M.L. Walker

5.7k citations
194 papers · 3.8k · 1 hit paper · h-index 32

Impact in

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
    • Magnetic confinement fusion research
    • Nuclear physics research studies
    • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Aerospace Engineering top 0.5%
    • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
    • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

Papers in

Co-authors
David Humphreys (112 shared papers)J.R. Ferron (68 shared papers)V. E. Viola (1 shared paper)K. Kwiatkowski (1 shared paper)Eugenio Schuster (60 shared papers)J. William Helton (5 shared papers)Joseph A. Ball (2 shared papers)J.A. Leuer (39 shared papers)
Journals
Fusion Engineering and Design (47 papers)Nuclear Fusion (17 papers)Fusion Science & Technology (8 papers)Physics of Plasmas (6 papers)IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (3 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesFranceChina

In The Last Decade

M.L. Walker

185 papers receiving 3.6k citations

M.L. Walker's Hit Papers

Systematics of fission fragment total kinetic energy release 1985 · 419 citations
4190+13+27Years since publication100200300400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

  • it has ≥500 total citations;
  • it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
  • it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
  1. 1985 Physical Review C

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M.L. Walker
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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3.0k
  • Aerospace Engineering 1.2k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 689
  • Biomedical Engineering 1.2k
  • Control and Systems Engineering 610
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M. Kaufmann Germany
S. Kawata Japan
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Systematics of fission fragment total kinetic energy release
Physical Review C ·V. E. Viola, K. Kwiatkowski, M.L. Walker
Hit paper breakdown →		1985419
2
H/sup infinity / control for nonlinear systems with output feedback
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ·Joseph A. Ball, J. William Helton, M.L. Walker
1993322
3
Real time equilibrium reconstruction for tokamak discharge control
Nuclear Fusion ·J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, L. L. Lao, H.E. St. John, Daniel Lewis Humphreys, J.A. Leuer
1998263
4
Active feedback stabilization of the resistive wall mode on the DIII-D device
Physics of Plasmas ·M. Okabayashi, J. Bialek, M. S. Chance, M. S. Chu, E. D. Fredrickson, A. M. Garofalo, M. Gryaznevich, R. Hatcher, T. H. Jensen, L. C. Johnson, R. J. La Haye, E. A. Lazarus, M. A. Makowski, J. Manickam, G.A. Navratil, J. T. Scoville, E. J. Strait, A. D. Turnbull, M.L. Walker, (unknown)
2001109
5
Fusion, tokamaks, and plasma control: an introduction and tutorial
IEEE Control Systems ·A. Pironti, M.L. Walker
200583
6
Experimental vertical stability studies for ITER performance and design guidance
Nuclear Fusion ·David Humphreys, T. A. Casper, N.W. Eidietis, Marco Ferrara, D. Gates, I. H. Hutchinson, G.L. Jackson, Egemen Kolemen, J.A. Leuer, J.B. Lister, L.L. LoDestro, William H. Meyer, L. D. Pearlstein, A. Portone, F. Sartori, M.L. Walker, A.S. Welander, S. Wolfe
200983
7
Towards model-based current profile control at DIII-D
Fusion Engineering and Design ·Yongsheng Ou, T. C. Luce, Eugenio Schuster, J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, Chao Xu, Daniel Lewis Humphreys
200782
8
EAST plasma control system
Fusion Engineering and Design ·Bingjia Xiao, David Humphreys, M.L. Walker, A.W. Hyatt, J.A. Leuer, D. Mueller, B.G. Penaflor, D.A. Pigrowski, Robert D. Johnson, A.S. Welander, Qiping Yuan, H.Z. Wang, J. R. Luo, Zhengping Luo, C.Y. Liu, L.Z. Liu, Kui Zhang
200873
9
Resistive wall stabilization of high-beta plasmas in DIII–D
Nuclear Fusion ·E. J. Strait, J. Bialek, N. Bogatu, M. S. Chance, M. S. Chu, D. H. Edgell, A. M. Garofalo, G.L. Jackson, T. H. Jensen, L. C. Johnson, J.S. Kim, R.J. La Haye, G. A. Navratil, M. Okabayashi, H. Reimerdes, J. T. Scoville, A. D. Turnbull, M.L. Walker, the DIII-D team
200372
10
Plasma current, position and shape feedback control on EAST
Nuclear Fusion ·Qiping Yuan, Bingjia Xiao, Zhengping Luo, M.L. Walker, A.S. Welander, A.W. Hyatt, J.P. Qian, R.R. Zhang, David Humphreys, J.A. Leuer, Robert D. Johnson, B.G. Penaflor, D. Mueller
201371
11
Development of ITER-relevant plasma control solutions at DIII-D
Nuclear Fusion ·David Humphreys, J.R. Ferron, M. Bakhtiari, Joseph Blair, Y. In, G.L. Jackson, Hogun Jhang, Robert D. Johnson, J. S. Kim, R.J. LaHaye, J.A. Leuer, B.G. Penaflor, Eugenio Schuster, M.L. Walker, Huiqian Wang, A.S. Welander, D.G. Whyte
200770
12
Design and simulation of extremum-seeking open-loop optimal control of current profile in the DIII-D tokamak
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·Yongsheng Ou, Chao Xu, Eugenio Schuster, T. C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, David Humphreys
200862
13
Stabilization of the external kink and control of the resistive wall mode in tokamaks
Physics of Plasmas ·A. M. Garofalo, A. D. Turnbull, E. J. Strait, M. E. Austin, J. Bialek, M. S. Chu, E. Fredrickson, R. J. La Haye, G.A. Navratil, L. L. Lao, E. A. Lazarus, M. Okabayashi, B. W. Rice, S.A. Sabbagh, J. T. Scoville, T. S. Taylor, M.L. Walker, (unknown)
199958
14
H-mode grade confinement in L-mode edge plasmas at negative triangularity on DIII-D
Physics of Plasmas ·A. Marinoni, M. E. Austin, A.W. Hyatt, M.L. Walker, J. Candy, C. Chrystal, C.J. Lasnier, G. R. McKee, T. Odstrčil, C. C. Petty, M. Porkoláb, J. C. Rost, O. Sauter, S. P. Smith, G. M. Staebler, C. Sung, K. E. Thome, A. D. Turnbull, L. Zeng, (unknown)
201957
15
Stabilization of the resistive wall mode in DIII–D by plasma rotation and magnetic feedback
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·M. Okabayashi, J. Bialek, M. S. Chance, M. S. Chu, E. D. Fredrickson, A. M. Garofalo, R. Hatcher, T. H. Jensen, L. C. Johnson, R. J. La Haye, G.A. Navratil, H. Reimerdes, J. T. Scoville, E. J. Strait, A. D. Turnbull, M.L. Walker, the DIII-D team
200257
16
First-principles-driven model-based current profile control for the DIII-D tokamak via LQI optimal control
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·Mark D. Boyer, Justin Barton, Eugenio Schuster, T. C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, David Humphreys, B.G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson
201356
17
Toroidal current profile control during low confinement mode plasma discharges in DIII-D via first-principles-driven model-based robust control synthesis
Nuclear Fusion ·Justin Barton, Mark D. Boyer, Wenyu Shi, Eugenio Schuster, T. C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, David Humphreys, B.G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson
201245
18
Control of the resistive wall mode in advanced tokamak plasmas on DIII-D
Nuclear Fusion ·A. M. Garofalo, E. J. Strait, J. Bialek, E. D. Fredrickson, M. Gryaznevich, T. H. Jensen, L. C. Johnson, R.J. La Haye, G.A. Navratil, E. A. Lazarus, T. C. Luce, M. Makowski, M. Okabayashi, B. W. Rice, J. T. Scoville, A. D. Turnbull, M.L. Walker, Diii-D Team
200044
19
Optimal Tracking Control of Current Profile in Tokamaks
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology ·Yongsheng Ou, Chao Xu, Eugenio Schuster, T. C. Luce, J.R. Ferron, M.L. Walker, Daniel Lewis Humphreys
201044
20
Emerging applications in tokamak plasma control
IEEE Control Systems ·M.L. Walker, David Humphreys, D. Mazon, D. Moreau, M. Okabayashi, T.H. Osborne, Eugenio Schuster
200643

About M.L. Walker

M.L. Walker is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 194 papers that have together received 3.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (158 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (79 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (49 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (42 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (24 papers), Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (19 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (17 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.0k citations), Aerospace Engineering (1.2k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (689 citations), Biomedical Engineering (1.2k citations) and Control and Systems Engineering (610 citations). M.L. Walker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and China. Frequent co-authors include David Humphreys, J.R. Ferron, V. E. Viola, K. Kwiatkowski, Eugenio Schuster, J. William Helton, Joseph A. Ball, J.A. Leuer, Robert D. Johnson and Daniel Lewis Humphreys. Their work appears in journals such as Fusion Engineering and Design, Nuclear Fusion, Fusion Science & Technology, Physics of Plasmas and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

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