Associate Director
Center for Integrated Plasma Studies
and Assistant Professor of Physics
University of Colorado
Ph.D. 2001, Princeton University

Office: Gamow Tower room F827
Phone: 303-735-5596
Fax: 303-492-0642

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Research

My research is presently focused on fluctuation measurements in plasmas, and the relationship of turbulent quantities to cross-field plasma transport. My diagnostic work on larger devices is performed in collaboration with PPPL (E. Mazzucato and H. Park), UC Davis (C.W. Domier and N.C. Luhmann) and the FOM Institute (I. Classen, A.J.H. Donne, and M. van de Pol). Over the next several years I will be extending my work to a new plasma experiment at CU Boulder.

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Selected Publications

Park, H.K., E. Mazzucato, N. C. Luhmann, Jr., C. W. Domier, Z. Xia, T. Munsat, A. J. H. Donne, I. G. J. Classen, M. J. van de Pol, and TEXTOR team, “Self-organized Te redistribution during driven reconnection processes in high-temperature plasmas,” Phys. Plasmas 13(5) 055907 (2006).

Zweben, S.J., R. J. Maqueda, J. L. Terry, T. Munsat, J. R. Myra, D. D’Ippolito, D. A. Russell, J. A. Krommes, B. LeBlanc, T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, D. P. Stotler, K. M. Williams, C. E. Bush, R. Maingi, O. Grulke, S. A. Sabbagh, and A. E. White, “Structure and motion of edge turbulence in the national spherical torus experiment and alcator C-mod,” Phys. Plasmas 13(5) 056114 (2006).

Park, H.K. A. J. H. Donne, N. C. Luhmann, Jr., I. G. J. Classen, C. W. Domier, E. Mazzucato, T. Munsat, M. J. van de Pol, and Z. Xia TEXTOR Team, “Comparison study of 2D images of temperature fluctuations during sawtooth oscillation with theoretical models,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(19) 195004 (2006).

Park, H.K., N. C. Luhmann, Jr., A. J. H. Donne, I. G. J. Classen, C. W. Domier, E. Mazzucato, T. Munsat, M. J. van de Pol, and Z. Xia TEXTOR team. “Observation of high-field-side crash and heat transfer during sawtooth oscillation in magnetically confined plasmas,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(19) 195003 (2006).

Gates, D.A., R. Maingi, J. Menard, S. Kaye, S. A. Sabbagh, G. Taylor, J. R. Wilson, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, S. Bernabei, J. Bialek, T. Biewer, W. Blanchard, J. Boedo, C. Bush, M. D. Carter, W. Choe, N. Crocker, D. S. Darrow, W. Davis, L. Delgado-Aparicio, S. Diem, J. Ferron, A. Field, J. Foley, E. D. Fredrickson, R. Harvey, R. E. Hatcher, W. Heidbrink, K. Hill, J. C. Hosea, T. R. Jarboe, D. W. Johnson, R. Kaita, C. Kessel, S. Kubota, H. W. Kugel, J. Lawson, B. P. LeBlanc, K. C. Lee, F. Levinton, J. Manickam, R. Maqueda, R. Marsala, D. Mastrovito, T. K. Mau, S. S. Medley, H. Meyer, D. R. Mikkelsen, D. Mueller, T. Munsat, B. A. Nelson, C. Neumeyer, N. Nishino, M. Ono, H. Park, W. Park, S. Paul, W. Peebles, M. Peng, C. Phillips, A. Pigarov, R. Pinsker, A. Ram, S. Ramakrishnan, R. Raman, D. Rasmussen, M. Redi, M. Rensink, G. Rewoldt, J. Robinson, P. Roney, L. Roquemore, E. Ruskov, P. Ryan, H. Schneider, C. H. Skinner, D. R. Smith, A. Sontag, V. Soukhanovskii, T. Stevenson, D. Stotler, B. Stratton, D. Stutman, D. Swain, E. Synakowski, Y. Takase, K. Tritz, A. von Halle, M. Wade, R. White, J. Wilgen, M. Williams, W. Zhu, S. J. Zweben, R. Akers, P. Beiersdorfer, R. Betti, and T. Bigelow, “Effect of plasma shaping on performance in the national spherical torus experiment,” Phys. Plasmas 13(5) 056122 (2006).

Gates, D.A., C. Kessel, J. Menard, G. Taylor, J.R. Wilson, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, S. Bernabei, J. Bialek, T. Biewer, W. Blanchard, J. Boedo, C. Bush, M.D. Carter, W. Choe, N. Crocker, D.S. Darrow, W. Davis, L. Delgado-Aparicio, S. Diem, J. Ferron, A. Field, J. Foley, E.D. Fredrickson, T. Gibney, R. Harvey, R.E. Hatcher, W. Heidbrink, K. Hill, J.C. Hosea, T.R. Jarboe, D.W. Johnson, R. Kaita, S. Kaye, S. Kubota, H.W. Kugel, J. Lawson, B.P. LeBlanc, K.C. Lee, F. Levinton, R. Maingi, J. Manickam, R. Maqueda, R. Marsala, D. Mastrovito, T.K. Mau, S.S. Medley, H. Meyer, D.R. Mikkelsen, D. Mueller, T. Munsat, B.A. Nelson, C. Neumeyer, N. Nishino, M. Ono, H. Park, W. Park, S. Paul, T. Peebles, M. Peng, C. Phillips, A. Pigarov, R. Pinsker, A. Ram, S. Ramakrishnan, R. Raman, D. Rasmussen, M. Redi, M. Rensink, G. Rewoldt, J. Robinson, P. Roney, L. Roquemore, E. Ruskov, P. Ryan, S.A. Sabbagh, H. Schneider, C.H. Skinner, D.R. Smith, A. Sontag, V. Soukhanovskii, T. Stevenson, D. Stotler, B. Stratton, D. Stutman, D. Swain, E. Synakowski, Y. Takase, K. Tritz, A. von Halle, M. Wade, R. White, J. Wilgen, M. Williams, W. Zhu, S.J. Zweben, R. Akers, P. Beiersdorfer, R. Betti and T. Bigelow, “Progress towards steady state on NSTX,” Nucl. Fusion 46(3) S22-S28 (2006).

T. Munsat, E. Mazzucato, H. Park, B.H. Deng, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann Jr., J. Wang, Z.G. Xia, A.J.H. Donné, M. van de Pol, "Microwave Imaging Reflectometer for TEXTOR" (invited), Rev. Sci. Instr. 74(3) 1426-1432 (2003).

B. Jones, P.C. Efthimion, G. Taylor, T. Munsat, J.R. Wilson, J.C. Hosea, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, R. Maingi, S. Shiraiwa, J. Spaleta, "Controlled Optimization of Mode Conversion from Electron Bernstein Waves to Extraordinary Mode in Magnetized Plasma," Phys. Rev. Lett. 90(16) 165001 (2003).

H. Park, et al., "Recent Advances in Microwave Imaging Plasma Diagnostics", Rev. Sci. Instr. 74(10) 4239-4262 (2003).

T. Munsat, P. C. Efthimion, B. Jones, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, D. Stutman, and G. Taylor, "Transient Transport Experiments in the CDX-U Spherical Torus," Phys. Plasmas 9(2) 480-487 (2002).

E. Mazzucato, T. Munsat, H. Park, B.H. Deng, C.W. Domier, N.C. Luhmann, A.J.H. Donné, M.J. van de Pol, "Fluctuation Measurements in Tokamaks with Microwave Imaging Reflectometry," Phys. Plasmas 9(5) 1955-1961 (2002).

G. Taylor, P. Efthimion, B. Jones, T. Munsat, J. Spaleta, J. Hosea, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, and J. Menard, "Electron Bernstein Wave Electron Temperature Profile Diagnostic," Rev. Sci. Instr. 72(1) 285-292 (2001).

T. Munsat, B. LeBlanc, "A Low-Cost TVTS System for CDX-U", Rev. Sci. Instr. 70(1), 755-758 (1999).