Comment on Nuclear Fusion 66, 016012 (2026) and arXiv:2508.03561 by Richard Fitzpatrick, A Simple Model of Current Ramp-Up and Ramp-Down in Tokamaks
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| contents | The article Nuclear Fusion \textbf{66}, 016012 (2026) by Richard Fitzpatrick is based on fundamental errors in the physics of the evolution of the poloidal magnetic flux in tokamaks. This paper was inspired by an article $\big<$arxiv.org/abs/2507.05456$\big>$ by Allen Boozer, which was posted on arXiv in various versions. The September 9, 2025 version was submitted to the Physics of Plasmas and flatly rejected until the issues raised in the Nuclear Fusion paper had been addressed. Not only did the Nuclear Fusion paper make a number of fundamental errors in science, it also misrepresented the views clearly stated in the arXiv article and even more explicitly in email exchanges that were repeatedly cited as ``private communication." |
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| spellingShingle | Comment on Nuclear Fusion 66, 016012 (2026) and arXiv:2508.03561 by Richard Fitzpatrick, A Simple Model of Current Ramp-Up and Ramp-Down in Tokamaks Boozer, Allen H Plasma Physics The article Nuclear Fusion \textbf{66}, 016012 (2026) by Richard Fitzpatrick is based on fundamental errors in the physics of the evolution of the poloidal magnetic flux in tokamaks. This paper was inspired by an article $\big<$arxiv.org/abs/2507.05456$\big>$ by Allen Boozer, which was posted on arXiv in various versions. The September 9, 2025 version was submitted to the Physics of Plasmas and flatly rejected until the issues raised in the Nuclear Fusion paper had been addressed. Not only did the Nuclear Fusion paper make a number of fundamental errors in science, it also misrepresented the views clearly stated in the arXiv article and even more explicitly in email exchanges that were repeatedly cited as ``private communication." |
| title | Comment on Nuclear Fusion 66, 016012 (2026) and arXiv:2508.03561 by Richard Fitzpatrick, A Simple Model of Current Ramp-Up and Ramp-Down in Tokamaks |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05977 |