieval high-speed digital framing camera Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 64; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1144281

• Bailey, A.D., III; Stern, R. A. et al. (1993) Measurement of coherent drift-wave ion-fluid velocity field when ion dynamics are stochastic Physical Review Letters; Vol. 71; No. 19; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3123

• Kirkwood, R. K.; Capewell, D. L. et al. (1993) Creating poloidal flux in a tokamak plasma with low frequency Physics Letters A; Vol. 180; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(93)90709-9

• Bellan, P. M. (1993) Conservation of canonical circulation and its relation to finite Hall term magnetohydrodynamics Physics of Fluids B; Vol. 5; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860783

• Bellan, P. M. (1993) Transport inferred from consideration of particle orbits in drift turbulence Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion; Vol. 35; No. 2; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BELppcf93

• Bellan, P. M. (1992) Vorticity model of flow driven by purely poloidal currents Physical Review Letters; Vol. 69; No. 24; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3515

• Bellan, Paul M.; Higley, Jay W. (1992) Magnetic suppression of arc blowout in a model arc furnace IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science; Vol. 20; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1109/27.199568

• Brown, M. R.; Bellan, P. M. (1992) Efficiency and scaling of current drive and refuelling by spheromak injection into a tokamak Nuclear Fusion; Vol. 32; No. 7; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BROnf92

• McChesney, J. M.; Bellan, P. M. et al. (1991) Observation of fast stochastic ion heating by drift waves Physics of Fluids B; Vol. 3; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859768

• Brown, M. R.; Bailey, A. D., III et al. (1991) Characterization of a spheromak plasma gun: The effect of refractory electrode coatings Journal of Applied Physics; Vol. 69; No. 9; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.348828

• Brown, M. R.; Cutrer, D. M. et al. (1991) Motion and equilibrium of a spheromak in a toroidal flux conserver Physics of Fluids B; Vol. 3; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859813

• Bellan, P. M.; Schalit, M. A. (1991) Can useful toroidal current be driven by classical viscoresistive Alfvén waves? Physics of Fluids B; Vol. 3; No. 2; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859883

• Lewis, H. Ralph; Bellan, Paul M. (1990) Physical constraints on the coefficients of Fourier expansions in cylindrical coordinates Journal of Mathematical Physics; Vol. 31; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529009

• Brown, M. R.; Bellan, P. M. (1990) Spheromak injection into a tokamak Physics of Fluids B; Vol. 2; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859546

• Brown, M. R.; Bellan, P. M. (1990) Current drive by spheromak injection into a tokamak Physical Review Letters; Vol. 64; No. 18; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2144

• Schalit, M. A.; Bellan, P. M. (1989) Comments on "Plasma current drive by injection of photons with helicity" [Comm. Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 12, 165 (1989)] Physics of Fluids B; Vol. 1; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859190

• Bellan, P. M. (1989) Rotamak confinement-power-current relationships and r.f. loading resistance Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion; Vol. 31; No. 6; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BELppcf89

• Bellan, P. M. (1989) Particle confinement in realistic 3D rotamak equilibria Physical Review Letters; Vol. 62; No. 21; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2464

• Siegrist, K.; Brown, M. R. et al. (1989) Simple, high current LaB_6 cathode Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 60; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1140305

• Bellan, P. M. (1988) Helicity injection with moving vacuum–plasma boundary with arbitrary flux surfaces Physics of Fluids; Vol. 31; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.866571

• McChesney, J. M.; Stern, R. A. et al. (1987) Observation of fast stochastic ion heating by drift waves Physical Review Letters; Vol. 59; No. 13; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1436

• Bellan, P. M. (1987) Simple system for mapping magnetic field errors in tori Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 58; No. 1; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1139664

• Bellan, P. M. (1986) Adverse Consequences of a Moving Vacuum-Plasma Boundary on Axisymmetric ac Helicity Injection Physical Review Letters; Vol. 57; No. 19; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.2383

• Bellan, P. M.; Schalit, M. A. (1986) Single beam, single detector diagnostic for plasma density profiles across a magnetic field gradient Physics of Fluids; Vol. 29; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865760

• Fredrickson, E. D.; Bellan, P. M. (1985) Investigation of finite beta modified drift wave in a tokamak plasma Physics of Fluids; Vol. 28; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864930

• Bellan, P. M. (1984) Physical model of current drive by ac helicity injection Physics of Fluids; Vol. 27; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864846

• Bellan, P. M. (1984) Improving the energy-transfer efficiency of opening switch tokamak Ohmic heating transformers Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 55; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1137886

• Bellan, P. M. (1983) Ferrite resonance cones Journal of Applied Physics; Vol. 54; No. 6; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.332401

• Bellan, P. M. (1983) Propagation of lower hybrid resonance cones in tokamaks Physics of Fluids; Vol. 26; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864217

• Bellan, P. M. (1983) Measurements of the Effect of Tokamak Magnetic Field Helicity on Lower Hybrid Resonance Cones Physical Review Letters; Vol. 50; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.170

• Bellan, P. M. (1982) Scalings for a traveling mirror adiabatic magnetic compressor Review of Scientific Instruments; Vol. 53; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1137136

• Bellan, P. M. (1981) Traveling mirror compressor delay line with nonconstant capacitance Physics of Fluids; Vol. 24; No. 11; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863284

• Bellan, Paul M. (1981) Randomly gapped wall stabilization for time-dependent magnetic confinement fields Physics of Fluids; Vol. 24; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863478

• Bellan, Paul M. (1980) Electromagnetic Interference Pattern of Resonance Cones in the Far Field Physical Review Letters; Vol. 45; No. 17; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.1407

• Bellan, Paul M. (1979) Spontaneous, Three-Dimensional, Constant-Energy Implosion of Magnetic Mirror Fields Physical Review Letters; Vol. 43; No. 12; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.858

• Wong, K. L.; Bellan, P. M. (1978) Enhancement of drift waves by localized lower hybrid waves Physics of Fluids; Vol. 21; No. 5; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.862303

• Bellan, P. M.; Wong, K. L. (1978) Effect of density fluctuations on lower hybrid resonance cone propagation Physics of Fluids; Vol. 21; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.862267

• Wong, K. L.; Bellan, P. et al. (1978) Resonant Decay of Finite-Extent Cold-Electron Plasma Waves Physical Review Letters; Vol. 40; No. 9; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.40.554

• Bellan, Paul; Grabbe, Crockett L. et al. (1978) Proceedings of the Third Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Plasma Heating: held at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, January 11-13, 1978 In: Third Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Plasma Heating, 11-13 January 1978, Pasadena, CA https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190920-142014940

• Bellan, P. M. (1977) Plasma ringing associated with pulsed resonance cones Physics of Fluids; Vol. 20; No. 4; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.861924

• Bellan, P. (1976) Resonance Cones below the Ion Cyclotron Frequency: Theory and Experiment Physical Review Letters; Vol. 37; No. 14; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.903

• Bellan, P. M.; Porkolab, Miklos (1976) Experimental studies of lower hybrid wave propagation Physics of Fluids; Vol. 19; No. 7; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.861595

• Bellan, P.; Porkolab, M. (1975) Excitation of Lower-Hybrid Waves by a Slow-Wave Structure Physical Review Letters; Vol. 34; No. 3; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.124

• Bellan, P. M.; Porkolab, M. (1974) Propagation and mode conversion of lower-hybrid waves generated by a finite source Physics of Fluids; Vol. 17; No. 8; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1694938