Daniel B. Sinars

9.3k citations

173 papers · 7.5k · 4 hit papers · h-index 48

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
Radiation top 0.5%

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 150
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 148
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 39
Radiation 40
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques 26
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis 17

Co-authors: David A. Hammer (34 shared papers)T. A. Shelkovenko (31 shared papers)Sergey Pikuz (28 shared papers)M. E. Cuneo (47 shared papers)Kyle J. Peterson (24 shared papers)Stephen A. Slutz (12 shared papers)Katherine M. Chandler (15 shared papers)Mark Herrmann (15 shared papers)
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (54 papers)Physical Review Letters (21 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (19 papers)IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (9 papers)Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Russia

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Daniel B. Sinars

170 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Daniel B. Sinars's Hit Papers

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Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment 2024 · 247 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2024 Physical Review Letters
2022 Physical Review Letters
2014 Physical Review Letters
2010 Physics of Plasmas

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1	Pulsed-power-driven cylindrical liner implosions of laser preheated fuel magnetized with an axial field Physics of Plasmas ·Stephen A. Slutz, Mark Herrmann, Roger Alan Vesey, Adam B. Sefkow, Daniel B. Sinars, Dean C. Rovang, Kyle J. Peterson, M. E. Cuneo Hit paper breakdown →	2010	471
2	Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment Physical Review Letters ·H. Abu-Shawareb, Robert L. Acree, P. A. Adams, John J. Adams, B. Addis, Rieke Aden, Patrick Adrian, Bedros Afeyan Hit paper breakdown →	2022	369
3	Experimental Demonstration of Fusion-Relevant Conditions in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Physical Review Letters ·Matthew Gomez, Stephen A. Slutz, Adam B. Sefkow, Daniel B. Sinars, Kelly Hahn, Ole Per Hansen, Eric C. Harding, Patrick F. Knapp Hit paper breakdown →	2014	344
4	Pulsed-power-driven high energy density physics and inertial confinement fusion research Physics of Plasmas ·M. K. Matzen, M. A. Sweeney, R. G. Adams, J. R. Asay, J. E. Bailey, Guy R. Bennett, David E. Bliss, Douglas D. Bloomquist	2005	264
5	Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment Physical Review Letters ·H. Abu-Shawareb, Robert L. Acree, P. A. Adams, John J. Adams, B. Addis, Rieke Aden, Patrick Adrian, Bedros Afeyan Hit paper breakdown →	2024	247
6	Review of pulsed power-driven high energy density physics research on Z at Sandia Physics of Plasmas ·Daniel B. Sinars, M. A. Sweeney, C. S. Alexander, David Ampleford, Tommy Ao, J. P. Apruzese, C. Aragon, Darrell J. Armstrong	2020	179
7	Characteristics and scaling of tungsten-wire-array z -pinch implosion dynamics at 20 MA Physical Review E ·M. E. Cuneo, Eduardo M. Waisman, Sergey Lebedev, Jeremy Chittenden, W. A. Stygar, Gordon A. Chandler, Roger A. Vesey, Edmund P. Yu	2005	168
8	Radiographic and spectroscopic studies of X-pinch plasma implosion dynamics and x-ray burst emission characteristics Physics of Plasmas ·T. A. Shelkovenko, Daniel B. Sinars, Sergey Pikuz, David A. Hammer	2001	150
9	Measurements of Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth during the Implosion of Initially Solid Al Tubes Driven by the 20-MA, 100-ns Z Facility Physical Review Letters ·Daniel B. Sinars, Stephen A. Slutz, Mark Herrmann, Ryan McBride, M. E. Cuneo, Kyle J. Peterson, Roger A. Vesey, Charles Nakhleh	2010	140
10	Experiments measuring the initial energy deposition, expansion rates and morphology of exploding wires with about 1 kA/wire Physics of Plasmas ·Daniel B. Sinars, Min Hu, Katherine M. Chandler, T. A. Shelkovenko, Sergey Pikuz, John B. Greenly, David A. Hammer, Bruce Kusse	2001	135
11	Magnetically Driven Implosions for Inertial Confinement Fusion at Sandia National Laboratories IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·M. E. Cuneo, Mark Herrmann, Daniel B. Sinars, Stephen A. Slutz, W. A. Stygar, Roger A. Vesey, Adam B. Sefkow, Greg A. Rochau	2012	127
12	Conceptual designs of two petawatt-class pulsed-power accelerators for high-energy-density-physics experiments Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams ·W. A. Stygar, Thomas Awe, J. E. Bailey, Nichelle Bennett, E. W. Breden, E. Michael Campbell, Robert Emerson Clark, Robert Alan Cooper	2015	122
13	Multiphase Foamlike Structure of Exploding Wire Cores Physical Review Letters ·Sergey Pikuz, T. A. Shelkovenko, Daniel B. Sinars, John B. Greenly, Y. S. Dimant, David A. Hammer	1999	121
14	Design of magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments using the Z facility Physics of Plasmas ·Adam B. Sefkow, Stephen A. Slutz, Joseph M. Koning, Marty, Michael Marinak, Kyle J. Peterson, Daniel B. Sinars, Roger Alan Vesey	2014	119
15	Observations of Modified Three-Dimensional Instability Structure for Imploding z -Pinch Liners that are Premagnetized with an Axial Field Physical Review Letters ·Thomas Awe, Ryan McBride, C. A. Jennings, Derek C. Lamppa, Matthew Martin, Dean C. Rovang, Stephen A. Slutz, M. E. Cuneo	2013	111
16	Electrothermal instability growth in magnetically driven pulsed power liners Physics of Plasmas ·Kyle J. Peterson, Daniel B. Sinars, Edmund P. Yu, Mark Herrmann, M. E. Cuneo, Stephen A. Slutz, I. C. Smith, Briggs W. Atherton	2012	105
17	Penetrating Radiography of Imploding and Stagnating Beryllium Liners on the Z Accelerator Physical Review Letters ·Ryan McBride, Stephen A. Slutz, Christopher Jennings, Daniel B. Sinars, M. E. Cuneo, Mark Herrmann, R. W. Lemke, Matthew Martin	2012	103
18	Understanding Fuel Magnetization and Mix Using Secondary Nuclear Reactions in Magneto-Inertial Fusion Physical Review Letters ·Paul Schmit, P. F. Knapp, Ole Per Hansen, Matthew Gomez, Kelly Hahn, Daniel B. Sinars, Kara Peterson, S. A. Slutz	2014	102
19	Beryllium liner implosion experiments on the Z accelerator in preparation for magnetized liner inertial fusion Physics of Plasmas ·Ryan McBride, Matthew Martin, R. W. Lemke, John B. Greenly, Christopher Jennings, Dean C. Rovang, Daniel B. Sinars, M. E. Cuneo	2013	100
20	Measurements of magneto-Rayleigh–Taylor instability growth during the implosion of initially solid metal liners Physics of Plasmas ·Daniel B. Sinars, Stephen A. Slutz, Mark Herrmann, Ryan McBride, M. E. Cuneo, C. A. Jennings, Jeremy Chittenden, Alexander Velikovich	2011	98

About Daniel B. Sinars

Daniel B. Sinars is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 173 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (148 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (45 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (44 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (39 papers), Pulsed Power Technology Applications (29 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (26 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (19 papers) and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (6.1k citations), Radiation (1.2k citations), Geophysics (1.6k citations), Mechanics of Materials (2.1k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.1k citations). Daniel B. Sinars has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Frequent co-authors include David A. Hammer, T. A. Shelkovenko, Sergey Pikuz, M. E. Cuneo, Kyle J. Peterson, Stephen A. Slutz, Katherine M. Chandler, Mark Herrmann, Adam B. Sefkow and Roger Alan Vesey. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, Review of Scientific Instruments, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science and Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer.

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