Thomas Awe

3.0k citations

79 papers · 2.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
Geophysics top 5%
- High-pressure geophysics and materials

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 69
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 65
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 42
Geophysics 16
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 15

Co-authors: Bruno Bauer (23 shared papers)Stephan Fuelling (14 shared papers)Edmund P. Yu (14 shared papers)Kyle J. Peterson (10 shared papers)Richard E. Siemon (14 shared papers)Kevin Yates (11 shared papers)Daniel B. Sinars (8 shared papers)Diana G. Schroen (2 shared papers)
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (27 papers)Physical Review Letters (8 papers)Journal of Fusion Energy (6 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (6 papers)IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia

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Thomas Awe

77 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Thomas Awe's Hit Papers

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Experimental Demonstration of Fusion-Relevant Conditions in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion 2014 · 344 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.

2014 Physical Review Letters

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1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Experimental Demonstration of the Stabilizing Effect of Dielectric Coatings on Magnetically Accelerated Imploding Metallic Liners Physical Review Letters ·Thomas Awe, Kyle J. Peterson, Edmund P. Yu, Ryan McBride, Daniel B. Sinars, Matthew Gomez, C. A. Jennings, Matthew Martin	2016	93
8	Electrothermal Instability Mitigation by Using Thick Dielectric Coatings on Magnetically Imploded Conductors Physical Review Letters ·Kyle J. Peterson, Thomas Awe, Edmund P. Yu, Daniel B. Sinars, Ella Suzanne Field, M. E. Cuneo, Mark Herrmann, Mark E. Savage	2014	92
9	Performance Scaling in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Experiments Physical Review Letters ·Matthew Gomez, S. A. Slutz, Christopher Jennings, David Ampleford, Matthew R. Weis, Clayton E. Myers, David A. Yager-Elorriaga, Kelly Hahn	2020	83
10	Modified helix-like instability structure on imploding z-pinch liners that are pre-imposed with a uniform axial magnetic field Physics of Plasmas ·Thomas Awe, C. A. Jennings, Ryan McBride, M. E. Cuneo, Derek C. Lamppa, Matthew Martin, Dean C. Rovang, Daniel B. Sinars	2014	79
11	Demonstration of thermonuclear conditions in magnetized liner inertial fusion experimentsa) Physics of Plasmas ·Matthew Gomez, S. A. Slutz, Adam B. Sefkow, Kelly Hahn, Ole Per Hansen, Patrick F. Knapp, Paul Schmit, Chris Ruiz	2015	74
12	An overview of magneto-inertial fusion on the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories Nuclear Fusion ·David A. Yager-Elorriaga, Matthew Gomez, Daniel Ruiz, Stephen A. Slutz, Adam J. Harvey-Thompson, C. A. Jennings, Patrick F. Knapp, Paul Schmit	2021	60
13	Spherically Imploding Plasma Liners as a Standoff Driver for Magnetoinertial Fusion IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·Scott Hsu, Thomas Awe, Samuel Brockington, Andrew Case, Jason T. Cassibry, Grigory Kagan, Sarah J. Messer, Miloš Stanić	2012	59
14	Pulsed-coil magnet systems for applying uniform 10–30 T fields to centimeter-scale targets on Sandia's Z facility Review of Scientific Instruments ·Dean C. Rovang, Derek C. Lamppa, M. E. Cuneo, A. C. Owen, JOHN L. MCKENNEY, Drew W. Johnson, S. Radovich, R.J. Kaye	2014	58
15	Effects of magnetization on fusion product trapping and secondary neutron spectra Physics of Plasmas ·Patrick F. Knapp, Paul Schmit, Stephanie B. Hansen, Matthew Gomez, Kelly Hahn, Daniel B. Sinars, Kyle J. Peterson, Stephen A. Slutz	2015	46
16	On the Evolution From Micrometer-Scale Inhomogeneity to Global Overheated Structure During the Intense Joule Heating of a z-Pinch Rod IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·Thomas Awe, Edmund P. Yu, Kevin Yates, W. Graham Yelton, Bruno Bauer, Trevor M. Hutchinson, Stephan Fuelling, Bonnie Beth McKenzie	2017	44
17	Experimental characterization of railgun-driven supersonic plasma jets motivated by high energy density physics applications Physics of Plasmas ·Scott Hsu, Elizabeth Merritt, Auna Moser, Thomas Awe, Samuel Brockington, Joel Davis, C. S. Adams, Andrew Case	2012	41
18	Assessing Stagnation Conditions and Identifying Trends in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·Matthew Gomez, Stephen A. Slutz, Patrick F. Knapp, Kelly Hahn, Matthew R. Weis, Eric C. Harding, Matthias Geissel, Jeffrey Fein	2019	40
19	Enhancing performance of magnetized liner inertial fusion at the Z facility Physics of Plasmas ·Stephen A. Slutz, Matthew Gomez, Stephanie B. Hansen, Eric C. Harding, Brian Hutsel, Patrick F. Knapp, Derek C. Lamppa, Thomas Awe	2018	40
20	Diagnosing magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments on Za) Physics of Plasmas ·Ole Per Hansen, Matthew Gomez, Adam B. Sefkow, Stephen A. Slutz, Daniel B. Sinars, Kelly Hahn, Eric C. Harding, Patrick F. Knapp	2015	39

About Thomas Awe

Thomas Awe is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 79 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (65 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (42 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (19 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (15 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (9 papers), Pulsed Power Technology Applications (9 papers) and Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.9k citations), Geophysics (552 citations), Mechanics of Materials (584 citations), Radiation (182 citations) and Control and Systems Engineering (434 citations). Thomas Awe has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Bruno Bauer, Stephan Fuelling, Edmund P. Yu, Kyle J. Peterson, Richard E. Siemon, Kevin Yates, Daniel B. Sinars, Diana G. Schroen, Stephen A. Slutz and Brian Hutsel. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fusion Energy, Review of Scientific Instruments and IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.

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