B. A. Nelson

2.8k citations

108 papers · 1.1k · h-index 19

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 88
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 85
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 25
Astronomy and Astrophysics 32
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 27
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 9

Co-authors: T. R. Jarboe (56 shared papers)U. Shumlak (31 shared papers)R.P. Golingo (16 shared papers)A. J. Redd (17 shared papers)R. J. Smith (15 shared papers)R. Raman (26 shared papers)D. J. Den Hartog (6 shared papers)N. Hershkowitz (9 shared papers)
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (19 papers)Nuclear Fusion (11 papers)Journal of Fusion Energy (10 papers)Fusion Science & Technology (9 papers)Physical Review Letters (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Switzerland

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1	Evidence of Stabilization in theZ-Pinch Physical Review Letters ·U. Shumlak, R.P. Golingo, B. A. Nelson, D. J. Den Hartog	2001	79
2	Self-emissive probes Review of Scientific Instruments ·N. Hershkowitz, B. A. Nelson, James Pew, D. Gates	1983	50
3	Sheared flow stabilization experiments in the ZaP flow Z pinch Physics of Plasmas ·U. Shumlak, B. A. Nelson, R.P. Golingo, S. L. Jackson, E. A. Crawford, D. J. Den Hartog	2003	49
4	Demonstration of Plasma Startup by Coaxial Helicity Injection Physical Review Letters ·R. Raman, T. R. Jarboe, B. A. Nelson, V.A. Izzo, R. G. O’Neill, A. J. Redd, R. J. Smith	2003	47
5	Formation of a sheared flow Z pinch Physics of Plasmas ·R.P. Golingo, U. Shumlak, B. A. Nelson	2005	44
6	Experimental observations of self-similar plasma expansion The Physics of Fluids ·Chung Chan, N. Hershkowitz, Alberto Ferreira, T. Intrator, B. A. Nelson, Karl E. Lonngren	1984	44
7	Sustained Neutron Production from a Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z Pinch Physical Review Letters ·Y. Zhang, U. Shumlak, B. A. Nelson, R.P. Golingo, T. R. Weber, A.D. Stepanov, E.L. Claveau, Eleanor Forbes, Z. T. Draper, James Mitrani, H. S. McLean, Kurt Tummel, D. P. Higginson, C. M. Cooper	2019	39
8	Results from current drive experiments on the Helicity Injected Torus Physics of Plasmas ·T. R. Jarboe, M. A. Bohnet, A. T. Mattick, B. A. Nelson, D. J. Orvis	1998	38
9	Spheromak Formation by Steady Inductive Helicity Injection Physical Review Letters ·T. R. Jarboe, W. T. Hamp, G.J. Marklin, B. A. Nelson, R. G. O’Neill, A. J. Redd, P. E. Sieck, R. J. Smith, J.S. Wrobel	2006	37
10	Efficient Generation of Closed Magnetic Flux Surfaces in a Large Spherical Tokamak Using Coaxial Helicity Injection Physical Review Letters ·R. Raman, B. A. Nelson, M.G. Bell, T. R. Jarboe, D. Mueller, T. S. Bigelow, B. LeBlanc, R. Maqueda, J. Ménard, M. Ono, R. Wilson	2006	36
11	Equilibrium, flow shear and stability measurements in the Z-pinch Nuclear Fusion ·U. Shumlak, C. S. Adams, J. M. Blakely, B. J. Chan, R.P. Golingo, Sean D. Knecht, B. A. Nelson, R.J. Oberto, M. R. Sybouts, G. V. Vogman	2009	36
12	Demonstration of Tokamak Ohmic Flux Saving by Transient Coaxial Helicity Injection in the National Spherical Torus Experiment Physical Review Letters ·R. Raman, D. Mueller, B. A. Nelson, T. R. Jarboe, S. Gerhardt, H. Kugel, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Maingi, J. Ménard, M. Ono, S. Paul, L. Roquemore, S.A. Sabbagh, V. Soukhanovskii	2010	33
13	Current drive experiments in the helicity injected torus (HIT-II) Physics of Plasmas ·A. J. Redd, B. A. Nelson, T. R. Jarboe, P. Gu, R. Raman, R. J. Smith, K. J. McCollam	2002	32
14	Enhancement of the Plasma Potential by Fluctuating Electric Fields near the Ion Cyclotron Frequency Physical Review Letters ·N. Hershkowitz, B. A. Nelson, J. R. Johnson, J. R. Ferron, H. Persing, Chi Hou Chan, S. N. Golovato, J. D. Callen, J.T. Woo	1985	26
15	Imposed-dynamo current drive Nuclear Fusion ·T. R. Jarboe, B.S. Victor, B. A. Nelson, C. Hansen, C. Akçay, D.A. Ennis, N. Hicks, Aaron Hossack, G.J. Marklin, R. J. Smith	2012	22
16	Non-inductive solenoid-less plasma current startup in NSTX using transient CHI Nuclear Fusion ·R. Raman, D. Mueller, T. R. Jarboe, B. A. Nelson, M.G. Bell, M. Ono, T. S. Bigelow, R. Kaita, B. LeBlanc, K.C. Lee, R. Maqueda, J. Ménard, S. Paul, L. Roquemore	2007	21
17	Secondary electron emission-capacitive probes for plasma potential measurements in plasmas with hot electrons Journal of Applied Physics ·En Yao Wang, N. Hershkowitz, D. Diebold, T. Intrator, R. Majeski, H. Persing, Greg Severn, B. A. Nelson, Y. J. Wen	1987	21
18	Flux amplification in Helicity Injected Torus (HIT–II) coaxial helicity injection discharges Physics of Plasmas ·A. J. Redd, T. R. Jarboe, W. T. Hamp, B. A. Nelson, R. G. O’Neill, R. J. Smith	2008	20
19	The Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Science & Technology ·U. Shumlak, Joshua Chadney, R.P. Golingo, D. J. Den Hartog, M.C. Hughes, Sean D. Knecht, Weston Lowrie, V. S. Lukin, B. A. Nelson, R.J. Oberto, J.L. Rohrbach, M. P. Ross, G. V. Vogman	2012	18
20	Non-inductive plasma start-up on NSTX and projections to NSTX-U using transient CHI Nuclear Fusion ·R. Raman, D. Mueller, S.C. Jardin, T. R. Jarboe, B. A. Nelson, Michael G.H. Bell, S. P. Gerhardt, E. B. Hooper, S. Kaye, C. Kessel, J. Ménard, M. Ono, V. Soukhanovskii	2013	17

About B. A. Nelson

B. A. Nelson is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry, having authored 108 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (85 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (27 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (26 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (25 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (22 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (22 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (20 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (957 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (466 citations), Aerospace Engineering (226 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (152 citations) and Materials Chemistry (223 citations). B. A. Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include T. R. Jarboe, U. Shumlak, R.P. Golingo, A. J. Redd, R. J. Smith, R. Raman, D. J. Den Hartog, N. Hershkowitz, V.A. Izzo and D. Gates. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Nuclear Fusion, Journal of Fusion Energy, Fusion Science & Technology and Physical Review Letters.

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