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  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of Thomson Scattering for the diagnostics of high temperature inertial confinement fusion plasmas and for important contributions to understanding of plasma waves, atomic physics, and hydrodynamics of hot dense plasmas

Overview

Siegfried Glenzer is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research portfolio spans multiple fields within physics and earth sciences, with a primary focus on physics and astronomy as well as earth and planetary sciences.

The main subfields of Glenzer's work include nuclear and high energy physics, geophysics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, radiation, and mechanics of materials. The scientist's expertise covers a range of topics such as laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics, high-pressure geophysics and materials, laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, advanced X-ray imaging techniques, laser-matter interactions and applications, nuclear physics and applications, and diamond and carbon-based materials research.

Glenzer has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with a significant presence in the following publication venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • Scientific Reports
  • Review of Scientific Instruments

The scientist's recent papers illustrate their active involvement in topics related to inertial fusion and plasma physics. Notable publications include:

  • Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion (2022, Nature)
  • Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime (2022, Nature Physics)
  • A measurement of the equation of state of carbon envelopes of white dwarfs (2020, Nature)
  • Electron acceleration in laboratory-produced turbulent collisionless shocks (2020, Nature Physics)
  • Observing the onset of pressure-driven K-shell delocalization (2023, Nature)

Frequent collaborators in Glenzer's research include E. E. McBride, Ronald Redmer, C. B. Curry, Eric Galtier, and N. J. Hartley, each contributing to more than two dozen joint publications.

In recognition of scientific contributions, Glenzer was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001. The citation noted their development of Thomson Scattering diagnostics for high-temperature inertial confinement fusion plasmas as well as contributions to the understanding of plasma waves, atomic physics, and hydrodynamics of hot dense plasmas.

Best Publications

  • The physics basis for ignition using indirect-drive targets on the National Ignition Facility

    John D. Lindl;Peter Amendt;Richard L. Berger;S. Gail Glendinning

  • Plasma Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation: Theory and Measurement Techniques

    Dustin H. Froula;Siegfried H. Glenzer;Neville C. Luhmann;John Sheffield

  • X-ray Thomson scattering in high energy density plasmas

    Siegfried H. Glenzer;Ronald Redmer

  • Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility

    S. W. Haan;J. D. Lindl;D. A. Callahan;D. S. Clark

  • 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

  • Observations of plasmons in warm dense matter.

    S. H. Glenzer;O. L. Landen;P. Neumayer;R. W. Lee

  • Self-Guided Laser Wakefield Acceleration beyond 1 GeV Using Ionization-Induced Injection

    Chris E. Clayton;J. E. Ralph;F. Albert;Ricardo Fonseca

  • Symmetric inertial confinement fusion implosions at ultra-high laser energies.

    S. H. Glenzer;B. J. MacGowan;P. Michel;N. B. Meezan

  • Progress Towards Ignition on the National Ignition Facility

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

  • Turning solid aluminium transparent by intense soft X-ray photoionization

    B. Nagler;U. Zastrau;R.R. Faustlin;S.M. Vinko

  • Demonstration of spectrally resolved x-ray scattering in dense plasmas.

    S. H. Glenzer;G. Gregori;R. W. Lee;F. J. Rogers

  • Demonstration of a narrow energy spread, ∼0.5 GeV electron beam from a two-stage laser wakefield accelerator.

    B. B. Pollock;B. B. Pollock;C. E. Clayton;J. E. Ralph;F. Albert

  • Tuning the implosion symmetry of ICF targets via controlled crossed-beam energy transfer.

    P. Michel;L. Divol;E. A. Williams;S. Weber

  • Ultrabright X-ray laser scattering for dynamic warm dense matter physics

    L. B. Fletcher;L. B. Fletcher;H. J. Lee;T. Döppner;E. Galtier

  • Theoretical model of x-ray scattering as a dense matter probe.

    G. Gregori;S. H. Glenzer;W. Rozmus;R. W. Lee

  • Nanosecond formation of diamond and lonsdaleite by shock compression of graphite

    D. Kraus;A. Ravasio;M. Gauthier;D. O. Gericke

  • Onset of hydrodynamic mix in high-velocity, highly compressed inertial confinement fusion implosions.

    T. Ma;P. K. Patel;N. Izumi;P. T. Springer

  • Dante soft x-ray power diagnostic for National Ignition Facility

    E. L. Dewald;K. M. Campbell;R. E. Turner;J. P. Holder

  • Ultrafast X-ray Thomson Scattering of Shock-Compressed Matter

    Andrea L. Kritcher;Andrea L. Kritcher;Paul Neumayer;John Castor;Tilo Döppner

  • Laser–plasma interactions in ignition‐scale hohlraum plasmas

    B. J. MacGowan;B. B. Afeyan;C. A. Back;R. L. Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

Otto Landen
Otto Landen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
B. J. MacGowan
B. J. MacGowan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
A. J. Mackinnon
A. J. Mackinnon Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins University of Rochester
S. W. Haan
S. W. Haan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Peter M. Celliers
Peter M. Celliers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
D. D. Meyerhofer
D. D. Meyerhofer Los Alamos National Laboratory

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