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  • 1993 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the analysis of nonlinear phenomena in plasma and electron beams.
  • 1980 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation None

Overview

Wallace M. Manheimer is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within Physics and Astronomy, with a concentration on Nuclear and High Energy Physics. The subfields they have worked extensively in include Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research interests cover several main topics including Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research, Fusion Materials and Technologies, Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering, Laser Design and Applications, Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions, as well as Nuclear Materials and Properties.

Manheimer has co-authored work with researchers such as D. Colombant.

The scientist has published in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Open Journal of Applied Sciences
  • Journal of Sustainable Development
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • Physics Today

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Civilization Needs Sustainable Energy - Fusion Breeding May Be Best", 2022, Journal of Sustainable Development
  • "Fusion breeding for mid-century, sustainable, carbon free power", 2020, Heliyon
  • "Fusion breeding as an approach to sustainable energy", 2020, Discover Sustainability
  • "Analytic insights into nonlocal energy transport. III. steady state Fokker Planck theory in spherical and planar geometry", 2021, Physics of Plasmas
  • "Leaving politics aside", 2021, Physics Today

Wallace M. Manheimer has been recognized with awards including being named an IEEE Fellow in 1993 for contributions to the analysis of nonlinear phenomena in plasma and electron beams.

Additionally, they were elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1980.

Best Publications

  • The Non-Linear Theory of Free Electron Lasers and Efficiency Enhancement

    P. Sprangle;Cha-Mei Tang;W. M. Manheimer

  • Steady‐state planar ablative flow

    W. M. Manheimer;D. G. Colombant;J. H. Gardner

  • Energy flux limitation by ion acoustic turbulence in laser fusion schemes

    Wallace M. Manheimer

  • Theory and simulation of the beam cyclotron instability.

    M. Lampe;W. M. Manheimer;J. B. McBride;J. H. Orens

  • Spheromak tilting instability in cylindrical geometry

    John M. Finn;Wallace M. Manheimer;Edward Ott

  • Theory of Microwave Emission by Velocity-Space Instabilities of an Intense Relativistic Electron Beam

    Edward Ott;Wallace M. Manheimer

  • Theoretical overview of the large area plasma processing system (LAPPS)

    W.M. Manheimer;R. Fernsler;M. Lampe;R. Meger

  • Parametric Instabilities Induced by the Coupling of High and Low Frequency Plasma Modes

    Wallace M. Manheimer;Edward Ott

  • Langevin Representation of Coulomb Collisions in PIC Simulations

    Wallace M. Manheimer;Martin Lampe;Glenn Joyce

  • Nonlinear Formulation and Efficiency Enhancement of Free-Electron Lasers

    P. Sprangle;Cha-Mei Tang;W. M. Manheimer

  • Production of large-area plasmas by electron beams

    R. F. Fernsler;W. M. Manheimer;R. A. Meger;J. Mathew

  • Enhanced transport across laser generated magnetic fields

    Claire Ellen Max;Wallace M. Manheimer;J. J. Thomson

  • Plasma reflectors for electronic beam steering in radar systems

    W.M. Manheimer

  • Performance of direct-drive cryogenic targets on OMEGA

    V. N. Goncharov;T. C. Sangster;P. B. Radha;R. Betti

  • Transmission of intense femtosecond laser pulses into dielectrics.

    J R Peñano;P Sprangle;B Hafizi;W Manheimer

  • Nonlinear Development of the Beam-Cyclotron Instability

    M. Lampe;W. M. Manheimer;J. B. McBride;J. H. Orens

  • Coherent nonlinear theory of a cyclotron instability

    P. Sprangle;Wallace M. Manheimer

  • Theory of the quasioptical electron cyclotron maser

    P. Sprangle;J. L. Vomvoridis;W. M. Manheimer

  • Time-Dependent Multimode Simulation of Gyrotron Oscillators

    A. W. Fliflet;R. C. Lee;S. H. Gold;W. M. Manheimer

  • Electromagnetic wave propagation in inhomogeneous plasmas

    Thomas M. Antonsen;Wallace M. Manheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward Ott
Edward Ott University of Maryland, College Park
Thomas M. Antonsen
Thomas M. Antonsen University of Maryland, College Park
Phillip Sprangle
Phillip Sprangle University of Maryland, College Park
Baruch Levush
Baruch Levush United States Naval Research Laboratory
Victor L. Granatstein
Victor L. Granatstein University of Maryland, College Park
Kwo Ray Chu
Kwo Ray Chu National Taiwan University
Jay P. Boris
Jay P. Boris United States Naval Research Laboratory
C. Stoeckl
C. Stoeckl University of Rochester
J. P. Knauer
J. P. Knauer University of Rochester
D. D. Meyerhofer
D. D. Meyerhofer Los Alamos National Laboratory

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