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Plasma Instabilities

Plasma Instabilities is a physical phenomenon characterized by the spontaneous growth of perturbations in a plasma due to inherent imbalances in forces or energy distributions, leading to deviations from equilibrium states.

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Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators

E. Esarey, C. B. Schroeder, Wim Leemans · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2009 · 2.5K citations

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Absorption of ultra-intense laser pulses

S. C. Wilks, W. L. Kruer, M. Tabak et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1992 · 1.8K citations

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Collective instabilities and high-gain regime in a free electron laser

R. Bonifacio, C. Pellegrini, L. M. Narducci · Optics Communications · 1984 · 1.5K citations

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Instability of the interface of two gases accelerated by a shock wave

E. E. Meshkov · Fluid Dynamics · 1969 · 1.5K citations

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Strongly coupled plasmas: high-density classical plasmas and degenerate electron liquids

Setsuo Ichimaru · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1982 · 1.4K citations

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  1. SP
    S. Peter Gary

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    116 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. MN
    M. N. Rosenbluth

    Institute for Advanced Study, United States

    75 publications · 8.5K citations

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  3. DW
    D. Winske

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    69 publications · 3.8K citations

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  4. EJ
    E. J. Strait

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    56 publications · 3.9K citations

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  5. PK
    P. K. Shukla

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    105 publications · 3.7K citations

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  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    90 h-index

    1.6K publications

    108.2K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    84 h-index

    1.2K publications

    90.5K citations

  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    71 h-index

    890 publications

    53.4K citations

  4. General Atomics (United States)

    San Diego, United States

    68 h-index

    983 publications

    65.6K citations

  5. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Livermore, United States

    64 h-index

    915 publications

    50.3K citations

  6. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    63 h-index

    672 publications

    37K citations

  7. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    60 h-index

    553 publications

    28.2K citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    59 h-index

    456 publications

    21.8K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 822 publications · 55.3K citations

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  2. The Physics of Fluids

    955 publications · 51.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 568 publications · 31.9K citations

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  4. Physics of Plasmas

    1.7K publications · 59.7K citations

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  5. Nuclear Fusion

    649 publications · 28K citations

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