D. Testa

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

D. Testa is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Testa has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 58 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Testa's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (98 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (58 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (18 papers). D. Testa is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (98 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (58 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (18 papers). D. Testa collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. D. Testa's co-authors include A. Fasoli, S. E. Sharapov, B. N. Breǐzman, D. Borba, M. Mantsinen, A. Jaun, N. Hawkes, S. Briguglio, G. Vlad and F. Zonca and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

D. Testa

106 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Chapter 5: Physics of energetic ions

2007 452 citations A. Fasoli, B. N. Breǐzman et al. Nuclear Fusion profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Conceptual design of inductive magnetic sensors using photolithography processes 2025 ·Fusion Engineering and Design ·D. Testa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), M. Ben Amor	1
2	Experimental investigation of the radial structure of energetic particle driven GAM in TCV 2024 ·Nuclear Fusion ·M. Dreval, S. E. Sharapov, A. Jansen van Vuuren, A. Karpushov, S. Mazzi, M. Podestá, U. Sheikh, (unknown), R. Ochoukov, (unknown), D. Testa, (unknown), (unknown)	1
3	Development of algorithms for the end-end system simulation and performance analysis for a high-frequency magnetic diagnostic system: Application to ITER, JET and TCV 2022 ·Fusion Engineering and Design ·D. Testa, G. Ambrosino, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
4	The SparSpec algorithm and the application to the detection of spatial periodicities in tokamaks: from a 1D to a 2D analysis 2022 ·Physica Scripta ·D. Testa, (unknown)	1
5	The SparSpec algorithm and the application to the detection of spatial periodicities in tokamaks: error weighting the penalization criterion to improve the performance of the algorithm ^* 2021 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·D. Testa, Hervé Carfantan, Lorenzo Perrone	2
6	The SparSpec algorithm and the application to the detection of spatial periodicities in tokamaks: using memory with relaxation ^* 2021 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·D. Testa, Hervé Carfantan, Lorenzo Perrone	1
7	Modelling of sawtooth-induced fast ion transport in positive and negative triangularity in TCV 2021 ·Nuclear Fusion ·M. Vallar, M. Podestá, M. Baquero-Ruiz, P. J. Bonofiglo, B.P. Duval, A. Karpushov, A. Merle, (unknown), O. Sauter, (unknown), D. Testa	4
8	Experimental studies of plasma-antenna coupling with the JET Alfvén Eigenmode Active Diagnostic 2020 ·Nuclear Fusion ·R. A. Tinguely, P. Puglia, N. Fil, S. Dowson, M. Porkoláb, (unknown), A. Fasoli, M. Fitzgerald, (unknown), G. Huysmans, M. Maslov, S. E. Sharapov, D. Testa, Jet Contributors	5
9	Manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and first results with the 3D low-temperature co-fired ceramic high-frequency magnetic sensors on the Tokamak à Configuration Variable 2020 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·D. Testa, (unknown), (unknown)	5
10	Observation of Alfvén Eigenmodes driven by off-axis neutral beam injection in the TCV tokamak 2020 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·B. Geiger, A. Karpushov, P. Lauber, S. E. Sharapov, M. Dreval, (unknown), M. Baquero-Ruiz, A. Dal Molin, B.P. Duval, M. García-Muñoz, C. Marini, M. Nocente, O. Sauter, (unknown), D. Testa, M. Vallar, (unknown), (unknown)	14
11	Results from the Alfvén Eigenmode Active Diagnostic during the 2019-2020 JET deuterium campaign 2020 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·R. A. Tinguely, P. Puglia, N. Fil, S. Dowson, M. Porkoláb, A. Fasoli, D. Testa, Jet Contributors	4
12	Instabilities and fast ion confinement on the TCV tokamak 2019 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·A. Karpushov, F. Bagnato, M. Baquero-Ruiz, B.P. Duval, J. Ferreira, B. Geiger, A. Merle, O. Sauter, S. E. Sharapov, (unknown), D. Testa, M. Vallar, W. W. Heidbrink, (unknown), (unknown)	1
13	Fast-ion transport in low density L-mode plasmas at TCV using FIDA spectroscopy and the TRANSP code 2017 ·Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·B. Geiger, A. Karpushov, B.P. Duval, C. Marini, O. Sauter, Y. Andrèbe, D. Testa, (unknown), M. Salewski, P. A. Schneider, (unknown), (unknown)	32
14	The upgraded JET toroidal Alfvén eigenmode diagnostic system 2016 ·Nuclear Fusion ·P. Puglia, (unknown), P. Blanchard, S. Dorling, S. Dowson, A. Fasoli, J. Figueiredo, R. M. O. Galvão, M. Graham, Graham Jones, C. Pérez von Thun, M. Porkoláb, L. Ruchko, D. Testa, P. Woskov, (unknown)	12
15	BASELINE SYSTEM DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING FOR THE ITER HIGH-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC DIAGNOSTIC SET 2009 ·IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·D. Testa, M. Toussaint, R. Chavan, J. Guterl, J.B. Lister, (unknown), A. Pérez, F. H. Sánchez, Benoît Schaller, G. Tonetti, (unknown), Thomas Maeder, A. Encheva, G. Vayakis, (unknown), Hervé Carfantan, (unknown), P. Moreau, S. Peruzzo	2
16	First Measurement of the Damping Rate of High-n Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes in JET Tokamak Plasmas 2007 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·D. Testa, A. Fasoli, Aloı́sio Nelmo Klein, P. Beaumont, R. Bertizzolo, R. Chavan, (unknown), P. Lavanchy, N. Lam, (unknown), (unknown), J. Snipes, John C. Thomas, P. Titus, L. Ṽillard, M. Way	1
17	Experimental study of the dependence of the damping rate ofn= 1 TAEs on the on-axis safety factor and toroidal rotation shear 2005 ·Nuclear Fusion ·D. Testa, C. Boswell, A. Fasoli, Jet-Efda Contributors	18
18	Monitoring Alfvén Cascades with Interferometry on the JET Tokamak 2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·S. E. Sharapov, B. Alper, J. Fessey, N. Hawkes, Neil P. Young, R. Nazikian, G. Krämer, D. Borba, S. Hacquin, E. de la Luna, S. D. Pinches, J. Rapp, D. Testa, Jet-Efda Contributors	71
19	Plasma Rotation Induced by Directed Waves in the Ion-Cyclotron Range of Frequencies 2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·L.-G. Eriksson, T. Johnson, T. Hellsten, C. Giroud, V. Kiptily, K. Kirov, J. Brzozowski, (unknown), J.S. deGrassie, M. Mantsinen, A. Meigs, J.-M. Noterdaeme, A. Staebler, D. Testa, A.A. Tuccillo, K.-D. Zastrow	40
20	Fast Particles-Wave Interaction In The Alfvén Frequency Range On The JET Tokamak 1999 ·Physics of Plasmas ·A. Fasoli, D. Borba, B. N. Breǐzman, C. Gormezano, R. F. Heeter, A. Jaun, M. Mantsinen, S. E. Sharapov, D. Testa	2

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