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Remembering ANS member Gil Brown
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The nuclear community is mourning the loss of Gilbert Brown, who passed away on July 11 at the age of 77 following a battle with cancer.
Brown, an American Nuclear Society Fellow and an ANS member for nearly 50 years, joined the faculty at Lowell Technological Institute—now the University of Massachusetts–Lowell—in 1973 and remained there for the rest of his career. He eventually became director of the UMass Lowell nuclear engineering program. After his retirement, he remained an emeritus professor at the university.
Sukesh Aghara, chair of the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, noted in an email to NEDHO members and others that “Gil was a relentless advocate for nuclear energy and a deeply respected member of our professional community. He was also a kind and generous friend—and one of the reasons I ended up at UMass Lowell. He served the university with great dedication. . . . Within NEDHO, Gil was a steady presence and served for many years as our treasurer. His contributions to nuclear engineering education and to this community will be dearly missed.”
A. V. Sudnikov et al.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 187-189
doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A11604
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Transient MHD activity in the multiple-mirror trap GOL-3 at the stage of plasma cooling after decay of the net current was studied. Such events are diagnosed as short bursts (generally shorter than 5 cycles) of oscillations of azimuthal magnetic field with the frequency within 0.1 [divided by] 1 MHz. Earlier transient events at the plasma decay stage were also observed. At that time an existence of long-lived internal current structures in the GOL-3 plasma was supposed.The paper presents new results from the magnetic diagnostics. Azimuthal and longitudinal mode localization agrees with the assumption that the magnetic field is generated by filaments with the current in the range of 1 [divided by] 50 A in nearly uniform azimuthal distribution. Statistical analysis shows that the main oscillation frequencies are grouped near the inversed time of the Alfven wave propagation along the trap. Power dependence of the pulse probability on its amplitude with the index = -1.87 was found. Relationships of MHD activity on the regime of plasma heating and on a degree of the beam stabilization at the exit receiver are discussed.
