First-author publications

H. Zhu, H. Chen, Z. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, Global linear drift-wave eigenmode structures on flux surfaces in stellarators: ion temperature gradient mode, arXiv:2506.12948.

H. Zhu, Z. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, Collisionless zonal-flow dynamics in quasisymmetric stellarators, J. Plasma Phys. 91, E28 (2025).

H. Zhu, T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, R. Hager, S. Ku, and C.S. Chang, Intrinsic Toroidal Rotation Driven by Turbulent and Neoclassical Processes in Tokamak Plasmas from Global Gyrokinetic Simulations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 025101 (2024).

H. Zhu, T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, R. Hager, S. Ku and C.S. Chang, Effects of collisional ion orbit loss on tokamak radial electric field and toroidal rotation in an L-mode plasma, Nucl. Fusion 63, 066009 (2023).

H. Zhu, T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, R. Hager, S. Ku and C.S. Chang, Effects of collisional ion orbit loss on neoclassical tokamak radial electric fields, Nucl. Fusion, 62, 066012 (2022).

H. Zhu and I. Dodin, Wave-kinetic approach to zonal-flow dynamics: Recent advances, Phys. Plasmas 28, 032303 (2021).

H. Zhu, Y. Zhou, and I. Y. Dodin, Theory of the tertiary instability and the Dimits shift within a scalar model, J. Plasma Phys. 86, 905860405 (2020).

H. Zhu, Y. Zhou, and I. Y. Dodin, Theory of the tertiary instability and the Dimits shift from reduced drift-wave models, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 055002 (2020).

H. Zhu, Y. Zhou, and I. Y. Dodin, Nonlinear saturation and oscillations of collisionless zonal flows, New J. Phys. 21, 063009 (2019).

H. Zhu, Y. Zhou, and I. Y. Dodin, On the Rayleigh–Kuo criterion for the tertiary instability of zonal flows, Phys. Plasmas 25, 082121 (2018).

H. Zhu, Y. Zhou, and I. Y. Dodin, On the structure of the drifton phase space and its relation to the Rayleigh–Kuo criterion of the zonal-flow stability, Phys. Plasmas 25, 072121 (2018).

H. Zhu, Y. Zhou, D. E. Ruiz, and I. Y. Dodin, Wave kinetics of drift-wave turbulence and zonal flows beyond the ray approximation, Phys. Rev. E 97, 053210 (2018).

H. Zhu and H. Qin, On the correspondence between classical geometric phase of gyro-motion and quantum Berry phase, Phys. Plasmas 24, 022121 (2017).

Co-authored publications

H. Chen, X. Wei, H. Zhu, and Z. Lin, Geometry effects on zonal flow dynamics and turbulent transport in optimized stellarators, Nucl. Fusion 65, 074002 (2025).

T. Stoltzfus-Dueck and H. Zhu, Orbit-modulated transport and sources in time-dependent plasmas, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63, 115001 (2021).

Y. Zhou, H. Zhu, and I. Y. Dodin, Solitary zonal structures in subcritical drift waves: a minimum model, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 045021 (2020).

Y. Zhou, H. Zhu, and I. Y. Dodin, Formation of solitary zonal structures via the modulational instability of drift waves, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 075003 (2019).

Ph.D. Thesis

H. Zhu, Phase-Space Theory of Drift Wave-Zonal Flow Interactions and the Dimits Shift, Ph.D. thesis (Princeton University, 2020).