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
Yan J, Parker S, Gheorghiu T, et al., 2021, Miniature solid-state switched spiral generator for the cost effective, programmable triggering of large scale pulsed power accelerators, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol:24
Yanuka D, Theocharous S, Chittenden JP, et al., 2020, High velocity outflows along the axis of pulsed power driven rod z-pinches, Aip Advances, Vol:10
Miller SM, Slutz SA, Bland SN, et al., 2020, A pulsed-power implementation of “Laser Gate” for increasing laser energy coupling and fusion yield in magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF), Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol:91, ISSN:0034-6748, Pages:1-9
Yanuka D, Theocharous S, Bland SN, 2019, Pulsed power driven cylindrical wire array explosions in different media, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:26, ISSN:1070-664X, Pages:1-7