Patrick H. Diamond

Patrick Henry Diamond is an American theoretical plasma physicist. He is currently a professor at the University of California, San Diego,[1] and a director of the Fusion Theory Institute at the National Fusion Research Institute in Daejeon, South Korea, where the KSTAR Tokamak is operated.[2]

Not to be confused with Patrick Diamond, a policy advisor in the United Kingdom.
Patrick H. Diamond
Born
Patrick Henry Diamond
NationalityAmerican
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma physics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
ThesisTheory of Phase Space Density Granulation in Magnetoplasma (1979)

In 2011, Diamond was jointly awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize with Akira Hasegawa and Kunioki Mima for important contributions to the theory of turbulent transport in plasmas.[3][4] In addition to applications in controlled nuclear fusion, he also specializes in astrophysical plasmas.[5]

Early life and career

Diamond received his Ph.D. in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6]

Honors and awards

In 1986, he was inducted a fellow of the American Physical Society.[7] In 1988, he became a Sloan Research Fellow.[1]

In 2011, Diamond was awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize by the European Physical Society for "laying the foundations of modern numerical transport simulations and key contributions on self-generated zonal flows and flow shear decorrelation mechanisms which form the basis of modern turbulence in plasmas".[3]

Publications
  • Diamond, P H; Hasegawa, A; Mima, K (November 14, 2011). "Vorticity dynamics, drift wave turbulence, and zonal flows: a look back and a look ahead". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 53 (12): 124001. Bibcode:2011PPCF...53l4001D. doi:10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124001. ISSN 0741-3335.
  • Biglari, H.; Diamond, P. H.; Terry, P. W. (1990). "Influence of sheared poloidal rotation on edge turbulence". Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics. 2 (1): 1–4. Bibcode:1990PhFlB...2....1B. doi:10.1063/1.859529. ISSN 0899-8221.
  • Gang, F. Y.; Diamond, P. H.; Crotinger, J. A.; Koniges, A. E. (1991). "Statistical dynamics of dissipative drift wave turbulence". Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics. 3 (4): 955–968. Bibcode:1991PhFlB...3..955G. doi:10.1063/1.859851. ISSN 0899-8221.
  • Carreras, B. A.; Sidikman, K.; Diamond, P. H.; Terry, P. W.; Garcia, L. (1992). "Theory of shear flow effects on long-wavelength drift wave turbulence". Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics. 4 (10): 3115–3131. Bibcode:1992PhFlB...4.3115C. doi:10.1063/1.860420. ISSN 0899-8221.
  • Gruzinov, A. V.; Diamond, P. H. (1994). "Self-consistent theory of mean-field electrodynamics". Physical Review Letters. 72 (11): 1651–1653. Bibcode:1994PhRvL..72.1651G. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.72.1651. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10055666.
  • Diamond, P. H.; Liang, Y.-M.; Carreras, B. A.; Terry, P. W. (1994). "Self-Regulating Shear Flow Turbulence: A Paradigm for the L to H Transition". Physical Review Letters. 72 (16): 2565–2568. Bibcode:1994PhRvL..72.2565D. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.72.2565. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10055916.
  • Diamond, Patrick H. (2010). Relaxation dynamics in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. World Scientific. OCLC 748930038.
  • Diamond, Patrick H. (2007). The legacy of Marshall Rosenbluth : history of plasma physics. Stefan University Press. ISBN 978-1-889545-72-1. OCLC 159919457.
  • Diamond, Patrick H.; Itoh, Sanae-I.; Itoh, Kimitaka (2009). Modern Plasma Physics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511780875. ISBN 978-0-511-78087-5.
gollark: In many cases you just need to have *a degree* of some sort, even if it's completely pointless, because it shows... that you have the patience to do a thing for 4 years or something??
gollark: Or, well, are just short of it.
gollark: So you just have costs go up until they don't reach the limit!
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References
  1. "Patrick H. Diamond — UC San Diego Fusion and Astrophysical Plasma Physics Group". fapp.ucsd.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  2. "UC San Diego | Professor Patrick Diamond named Director of New Fusion Theory Institute - Daejeon, Korea". physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  3. Stroth, U; Hidalgo, C (2011). "38th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 53 (12): 120201. doi:10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/120201. ISSN 0741-3335.
  4. "UC San Diego | Patrick Diamond shares Hannes Alfvén Prize". physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  5. Vishniac, Ethan T.; Jin, Liping; Diamond, P. H. (1991). "Dynamos and angular momentum transport in accretion disks". Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics. 3 (8): 2374–2378. Bibcode:1991PhFlB...3.2374V. doi:10.1063/1.859606. ISSN 0899-8221.
  6. Diamond, Patrick Henry (1979). "Theory of Phase Space Density Granulation in Magnetoplasma". PHDT. Bibcode:1979PhDT........63D.
  7. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

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