35 Publications
2025
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Mlodik, M. E., Kolmes, E. J. & Fisch, N. J. Drift-energy replacement effect in multi-ion magnetized plasma. Physical Review Letters 134, 205101 (2025).
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Ochs, I. E., Kolmes, E. J. & Fisch, N. J. Preventing ash from poisoning proton-boron 11 fusion plasmas. Physics of Plasmas 32, 052506 (2025).
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Qin, H., Kolmes, E. J., Updike, M., Bohlsen, N. & Fisch, N. J. Gromov ground state in phase space engineering for fusion energy. Physical Review E 111, 025205 (2025).
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Rax, J.-M., Kolmes, E. J. & Fisch, N. J. Efficiency and physical limitations of adiabatic direct energy conversion in axisymmetric fields. PRX Energy 4, 013007 (2025).
2024
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E. & Fisch, N. J. Loss-cone stabilization in rotating mirrors: thresholds and thermodynamics. Journal of Plasma Physics 90, 905900203 (2024).
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Rax, J.-M. & Fisch, N. J. Massive, long-lived electrostatic potentials in a rotating mirror plasma. Nature Communications 15, 4302 (2024).
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Kolmes, E. J. & Fisch, N. J. Coriolis forces modify magnetostatic ponderomotive potentials. Physics of Plasmas 31, 112107 (2024).
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Kolmes, E. J. & Fisch, N. J. Upper and lower bounds on phase-space rearrangements. Physics of Plasmas 31, 042109 (2024).
2023
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Kolmes, E. J., Mlodik, M. E. & Fisch, N. J. Extending the single-fluid solvability conditions for more general plasma systems. Physics Letters A 477, 128882 (2023).
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Maron, Y. et al. Spectroscopic determination of magnetic fields in pulsed-power and high-energy-density plasmas. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 51, 3407 (2023).
2022
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Cvejić, M. et al. Self-generated plasma rotation in a Z-pinch implosion with preembedded axial magnetic field. Physical Review Letters 128, 015001 (2022).
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Mlodik, M. E. & Fisch, N. J. Temperature screening and cross-field impurity accumulation from a thermodynamic perspective. Physics Letters A 447, 128298 (2022).
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E. & Fisch, N. J. Wave-supported hybrid fast-thermal p-11B fusion. Physics of Plasmas 29, 110701 (2022).
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Kolmes, E. J. & Fisch, N. J. Minimum stabilizing energy release for mixing processes. Physical Review E 106, 055209 (2022).
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Mlodik, M. E., Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Rubin, T. & Fisch, N. J. Partial-ionization deconfinement effect in magnetized plasma. Physics of Plasmas 29, 112111 (2022).
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Ochs, I. E., Kolmes, E. J., Mlodik, M. E., Rubin, T. & Fisch, N. J. Improving the feasibility of economical proton-boron-11 fusion via alpha channeling with a hybrid fast and thermal proton scheme. Physical Review E 106, 055215 (2022).
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Rubin, T., Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Mlodik, M. E. & Fisch, N. J. Fueling limits in a cylindrical viscosity-limited reactor. Physics of Plasmas 29, 082302 (2022).
2021
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E. & Fisch, N. J. MITNS: multiple-ion transport numerical solver for magnetized plasmas. Computer Physics Communications 258, 107511 (2021).
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Kolmes, E. J., Mlodik, M. E. & Fisch, N. J. Fusion yield of plasma with velocity-space anisotropy at constant energy. Physics of Plasmas 28, 052107 (2021).
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Mlodik, M. E. & Fisch, N. J. Natural hot-ion modes in a rotating plasma. Physical Review E 104, 015209 (2021).
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Mitra, E. L. et al. Trace impurity transport in multi-species plasma with large particle fluxes. Physics Letters A 398, 127284 (2021).
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Mlodik, M. E., Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E. & Fisch, N. J. Generalized impurity pinch in partially magnetized multi-ion plasma. Physics of Plasmas 28, 052702 (2021).
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Rubin, T., Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Mlodik, M. E. & Fisch, N. J. Finite-difference multiple fluid solution for source-driven rotation in highly magnetized linear plasma device. Physics of Plasmas 28, 122303 (2021).
2020
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Mlodik, M. E. & Fisch, N. J. Maximum-entropy states for magnetized ion transport. Physics Letters A 384, 126262 (2020).
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Kolmes, E. J., Helander, P. & Fisch, N. J. Available energy from diffusive and reversible phase space rearrangements. Physics of Plasmas 27, 062110 (2020).
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Kolmes, E. J., Geyko, V. I. & Fisch, N. J. Fluid model for the piezothermal effect. Physics Letters A 384, 126700 (2020).
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Kolmes, E. J. & Fisch, N. J. Recovering Gardner restacking with purely diffusive operations. Physical Review E 102, 063209 (2020).
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Mlodik, M. E., Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E. & Fisch, N. J. Heat pump via charge incompressibility in a collisional magnetized multi-ion plasma. Physical Review E 102, 013212 (2020).
2019
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Kolmes, E. J. et al. Radial current and rotation profile tailoring in highly ionized linear plasma devices. Physics of Plasmas 26, 082309 (2019).
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Ochs, I. E. et al. Current channel evolution in ideal Z pinch for general velocity profiles. Physics of Plasmas 26, 122706 (2019).
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Rax, J.-M., Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E., Fisch, N. J. & Gueroult, R. Nonlinear ohmic dissipation in axisymmetric DC and RF driven rotating plasmas. Physics of Plasmas 25, 032508 (2019).
2018
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Kolmes, E. J., Ochs, I. E. & Fisch, N. J. Strategies for advantageous differential transport of ions in magnetic fusion devices. Physics of Plasmas 25, (2018).
2017
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Kolmes, E. J., Geyko, V. I. & Fisch, N. J. Heat pump model for Ranque–Hilsch vortex tubes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 107, 771 (2017).
2016
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Kolmes, E. J., Geyko, V. I. & Fisch, N. J. Density waves in a system of non-interacting particles. Physics Letters A 380, 3061 (2016).
2013
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Wasowski, R. et al. A multi-year longitudinal study of water quality parameters in four salmon-bearing and recreational streams on Mount Hood, Oregon. PLOS One 8, e70453 (2013).