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PhD in Plasma Physics, Dartmouth College, 1987 Dissertation: Experimental investigation of the dynamics of the electron distribution function in a magnetized plasma f(vk, v⊥) under the supervision of Prof. Michael A. Hayes. (9/82-6/87) Hull Fellow 1985-1986, award based on teaching and research accomplishment. BA physics, Pomona College, 1981.
Professor at Swarthmore College, chair. Assignments include teaching undergraduate physics at all levels, theory and laboratory: introductory physics, astronomy, classical dynamics and electrodynamics, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, plasma physics, mathematical methods, and advanced laboratory.Senior Research Fellow (6/90-9/94) and Research Fellow (5/89-6/90) at California Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Paul M. Bellan. Work included the design, construction and operation of a spheromak accelerator for the purposes of tokamak refueling and current drive on the ENCORE tokamak at Caltech and the TEXT tokamak at Univ Texas. U. S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at California Institute of Technology (administered through Oak Ridge Associated Universities). Experience included work with high voltage (10 kV), high current (100 kA), rapidly switched discharges for spheromak research. (6/87-5/89) Fellowship at Dartmouth College to study compressible MHD turbulence theory under the supervision of Prof. David C. Montgomery. Theoretical work included the study of density fluctuation spectra and the treatment of compressibility as a small parameter. (7/85-7/86)。
Research Award:
2008 American Physical Society Award for a Faculty Member for Research
in an Undergraduate Institution. Citation: “For his outstanding contributions
to plasma physics made possible by his development of a world-class
spheromak laboratory at Swarthmore College, and for his energetic mentoring
of undergraduate students.”
PUBLICATIONS:
1. D. A. Schaffner and M. R. Brown, “Structure functions in turbulent
laboratory plasmas”, (submitted 2015, ApJ).
2. M. R. Brown, D. A. Schaffner, and P. J. Weck, “Magnetohydrodynamic
Turbulence: Observation and Experiment”, Physics of Plasmas
22, 055601 (2015).
3. P. Weck, D. A. Schaffner, R. Wicks, and M. R. Brown, “Permutation
Entropy and Statistical Complexity Analysis of Turbulence in
Laboratory Plasmas and the Solar Wind”, Phys. Rev. E 91, 023101
(2015).
4. M. R. Brown and D. A. Schaffner, “SSX MHD plasma wind tunnel”,
J. Plasma Physics 81, 345810302 (2015).
5. M. R. Brown and D. A. Schaffner, “Laboratory sources of turbulent
plasma: a unique MHD plasma wind tunnel”, Plasma Sources Science
and Technology, invited review, 23, 063001 (2014).
6. D. A. Schaffner, M. R. Brown, and V. S. Lukin, “Temporal and Spatial
Turbulent Spectra of MHD Plasma and an Observation of Variance
Anisotropy”. Astrophysical Journal 790, 126 (2014).
7. D. Schaffner, A. Wan, and M. R. Brown, “Observation of turbulent
intermittency scaling with magnetic helicity in an MHD plasma windtunnel”,
Phys. Rev. Letters 112, 165001 (2014).
8. D. Schaffner, A. Wan, V. S. Lukin, and M. R. Brown, “Turbulence
analysis of an experimental flux rope plasma”, Plasma Physics and
Controlled Fusion 56, 064003 (2014).
9. T. Gray, M. R. Brown, and D. Dandurand, “Observation of a Relaxed
Plasma State in a Quasi-Infinite Cylinder”, Phys. Rev. Letters 110,
085002 (2013).
10. M. R. Brown, C. D. Cothran, T. Gray, C. E. Myers, and E. V.
Belova, “Spectroscopic observation of simultaneous bi-directional reconnection
outflows in a laboratory plasma”, Physics of Plasmas 19,
080704 (2012).
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