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NIMROD PAPERS

The standard reference for citing NIMROD is:

• C.R. Sovinec, A.H. Glasser, D.C. Barnes, T.A. Gianakon, R.A. Nebel, S.E. Kruger, D.D. Schnack, S.J. Plimpton, A. Tarditi, M.S. Chu and the NIMROD Team, "Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamics with High-order Finite Elements," Journal of Computational Physics, 195, 355 (2004).

The BibTex reference for this is:

	@article{sovinec04,
		Author = {C.R. Sovinec and A.H. Glasser and T.A. Gianakon and 
		D.C. Barnes and R.A. Nebel and S.E. Kruger and S.J. Plimpton and 
		A. Tarditi and M.S. Chu and the NIMROD Team},
		Journal = {J. Comp. Phys.},
		Pages = {355},
		Title = {Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamics 
		          with High-order Finite Elements},
		Volume = {195},
		Year = {2004}
	}
	

Papers in which the primary focus is on results of NIMROD simulations

Papers in which NIMROD simulations contributed to the results

Papers in which the primary focus is on results of NIMROD simulations

• H. Li and P. Zhu, "Solving the Grad-Shafranov equation using spectral elements for tokamak equilibrium with toroidal rotation," Computer Physics Communications 260, 107264 (2021).
• R. Han, P. Zhu, D. Banerjee, S. Cheng, X. Yan, L. Zheng, and The CFETR Physics Team, "Low-n global ideal MHD instabilities in the CFETR baseline scenario," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 62, 085016 (2020).
• K. J. Bunkers and C. R. Sovinec, "The influence of boundary and edge-plasma modeling in computations of axisymmetric vertical displacement," Physics of Plasmas 27, 112505 (2020).
• A. Y. Pankin, J. R. King, S. E. Kruger, Xi Chen, K. H. Burrell, A. M Garofalo, R. J. Groebner, G. R. McKee, and Z. Yan, "Towards validated MHD modeling of edge harmonic oscillation in DIII-D QH-mode discharges," Nuclear Fusion 60, 092004 (2020).
• C. H. Li, Z. H. Jiang, Z. F. Lin, X. Ye, J. Huang, R. H. Tong, L. Z. Zhu, Z. Y. Chen, Y. Liang, P. Zhu, Z. P. Chen, Y. H. Ding and J-TEXT Team, "The effect of 2/1 pre-existing magnetic islands width on the suppression of runaway electrons in disruption simulations of J-TEXT," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 62, 095010 (2020).
• Z.H. Jiang, T.T. Yang, J.J. Yuan, C.H. Li, X. Ye, J. Huang, Y. Liang, V.A. Izzo, M.X. Huang, R.H. Tong, Y. Huang, Q.X. Cai, X.T. Yan, L.Z. Zhu, Z.J. Yang, Y.H. Ding, P. Zhu, Z.Y. Chen and J-TEXT Team, "Minor disruptions triggered by supersonic molecular beam injection on J-TEXT tokamak," Nuclear Fusion 60, 066004 (2020).
• X. Lin, D. Banerjee, P. Zhu, G. S. Xu, Y. Ye, Y. F. Wang, H. L. Li, Q. Zang, T. Zhang, and Y. J. Chen, "Stabilizing effect of enhanced resistivity on peeling-ballooning instabilities in EAST," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 62, 035001 (2020).
• Y. Hou, C. C. Kim, P. Zhu, Z. Zou, Y. Hu, X. Yan, and the NIMROD Team, "Numerical study of transition between even and odd toroidal Alfven eigenmodes on EAST," Physics of Plasmas 26, 082505 (2019).
• Y. Yang, Y. Hou, W. Chen, P. Zhu, X. Wang, Z. Zou, Y. Yu, M. Xu, and M. Ye, "Investigation of ion fishbone stability on HL-2A using NIMROD," Plasma Science and Technology 21, 085101 (2019).
• Z. H. Jiang, J. Huang, R. H. Tong , T. T. Yang, Z. F. Lin, V. Izzo , C. H. Li, Y. F. Liang, X. Ye, Y. H. Ding, Z. Huang, L. Z. Zhu, and Z. Y. Chen, "Simulations of the effects of pre-seeded magnetic islands on the generation of runaway current during disruption on J-TEXT," Physics of Plasmas 26, 062508 (2019).
• A. Ali and P. Zhu, "Effects of plasmoid formation on sawtooth process in a tokamak," Physics of Plasmas 26, 052518 (2019).
• P. Zhu, Z. Wang, J. Chen, X. Yan, and R. Liu, "Quasi-separatrix layers induced by ballooning instability in the near-Earth magnetotail," Annals of Geophysics 37 325 (2019).
• C. C. Kim, Y. Q. Liu, P. B. Parks, L. L. Lao, M. Lehnen, and A. Loarte, "Shattered pellet injection simulations with NIMROD," Physics of Plasmas 26, 042510 (2019).
• B. C. Lyons, C. C. Kim, Y. Q. Liu, N. M. Ferraro, S. C. Jardin, J. McClenaghan, P. B. Parks, and L. L. Lao, "Axisymmetric benchmarks of impurity dynamics in extended-magnetohydrodynamic simulations," Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 064001 (2019).
• S. Cheng, P. Zhu, D. Banerjee, X. Yan, and CFETR Physics Team, "Dominant two-fluid magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in CFETR upgrad phase-I scenario in presence of perfect conducting wall," Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 045009 (2019).
• C. R. Sovinec and K. J. Bunkers, "Effects of asymmetries in computations of forced vertical displacement events," Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 024003 (2019).
• S. Yang, P. Zhu, J. Xie, and W. Liu, "Two-fluid MHD regime of resistive drift-wave instability," Phys. Plasmas 25, 092113 (2018).
• M. T. Beidler, J. D. Callen, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Mode penetration induced by transient magnetic perturbations," Phys. Plasmas 25, 082507 (2018).
• B. Li, Z. Jiang, J. Lv, X. Li, B. Rao, and Y. Ding, "Numerical simulation of plasma response to externally applied resonant magnetic perturbation on the J-TEXT tokamak," Plasma Science and Technology 20, 054004 (2018).
• J. B. O'Bryan, C. A. Romero-Talamas, and S. Woodruff, "Simulations of multi-pulse coaxial helicity injection in the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment," Phys. Plasmas 25, 032503 (2018).
• E. B. Hooper, "Plasma density injection and flow during coaxial helicity injection in a tokamak," Phys. Plasmas 25, 022512 (2018).
• Y. Hou, P. Zhu, C. C. Kim, Z. Hu, Z. Zou, Z. Wang, and the NIMROD Team, "NIMROD calculations of energetic particle driven toroidal Alfven eigenmodes," Physics of Plasmas 25, 012501 (2018).
• B. Luo, P. Zhu, H. Li, W.-D. Liu, and KTX Team, "Resistive MHD modelling of quasi-single helicity state in the KTX regimes," Nucl. Fusion 58, 016049 (2018).
• K. D. Morgan, T. R. Jarboe, A. C. Hossack, R. N. Chandra, and C. J. Everson, "Validation of extended magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the HIT-SI3 experiment using the NIMROD code," Physics of Plasmas 24, 122510 (2017).
• X.-T. Yan, P. Zhu, and Y.-W. Sun, "Neoclassical toroidal viscosity torque in tokamak edge pedestal induced by external resonant magnetic perturbation," Phys. Plasmas 24, 082510 (2017).
• D. Banerjee, P. Zhu, and R. Maingi, "Stabilizing effects of resistivity towards ELM-free H-mode discharge in Lithium-conditioned NSTX," Nucl. Fusion 57, 076005 (2017).
• S. Cheng, P. Zhu, and D. Banerjee, "Enhanced toroidal flow stabilization of edge localized modes with increased plasma density," Physics of Plasmas 24, 092510 (2017).
• V. A. Izzo and P. B. Parks, "Modeling of rapid shutdown in the DIII-D tokamak by core deposition of high-Z material," Physics of Plasmas 24, 060705 (2017).
• J. P. Sauppe and C. R. Sovinec, "Extended MHD modeling of tearing-driven magnetic relaxation," Physics of Plasmas 24, 056107 (2017).
• V. A. Izzo, "The effect of pre-existing islands on disruption mitigation in MHD simulations of DIII-D," Physics of Plasmas 24, 056102 (2017).
• J. R. King, S. E. Kruger, K. H. Burrell, X. Chen, A. M. Garofalo, R. J. Groebner, K. E. J. Olofsson, A. Y. Pankin, and P. B. Snyder, "MHD modeling of a DIII-D low-torque QH-mode discharge and comparison to observations," Physics of Plasmas 24, 055902 (2017).
• D. Banerjee, P. Zhu, and R. Mainji, "Stabilizing effects of enhanced resistivity due to lithium-conditioning on low-n edge localized modes in NSTX," Physics of Plasmas 24, 054501 (2017).
• M. T. Beidler, J. D. Callen, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Nonlinear modeling of forced magnetic reconnection in slab geometry with NIMROD," Physics of Plasmas 24, 052508 (2017).
• P. Zhu, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Sangari, Z. Wang, and P. Bonofiglo, "Three-dimensional geometry of magnetic reconnection induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet," Physics of Plasmas 24, 024503 (2017).
• J. R. King, K. H. Burrell, A. M. Garofalo, R. J. Groebner, S. E. Kruger, A. Y. Pankin, and P. B. Snyder, "NIMROD modeling of quiescent H-mode: reconstruction considerations and saturation mechanism," Nuclear Fusion 57, 022002 (2017).
• J. R. King, S. E. Kruger, R. J. Groebner, J. D. Hanson, J. D. Hebert, E. D. Held, and J. R. Jepson, "Effect of scrape-off-layer current on reconstructed tokamak equilibrium," Physics of Plasmas 24, 012504 (2017).
• F. Ebrahimi, "Dynamo-driven plasmoid formation from a current-sheet instability," Physics of Plasmas 23, 120705 (2016).
• E. B. Hooper and C. R. Sovinec, "A current-driven resistive instability and its effects in simulations of coaxial helicity injection in a tokamak," Physics of Plasmas 23, 102502 (2016).
• N. A. Roberds, J. D. Hanson, D. A. Maurer, L. Guazzotto, E. C. Howell, and C. R. Sovinec, "Simulations of sawtoothing in a current carrying stellarator," Physics of Plasmas 23, 092513 (2016).
• J. R. King, A. Y. Pankin, S. E. Kruger, and P. B. Snyder, "The impact of collisionality, FLR, and parallel closure effects on instabilities in the tokamak pedestal: Numerical studies with the NIMROD code," Physics of Plasmas 23, 062123, 2016.
• C. R. Sovinec, "Stabilization of numerical interchange in spectral-element magnetohydrodynamics," Journal of Computational Physics 319, 61, 2016.
• F. Ebrahimi and R. Raman, "Large-volume flux closure during plasmoid-mediated reconnection in coaxial helicity injection," Nuclear Fusion 56, 044002 (2016).
• J. P. Sauppe and C. R. Sovinec, "Two-fluid and finite Larmor radius effects on helicity evolution in a plasma pinch," Physics of Plasmas 23, 032303 (2016).
• F. Ebrahimi and R. Raman, "Plasmoid formation during simulations of coaxial helicity injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment," Physical Review Letters 114, 205003 (2015).
• E. D. Held, S.E. Kruger, J.-Y. Ji, E. A. Belli, and B. C. Lyons, "Verification of continuum drift kinetic equation solvers in NIMROD," Physics of Plasmas 22, 032511 (2015).
• T. G. Jenkins and E. D. Held, "Coupling extended magnetohydrodynamic fluid codes with radiofrequency ray tracing codes for fusion modeling," Journal of Computational Physics 297, 427 (2015).
• P. Zhu, C. R. Sovinec and C. C. Hegna, "The formation of blobs from a pure interchange process," Physics of Plasmas 22, 022311 (2015).
• P. Zhu and J. Raeder, "Ballooning instability-induced plasmoid formation in near-Earth plasma sheet," Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 119, 131 (2014).
• F. Ebrahimi, R. Raman, E. B. Hooper, C. R. Sovinec, and A. Bhattacharjee, "Physics of forced magnetic reconnection in coaxial helicity injection experiments in National Spherical Torus Experiment," Physics of Plasmas 21, 056109 (2014).
• E. C. Howell and C. R. Sovinec, "Solving the Grad-Shafranov equation with spectral elements," Computer Physics Communications 185, 1415 (2014).
• J. B. O'Bryan and C. R. Sovinec, "Simulated flux-rope evolution during non-inductive startup in Pegasus," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 56, 064005 (2014).
• E. B. Hooper, C. R. Sovinec, R. Raman, F. Ebrahimi, and J. E. Menard, "Resistive MHD simulations of helicity injected startup plasmas in NSTX," Physics of Plasmas 20, 092510 (2013).
• F. Ebrahimi, E. B. Hooper, C. R. Sovinec, and R. Raman, "Magnetic reconnection process in transient coaxial helicity injection," Physics of Plasmas 20 , 090702 (2013).
• C. Akcay, C. C. Kim, B. S. Victor, and T. R. Jarboe, "Validation of single- fluid and two-fluid magnetohydrodynamic models of the helicity injected torus spheromak experiment with the NIMROD code," Physics of Plasmas 20 , 082512 (2013).
• P. Zhu and J. Raeder, "Plasmoid formation in current sheet with finite normal magnetic component," Physical Review Letters 110, 235005 (2013).
• V. A. Izzo, "Impurity mixing and radiation asymmetry in massive gas injection simulations of DIII-D," Physics of Plasmas 20, 056107 (2013).
• M. G. Schlutt, C. C. Hegna, C. R. Sovinec, E. D. Held and S. E. Kruger, "Self-consistent simulations of nonlinear magnetohydrodynamics and profile evolution in stellarator configurations," Physics of Plasmas 20, 056104 (2013).
• M. G. Schlutt, C. C. Hegna, C. R. Sovinec, J. D. Hebert and S. F. Knowlton, "Numerical simulation of current evolution in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid," Nuclear Fusion 52, 103023 (2012).
• J. B. O'Bryan, C. R. Sovinec, and T. M. Bird, "Simulation of current-filament dynamics and relaxation in the Pegasus ST," Physics of Plasmas 19, 080701 (2012).
• N. A. Murphy, M. P. Miralles, C. L. Pope, J. C. Raymond, H. D. Winter, K. K. Reeves, D. B. Seaton, A. A. van Ballegooijen, and J. Lin, "Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection Current Sheets," Astrophysical Journal 751, 56 (2012).
• J. R. King, C. R. Sovinec, and V. V. Mirnov, "First-order finite-Larmor-radius fluid modeling of tearing and relaxation in a plasma pinch," Physics of Plasmas 19 , 055905 (2012).
• D. P. Brennan, C. C. Kim, and R. J. La Haye, "Energetic particle effects on n=1 resistive MHD instabilities in a DIII-D hybrid discharge," Nuclear Fusion 52, 033004 (2012).
• P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Stabilizing effects of edge current density on pedestal instabilities," Physics of Plasmas 19, 032503 (2012).
• I. V. Khalzov, B. P. Brown, N. Katz, and C. B. Forest, "Modeling the Parker instability in a rotating plasma screw pinch," Physics of Plasmas 19 , 022107 (2012).
• R. A. Bayliss, C. R. Sovinec, and A. J. Redd, "Zero-beta modeling of coaxial helicity injection in the HIT-II spherical torus," Physics of Plasmas 18, 094502 (2011).
• E. B. Hooper, "Physics issues of a spheromak refluxing scenario," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 53, 085008 (2011).
• V.A. Izzo, E.M. Hollmann, A.N. James, J.H. Yu, D.A. Humphreys, L.L. Lao, P.B. Parks, P.E. Sieck, J.C. Wesley, R.S. Granetz, G.M. Olynyk and D.G. Whyte, "Runaway electron confinement modelling for rapid shutdown scenarios in DIII-D, Alcator C-Mod and ITER," Nuclear Fusion 51, 063032 (2011).
• F. Ebrahimi, B. Lefebvre, C. B. Forest, and A. Bhattacharjee, "Global Hall-MHD simulations of Magnetorotational Instability in a Plasma Couette Flow Experiment," Physics of Plasmas 18, 062904 (2011).
• J. R. King, C. R. Sovinec, and V. V. Mirnov, "First-order finite-Larmor-radius effects on magnetic tearing in pinch configurations," Physics of Plasmas 18, 042303 (2011).
• I. V. Khalzov, B. P. Brown, F. Ebrahimi, D. D. Schnack, and C. B. Forest, "Numerical simulation of laminar plasma dynamos in a cylindrical von Karman flow," Physics of Plasmas 18, 32110 (2011).
• N. A. Murphy, "Resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations of X-line retreat during magnetic reconnection," Physics of Plasmas 17, 112310 (2010).
• R. D. Milroy, C. C. Kim, and C. R. Sovinec, "Extended magnetohydrodynamic simulations of field reversed configuration formation and sustainment with rotating magnetic field current drive," Physics of Plasmas 17, 62502 (2010).
• V. A. Izzo and P. B. Parks, "Comment on 'Plasma current spikes due to internal reconnection during tokamak disruptions," Nuclear Fusion 50 , 58001 (2010).
• C. R. Sovinec, J. R. King, and the NIMROD Team, "Analysis of a mixed semi-implicit/implicit algorithm for low-frequency two-fluid plasma modeling," Journal of Computational Physics 229 , 5803 (2010).
• B. J. Burke, S. E. Kruger, C. C. Hegna, P. Zhu, P. B. Snyder, C. R. Sovinec, and E. C. Howell, "Edge localized linear ideal magnetohydrodynamic instability studies in an extended-magnetohydrodynamic code," Physics of Plasmas 17, 32103 (2010).
• T. G. Jenkins, S. E. Kruger, C. C. Hegna, D. D. Schnack, and C. R. Sovinec, "Calculating electron cyclotron current drive stabilization of resistive tearing modes in a nonlinear MHD model," Physics of Plasmas 17,, 12502 (2010).
• V. A. Izzo, P. B. Parks, and L. L. Lao, "DIII-D and ITER rapid shutdown with radially uniform deuterium deliver," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 51, 105004 (2009).
• P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, C. R. Sovinec, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, "Intermediate nonlinear regimes of line-tied g mode and ballooning instability," Nuclear Fusion 49, 095009 (2009).
• E. B. Hooper, C. A. Romero-Talamas, L. L. Lodestro, R. D. Wood, and H. S. McLean, "Aspect-ratio effects in the driven, flux-core spheromak," Physics of Plasmas 16, 052506 (2009).
• B. I. Cohen, C. A. Romero-Talamas, D. D. Ryutov, E. B. Hooper, L. L. Lodestro, H. S. McLean, T. L. Stewart, and R. D. Wood, "The role of the n=1 column mode in spheromak formation," Physics of Plasmas 16, 042501 (2009).
• C. S. Carey and C. R. Sovinec, "Rotational stabilization of magnetically collimated jets," the Astrophysical Journal 699, 362 (2009).
• R. Takahashi, D. P. Brennan, and C. C. Kim, "A detailed study of kinetic effects of energetic particles on resistive MHD stability," Nuclear Fusion 49, 065032 (2009).
• R. Takahashi, D. P. Brennan, and C. C. Kim, "Kinetic Effects of Energetic Particles on Resistive MHD Stability," Physical Review Letters 102, 135001 (2009).
• V.A. Izzo, I. Joseph, "RMP enhanced transport and rotational screening in simulations of DIII-D plasmas," Nucl. Fusion 48, 115004 (2008).
• A. I. D. Macnab and S. Woodruff, "Simulations of the supersonic translation, collision, and merging of two field-reversed configurations for plasma heating," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 36 , 1208 (2008).
• C. C. Kim and the NIMROD Team, "Impact of velocity space distribution on hybrid kinetic-magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the (1,1) mode," Physics of Plasmas 15, 072507 (2008).
• J. M. Reynolds, C. R. Sovinec, and S. C. Prager, "Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamics of Pulsed Parallel Current Drive in Reversed-field Pinches," Physics of Plasmas 15, 062512 (2008).
• V. A. Izzo, D. G. Whyte, R. S. Granetz, P. B. Parks, E. M. Hollmann, L. L. Lao, and J. C. Wesley, "Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of massive gas injection into Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D plasmas" Physics of Plasmas 15, 056109 (2008).
• N. A. Murphy and C. R. Sovinec, "Global Axisymmetric Simulations of Two-fluid Reconnection in an Experimentally Relevant Geometry," Physics of Plasma 15, 042313 (2008).
• E. B. Hooper, B. I. Cohen, H. S. McLean, R. D. Wood, C. A. Romero-Talamas, and C. R. Sovinec, "NIMROD Resistive Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Spheromak Physics," Physics of Plasmas 15, 032502 (2008).
• R. D. Milroy, A. I. D. Macnab, C. C. Kim, and C. R. Sovinec, "FRC simulations using the NIMROD code," Journal of Fusion Energy 27, 73 (2008).
• C.C. Kim and the NIMROD Team, "Preliminary Simulations of FLR Effects on RFP Tearing Modes," Journal Fusion Energy 27, 61 (2008).
• A. I. D. Macnab, R. D. Milroy, C. C. Kim, C. R. Sovinec, and the NIMROD Team, "Hall magnetohydrodynamics simulations of end-shorting induced rotation in field-reversed configurations," Physics of Plasmas 14, 092503 (2007).
• C. R. Sovinec, D. C. Barnes, R. A. Bayliss, D. P. Brennan, E. D. Held, S. E. Kruger, A. Y. Pankin, D. D. Schnack and the NIMROD Team, "Two-fluid studies of edge relaxation events in tokamaks," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 78, 012070 (IoP, London, 2007).
• P. Zhu, C. R. Sovinec, C. C. Hegna, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, "Nonlinear ballooning instability in the near-Earth magnetotail: Growth, structure, and possible role in substorms," Journal of Geophysical Research 112, A06222 (2007).
• V.A Izzo, "A numerical investigation of the effects of impurity penetration depth on disruption mitigation by massive high-pressure gas jet," Nucl. Fusion 46, 541 (2006).
• D. P. Brennan, S. E. Kruger, D. D. Schnack, C. R. Sovinec, and A. Pankin, "Computing nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic edge localized instabilities in fusion plasmas," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 46, 63 (IoP, London, 2006).
• D. D. Schnack, D. C. Barnes, C. C. Hegna, E. D. Held, C. C. Kim, S. E. Kruger, A. Y. Pankin, and C. R. Sovinec, "Computational Modeling of Fully Ionized Plasmas Using the Fluid Approximation," Physics of Plasmas 13, 58103 (2006).
• E.B. Hooper, T. A. Kopriva, B. I. Cohen, D. N. Hill, H. S. Mclean, R. D. Wood, S. Woodruff, and C. R. Sovinec, "A Magnetic Reconnection Event in a Driven Spheromak," Physics of Plasmas 12, 92503 (2005).
• V. A. Izzo and T. R. Jarboe, "Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Helicity Injected Torus with Steady Inductive drive," Physics of Plasmas 12, 056109 (2005).
• D.P. Brennan, S.E. Kruger, T.A. Gianakon, and D.D. Schnack, "A categorization of tearing mode onset in tokamaks via nonlinear simulation", Nucl. Fusion 45, 1178-1190 (2005).
  Link to General Atomics report from same work.
• C. R. Sovinec, D. D. Schnack, A. Y. Pankin, D. P. Brennan, H. Tian, D. C. Barnes, S. E. Kruger, E. D. Held, C. C. Kim, X. S. Li, D. K. Kaushik, S. C. Jardin, and the NIMROD Team, "Nonlinear Extended Magnetohydrodynamics Simulation Using High-Order Finite Elements," Journal of Physics: Conference Series 16, 25 (IoP, London, 2005).
• S.E. Kruger, D.D. Schnack and C. R. Sovinec, "Dynamics of the Major Disruption of a DIII-D Plasma," Physics of Plasmas 12, 56113 (2005).
• B.I. Cohen, E. B. Hooper, R. H. Cohen, D. N. Hill, H. S. Mclean, R. D. Wood, S. Woodruff, C. R. Sovinec, and G. A. Cone, "Simulation of Spheromak Evolution and Energy Confinement," Physics of Plasmas 12, 56106 (2005).
• C. R. Sovinec, B. I. Cohen, G. A. Cone, E. B. Hooper, and H. S. McLean, "Numerical Investigation of Transients in the SSPX Spheromak," Physical Review Letters 94, 35003 (2005).
• C.R. Sovinec, A.H. Glasser, D.C. Barnes, T.A. Gianakon, R.A. Nebel, S.E. Kruger, D.D. Schnack, S.J. Plimpton, A. Tarditi, M.S. Chu and the NIMROD Team, "Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamics with High-order Finite Elements," Journal of Computational Physics, 195, 355 (2004).
• C. C. Kim, C. R. Sovinec, S. E. Parker, and the NIMROD Team, "Hybrid Kinetic-MHD Simulations in General Geometry," Computer Physics Communications 164, 448 (2004).
• S.E. Kruger, C. R. Sovinec, D.D. Schnack, and E. D. Held, "Free-boundary Simulations of DIII-D Plasmas with the NIMROD Code," Computer Physics Communications 164, 34 (2004).
•   E. D. Held, J. D. Callen, C. C. Hegna, C. R. Sovinec, T. A. Gianakon, and S. E. Kruger, "Nonlocal Closures for Plasma Fluid Simulations," Physics of Plasmas, 11, 2419 (2004).
• V. A. Izzo and T. R. Jarboe, "A Numerical Assessment of the Lundquist Number Requirement for Relaxation Current Drive," Physics of Plasmas 11, 2903 (2004).
• C. R. Sovinec, T. A. Gianakon, E. D. Held, S. E. Kruger, D. D. Schnack and the NIMROD Team, "NIMROD: a computational laboratory for studying nonlinear fusion magnetohydrodynamics," Physics of Plasmas, 10, 1727 (2003).
• T.A. Gianakon, S.E. Kruger, and C.C. Hegna "Heuristic closures for numerical simulation of neoclassical tearing modes," Physics of Plasmas, 9, 536 (2002).
• C. R. Sovinec, J. M. Finn, and D. del-Castillo-Negrete, "Formation and Sustainment of Spheromaks in the Resistive MHD Model," Physics of Plasmas 8, 475 (2001).
• J. M. Finn, C. R. Sovinec, and D. del-Castillo-Negrete, "Chaotic Scattering and Self-organization in Spheromak Sustainment," Physical Review Letters 85, 4538 (2000).
• A. H. Glasser, C. R. Sovinec, R. A. Nebel, T. A. Gianakon, S. J. Plimpton, M. S. Chu, D. D. Schnack, and the NIMROD Team, "The NIMROD Code: A New Approach to Numerical Plasma Physics," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 41, A747 (1999).

Papers in which NIMROD simulations contributed to the results

• J. Boguski, M. D. Nornberg, U. Gupta, K. J. McCollam, A. F. Almagri, B. E. Chapman, D. Craig, T. Nishizawa, J. S. Sarff, C. R. Sovinec, P. W. Terry, and Z. A. Xing, "Direct measurements of the 3D plasma velocity in Single-Helicity-Axis RFP plasmas," Physics of Plasmas 28, 102510 (2021)
• K. Flanagan, J. Milhone, J. Egedal, D. Endrizzi, J. Olson, E. E. Peterson, R. Sassella, and C. B. Forest, "Weakly magnetized, Hall dominated plasma Couette flow," Physical Review Letters 125, 135001 (2020).
• S. Munaretto, B. E. Chapman, B. S. Cornille, A. M. DuBois, K. J. McCollam, C. R. Sovinec, A. F. Almagri, and J. A. Goetz, "Generation and suppression of runaway electrons in MST tokamak plasmas," Nuclear Fusion 60, 046024 (2020).
• I. Krebs, F. J. Artola, C. R. Sovinec, S. C. Jardin, K. J. Bunkers, M. Hoelzl, and N. M. Ferraro, "Axisymmetric simulations of vertical displacement events in tokamaks: A benchmark of M3D-C1, NIMROD and JOREK," Physics of Plasmas 27, 022505 (2020).
• E. E. Peterson D. A. Endrizzi, M. Beidler, K. J. Bunkers, M. Clark, J. Egedal, K. Flanagan, K. J. McCollam, J. Milhone, J. Olson, C. R. Sovinec, R. Waleffe, J. Wallace, and C. B. Forest, "A laboratory model for the Parker spiral and magnetized stellar winds," Nature Physics 15, 1095 (2019).
• Z.Y. Chen, Z.F. Lin, D.W. Huang, R.H. Tong, Q.M. Hu, Y.N. Wei, W. Yan, A.J. Dai, X.Q. Zhang, B. Rao, Z.J. Yang, L. Gao, Y.B. Dong, L. Zeng, Y.H. Ding, Z.J. Wang, M. Zhang, G. Zhuang, Y. Liang, Y. Pan, Z.H. Jiang and J-TEXT Team, "Suppression of runaway electrons by mode locking during disruptions on J-TEXT," Nuclear Fusion 58, 082002 (2018).
• D. del-Castillo-Negrete, L. Carbajal, D. Spong, and V. Izzo, "Numerical simulation of runaway electrons: 3-D effects on synchrotron radiation and impurity-based runaway current dissipation," Physics of Plasmas 25, 056104 (2018).
• E. C. Howell and C. R. Sovinec, "Parameter-space survey of linear g-mode and interchange in extended magnetohydrodynamics," Physics of Plasmas 24, 102117 (2017).
• C. Akcay, J. M. Finn, R. A. Nebel, and D. C. Barnes, "Electrostatically driven helical plasma state," Physics of Plasmas 24, 052503 (2017).
• V. V. Mirnov, J. P. Sauppe, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Analytical and numerical treatment of resistive drift instability in a plasma slab," Plasma Physics Reports 42, 440 (2016).
• C. Hansen, B. Victor, K. Morgan, T. Jarboe, A. Hossack, G. Marklin, B. A. Nelson, D. Sutherland, "Numerical studies and metric development for validation of magnetohydrodynamic models on the HIT-SI experiment," Physics of Plasmas 22, 056105 (2015).
• B. S. Victor, C. Akcay, C. J. Hansen, T. R. Jarboe, B. A. Nelson, and K. D. Morgan, "Development of validation metrics using biorthogonal decomposition for the comparison of magnetic field measurements," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 57, 045010 (2015).
• K. M. Velas and R. D. Milroy, "Probe measurements of the three-dimensional magnetic field structure in a rotating magnetic field sustained field- reversed configuration," Physics of Plasmas 21, 012502 (2014).
• D. D. Schnack, J. Cheng, D. C. Barnes, and S. E. Parker, "Comparison of kinetic and extended magnetohydrodynamics computational models for the linear ion temperature gradient instability in slab geometry," Physics of Plasmas 20, 062106 (2013).
• P. Zhu, J. Raeder, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Nature of axial tail instability and bubble-blob formation in near-Earth plasma sheet," J. Geophysical Research: Space Physics 118, 653 (2013).
• E. B. Hooper, R. H. Bulmer, B. I. Cohen, D. N. Hill, C. T. Holcomb, B. Hudson, H. S. Mclean, L. D. Pearlstein, C. A. Romera-Talamas, C. R. Sovinec, B. W. Stallard, R. D. Wood, and S. Woodruff, "Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX): Design and Physics Results," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 54, 113001 (2012).
• R. J. La Haye, R. J. Buttery, S. P. Gerhardt, S. A. Sabbagh, and D. P. Brennan, "Aspect ratio effects on neoclassical tearing modes from comparison between DIII-D and National Spherical Torus Experiment," Physics of Plasmas 19, 062506 (2012).
• N. A. Murphy, C. R. Sovinec, and P. A. Cassak, "Magnetic reconnection with asymmetry in the outflow direction," Journal of Geophysical Research 115, A09206 (2010).
• P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Exponential growth of nonlinear ballooning instability," Physical Review Letters 102, 235003 (2009).
• J. H. Yu, M. A. Van Zeeland, M. S. Chu, V. A. Izzo, and R. J. La Haye, "Fast imaging of transients and coeherent magnetohydrodynamics modes in DIII-D," Physics of Plasmas 16, 056114 (2009).
• J.-Y. Ji, E. D. Held, and C. R. Sovinec, "Moment approach to deriving parallel heat flow for general collisionality," Physics of Plasmas 16, 022312 (2009).
• T. K. Fowler, R. Jayakumar, and H. S. McLean, "Stable Spheromaks Sustained by Neutral Beam Injection," Journal of Fusion Energy 28, 118 (2009).
• J. A. Breslau, C. R. Sovinec, and S. C. Jardin, "An Improved Tokamak Sawtooth Benchmark for 3D Nonlinear MHD," Communications in Computational Physics 4, 647 (2008).
• R. D. Milroy and L. C. Steinhauer, "Toroidal Field Stabilization of the Rotational Instability in Field- Reversed Configurations," Physics of Plasmas 15, 022508 (2008).
• P. Zhu, D. D. Schnack, F. Ebrahimi, E. G. Zweibel, M. Suzuki, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Absence of Complete Finite-Larmor-Radius Stabilization in Extended MHD," Physical Review Letters 101, 085005 (2008).
• B. Hudson, R. D. Wood, H. S. McLean, E. B. Hooper, D. N. Hill, R. Jayakumar, J. Moller, C. A. Romero-Talamas, T. A. Casper, J. A. Johnson III, L. Lodestro, E. Mezonlin, and L. D. Pearlstein, "Energy confinement and magnetic field generation in the SSPX spheromak," Phys. Plasmas 15 56112 (2008).
• P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, C. R. Sovinec, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, "Intermediate nonlinear regime of a line-tied g mode," Physics of Plasmas 14, 055903 (2007).
• C. A. Romero-Talamas, E. B. Hooper, R. Jayakumar, H. S. McLean, R. D. Wood, and J. M. Moller, "Measurements and phenomenological modeling of magnetic flux buildup in spheromak plasmas," Physics of Plasmas 15, 042503 (2008).
• D.G. Whyte, R. Granetz , M. Bakhtiari , V. Izzo , T. Jernigan , J. Terry , M. Reinke , B. Lipschultz, "Disruption mitigation on Alcator C-Mod using high-pressure gas injection: Experiments and modeling toward ITER," Journal of Nuclear Materials 363-365, 1160 (2007).
• P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Nonlinear growth of a line-tied g mode near marginal stability," Physics of Plasmas 13, 102307 (2006).
• R. Granetz, D.G. Whyte, V.A. Izzo, T. Biewer, M.L. Reinke, J. Terry, A. Bader, M. Bakhtiari, T. Jernigan and G. Wurden, "Gas jet disruption mitigation studies on Alcator C-Mod," Nucl. Fusion 46 10011008 (2006).
• H. S. McLean, R. D. Wood, B. I. Cohen, E. B. Hooper, D. N. Hill, J. M. Moller, C. Romero-Talamas, and S. Woodruff, "Transport and fluctuations in high temperature spheromak plasmas," Phys. Plasmas 13 56105 (2006).
• E. A. Lazarus, F. L. Waelbroeck, T. C. Luce, M. E. Austin, K. H. Burrell, J. R. Ferron, A. W. Hyatt, T. H. Osborne, M. S. Chu, D. P. Brennan, P. Gohil, R. J. Groebner, C. L. Hsieh, R. J. Jayakumar, L. L. Lao, J. Lohr, M. A. Makowski, C. C. Petty, P. A. Politzer, R. Prater, T. L. Rhodes, J. T. Scoville, E. J. Strait, A. D. Turnbull, M. R. Wade, G. Wang, H. Reimerdes, and C. Zhang, "A comparison of sawtooth oscillations in bean and oval shaped plasmas," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 48, L65 (2006).
• S. Woodruff, B. I. Cohen, E. B. Hooper, H. S. Mclean, B. W. Stallard, D. N. Hill, C. T. Holcomb, C. Romero-Talamas, R. Wood, G. A. Cone, and C. R. Sovinec, "Controlled and Spontaneous Magnetic Field Generation in a Gun Driven Spheromak," Physics of Plasmas 12, 52505 (2005).
• S. Woodruff, B. W. Stallard, H. S. McLean, E. B. Hooper, R. Bulmer, B. I. Cohen, D. N. Hill, C. T. Holcomb, J. Moller, and R. D. Wood, "Increasing the magnetic helicity content of a plasma by pulsing a magnetized source," Physical Review Letters 93, 205002 (2004).
• D.P. Brennan, E.J. Strait, A.D. Turnbull, M.S. Chu, R.J. La Haye, T.C. Luce, T.S. Taylor, S.E. Kruger, D.D. Schnack, "A Mechanism for Tearing Mode Onset Near Ideal Stability Boundary," Physics of Plasmas, 10, 1643 (2003).
• P. Martin, L. Marrelli, G. Spizzo, P. Franz, P. Piovesan, I. Predebon, T. Bolzonella, S. Cappello, A. Cravotta, D. F. Escande, L. Frassinetti, S .Ortolani, R. Paccagnella, D. Terranova, B. E. Chapman, D. Craig, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, P. Brunsell, J.-A. Malmberg, J. Drake, Y. Yagi, H Koguchi, Y. Hirano, R. B. White, C. Sovinec, C. Xiao, R. A. Nebel, D. D. Schnack, and the RFX, MST, EXTRAP T2R, and TPE-RX teams, "Overview of Quasi Single Helicity Experiments in Reversed Field Pinches," Nuclear Fusion 43, 1855 (2003).
• R. H. Cohen, H. L. Berk, B. I. Cohen, T. K. Fowler, A. H. Glasser, E. B. Hooper, L. L. LoDestro, E. C. Morse, L. D. Pearlstein, T. D. Rognlien, D. D. Ryutov, C. R. Sovinec, and S. Woodruff, "Theoretical Investigation of Field-Line Quality in a Driven Spheromak," Nuclear Fusion 43, 1220 (2003).
• E. D. Held, J. D. Callen, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, "Conductive electron heat flow along magnetic field lines," Physics of Plasmas 8 , 1171 (2001).