Patrick H. Diamond
{{short description|American theoretical plasma physicist}}
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| education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
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- Sloan Fellowship (1988)
- Hannes Alfvén Prize (2011)
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Patrick Henry Diamond is an American theoretical plasma physicist. He is currently a professor at the University of California, San Diego,{{Cite web|title=Patrick H. Diamond — UC San Diego Fusion and Astrophysical Plasma Physics Group|url=https://fapp.ucsd.edu/memberprofile_diamondph.html|access-date=2020-06-05|website=fapp.ucsd.edu}} and a director of the Fusion Theory Institute at the National Fusion Research Institute in Daejeon, South Korea, where the KSTAR Tokamak is operated.{{Cite web|title=UC San Diego {{!}} Professor Patrick Diamond named Director of New Fusion Theory Institute - Daejeon, Korea|url=https://physics.ucsd.edu/News/Story/92|access-date=2020-06-05|website=physics.ucsd.edu}}
In 2011, Diamond was jointly awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize with Akira Hasegawa and Kunioki Mima for important contributions to the theory of turbulent transport in plasmas.{{Cite journal|last1=Stroth|first1=U|last2=Hidalgo|first2=C|date=2011|title=38th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics|journal=Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion|volume=53|issue=12|pages=120201|doi=10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/120201|s2cid=250854312|issn=0741-3335|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|title=UC San Diego {{!}} Patrick Diamond shares Hannes Alfvén Prize|url=https://physics.ucsd.edu/News/Story/174|access-date=2020-06-05|website=physics.ucsd.edu}} In addition to applications in controlled nuclear fusion, he also specializes in astrophysical plasmas.{{Cite journal|last1=Vishniac|first1=Ethan T.|last2=Jin|first2=Liping|last3=Diamond|first3=P. H.|date=1991|title=Dynamos and angular momentum transport in accretion disks|journal=Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics|volume=3|issue=8|pages=2374–2378|doi=10.1063/1.859606|bibcode=1991PhFlB...3.2374V|issn=0899-8221}}
Early life and career
Diamond was raised in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, NY. He graduated St. Anselm’s Elementary School and Xavierian High School, both located in Bay Ridge Brooklyn, NY
Diamond received his Ph.D. in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{Cite journal|last=Diamond|first=Patrick Henry|date=1979|title=Theory of Phase Space Density Granulation in Magnetoplasma.|journal=PHDT|bibcode=1979PhDT........63D|language=en}}
Honors and awards
In 1986, he was inducted a fellow of the American Physical Society.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=APS Fellow Archive|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1986&unit_id=DPP&institution=University+of+California%2C+San+Diego|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.aps.org|language=en}} In 1988, he became a Sloan Research Fellow.
In 2011, Diamond was awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize by the European Physical Society for "laying the foundations of modern numerical transport simulations and key contributions on self-generated zonal flows and flow shear decorrelation mechanisms which form the basis of modern turbulence in plasmas".
Publications
- {{Cite journal|last1=Diamond|first1=P H|last2=Hasegawa|first2=A|last3=Mima|first3=K|date=2011-11-14|title=Vorticity dynamics, drift wave turbulence, and zonal flows: a look back and a look ahead|journal=Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion|volume=53|issue=12|pages=124001|doi=10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124001|bibcode=2011PPCF...53l4001D|s2cid=21051033 |issn=0741-3335|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/47t505bs}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Biglari|first1=H.|last2=Diamond|first2=P. H.|last3=Terry|first3=P. W.|date=1990|title=Influence of sheared poloidal rotation on edge turbulence|journal=Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics|volume=2|issue=1|pages=1–4|doi=10.1063/1.859529|bibcode=1990PhFlB...2....1B|issn=0899-8221}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Gang|first1=F. Y.|last2=Diamond|first2=P. H.|last3=Crotinger|first3=J. A.|last4=Koniges|first4=A. E.|date=1991|title=Statistical dynamics of dissipative drift wave turbulence|journal=Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics|volume=3|issue=4|pages=955–968|doi=10.1063/1.859851|bibcode=1991PhFlB...3..955G|issn=0899-8221}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Carreras|first1=B. A.|last2=Sidikman|first2=K.|last3=Diamond|first3=P. H.|last4=Terry|first4=P. W.|last5=Garcia|first5=L.|date=1992|title=Theory of shear flow effects on long-wavelength drift wave turbulence|journal=Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics|volume=4|issue=10|pages=3115–3131|doi=10.1063/1.860420|bibcode=1992PhFlB...4.3115C|issn=0899-8221}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Gruzinov|first1=A. V.|last2=Diamond|first2=P. H.|date=1994|title=Self-consistent theory of mean-field electrodynamics|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=72|issue=11|pages=1651–1653|doi=10.1103/physrevlett.72.1651|pmid=10055666|bibcode=1994PhRvL..72.1651G|issn=0031-9007}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Diamond|first1=P. H.|last2=Liang|first2=Y.-M.|last3=Carreras|first3=B. A.|last4=Terry|first4=P. W.|date=1994|title=Self-Regulating Shear Flow Turbulence: A Paradigm for the L to H Transition|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=72|issue=16|pages=2565–2568|doi=10.1103/physrevlett.72.2565|pmid=10055916|bibcode=1994PhRvL..72.2565D|issn=0031-9007}}
- {{Cite book|last=Diamond, Patrick H.|title=Relaxation dynamics in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas|date=2010|publisher=World Scientific|oclc=748930038}}
- {{Cite book|last=Diamond, Patrick H.|title=The legacy of Marshall Rosenbluth : history of plasma physics|date=2007|publisher=Stefan University Press|isbn=978-1-889545-72-1|oclc=159919457}}
- {{Cite book|last1=Diamond|first1=Patrick H.|title=Modern Plasma Physics|last2=Itoh|first2=Sanae-I.|last3=Itoh|first3=Kimitaka|date=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-511-78087-5|location=Cambridge|doi=10.1017/cbo9780511780875}}
References
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