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  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering experimental studies of interactions of intense laser pulses with matter and in particular, the physics and applications of short pulse laser driven proton beams

Overview

A. J. Mackinnon is affiliated with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans physics and engineering disciplines, with a significant focus on nuclear and high energy physics as evidenced by their numerous publications.

Their recent research includes contributions to several high-impact papers, such as:

  • Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion (2022, Nature)
  • Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime (2022, Nature Physics)
  • Experimental achievement and signatures of ignition at the National Ignition Facility (2022, Physical Review E)
  • Design of an inertial fusion experiment exceeding the Lawson criterion for ignition (2022, Physical Review E)
  • Observations and properties of the first laboratory fusion experiment to exceed a target gain of unity (2024, Physical Review E)

The scientist collaborates frequently with co-authors such as S. Kerr, A. Pak, O. L. Landen, D. N. Fittinghoff, and A. S. Moore, indicating a network of research partners engaged in related fields of study.

Publishing has been concentrated in journals that include:

  • Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • Physical Review E
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nature

Mackinnon's main fields of study are physics and astronomy, engineering, and earth and planetary sciences. Their work delves into subfields such as nuclear and high energy physics, radiation, geophysics, mechanics of materials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Key research topics documented in Mackinnon's publications emphasize:

  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research

In 2008, Mackinnon was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for pioneering experimental studies on the interactions of intense laser pulses with matter, specifically regarding the physics and applications of short pulse laser-driven proton beams.

Best Publications

  • Intense High-Energy Proton Beams from Petawatt-Laser Irradiation of Solids

    R. A. Snavely;R. A. Snavely;M. H. Key;S. P. Hatchett;T. E. Cowan

  • Energetic proton generation in ultra-intense laser–solid interactions

    S. C. Wilks;A. B. Langdon;T. E. Cowan;Markus Roth

  • Electron, photon, and ion beams from the relativistic interaction of Petawatt laser pulses with solid targets

    Stephen P. Hatchett;Curtis G. Brown;Thomas E. Cowan;Eugene A. Henry

  • Calculation of photon dispersion relations.

    J. B. Pendry;A. MacKinnon

  • One-Parameter Scaling of Localization Length and Conductance in Disordered Systems

    A. MacKinnon;B. Kramer

  • Isochoric heating of solid-density matter with an ultrafast proton beam.

    P K Patel;A J Mackinnon;M H Key;Thomas E Cowan

  • The scaling theory of electrons in disordered solids: additional numerical results

    A. MacKinnon;B. Kramer

  • Enhancement of Proton Acceleration by Hot-Electron Recirculation in Thin Foils Irradiated by Ultraintense Laser Pulses

    A. J. Mackinnon;Y. Sentoku;P. K. Patel;D. W. Price

  • Hot electron production and heating by hot electrons in fast ignitor research

    M. H. Key;M. D. Cable;T. E. Cowan;K. G. Estabrook

  • Fast ion generation by high-intensity laser irradiation of solid targets and applications

    M. Borghesi;J. Fuchs;J. Fuchs;S. V. Bulanov;A. J. MacKinnon

  • Erratum: “Review of the National Ignition Campaign 2009-2012” [Phys. Plasmas 21, 020501 (2014)]

    J. D. Lindl;O. L. Landen;J. Edwards;E. I. Moses

  • Electric field detection in laser-plasma interaction experiments via the proton imaging technique

    Marco Borghesi;D.H. Campbell;A. Schiavi;M.G. Haines

  • Multi-MeV proton source investigations in ultraintense laser- foil interactions

    M. Borghesi;A. J. Mackinnon;D. H. Campbell;D. G. Hicks

  • Effect of Plasma Scale Length on Multi-MeV Proton Production by Intense Laser Pulses

    A. J. Mackinnon;M. Borghesi;S. Hatchett;M. H. Key

  • Progress Towards Ignition on the National Ignition Facility

    M. J. Edwards;P. K. Patel;J. D. Lindl;L. J. Atherton

  • The calculation of transport properties and density of states of disordered solids

    A. MacKinnon

  • K α fluorescence measurement of relativistic electron transport in the context of fast ignition

    R. B. Stephens;R. A. Snavely;Y. Aglitskiy;F. Amiranoff

  • Relativistic Channeling of a Picosecond Laser Pulse in a Near-Critical Preformed Plasma

    Marco Borghesi;A.J. MacKinnon;L. Barringer;R. Gaillard

  • Macroscopic evidence of soliton formation in multiterawatt laser-plasma interaction

    M. Borghesi;S. Bulanov;D. H. Campbell;R. J. Clarke

  • Proton imaging: a diagnostic for inertial confinement fusion/fast ignitor studies

    Marco Borghesi;A. Schiavi;D.H. Campbell;M.G. Haines

Frequent Co-Authors

P. K. Patel
P. K. Patel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Otto Landen
Otto Landen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
B. J. MacGowan
B. J. MacGowan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
C. Stoeckl
C. Stoeckl University of Rochester
Siegfried Glenzer
Siegfried Glenzer Stanford University
J. P. Knauer
J. P. Knauer University of Rochester
S. W. Haan
S. W. Haan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peter Norreys
Peter Norreys University of Oxford
Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester

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