Imperial College London

ProfessorSimonBland

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Physics

Professor of Plasma Physics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7650sn.bland

 
 
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Location

 

746Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

Research Interests

  • Fusion energy and extreme states of matter
  • Wire Array Z-pinches
  • Compact Hohlraums
  • Laboratory Astrophysics
  • Dense plasma jets for driving HEDP experiments
  • Radiative shock waves
  • Isentropic compression

Invited Lectures and Presentations

Presentations at:

  • Royal Society Summer Exhibition
  • British Festival of Science

Invited talks at:

  • Dense Z-Pinch Conferece 2005
  • American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics Meeting 2006
  • Institute of Physics, Plasma Physics Meeting 2008
  • International Conference of High Energy Density Physics 2009

Publications

Journals

Read J, Burdiak G, Bland SN, et al., 2024, Publisher's Note: "Point projection radiography of electromagnetically accelerated flyer plates with an external X-pinch driver" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 95, 023508 (2024)]., Rev Sci Instrum, Vol:95

Read J, Burdiak G, Bland SN, et al., 2024, Point projection radiography of electromagnetically accelerated flyer plates with an external X-pinch driver., Rev Sci Instrum, Vol:95

Maler D, Belozerov O, Godinger A, et al., 2024, Multi frame radiography of supersonic water jets interacting with a foil target, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol:135, ISSN:0021-8979

Gusev AI, Lavrinovich I, Bland S, et al., 2023, New SOS diode pumping circuit based on an all-solid-state spiral generator for high-voltage nanosecond applications, Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol:51, ISSN:0093-3813, Pages:2858-2856

Bailie D, White S, Irwin R, et al., 2023, K-Edge Structure in Shock-Compressed Chlorinated Parylene, Atoms, Vol:11

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