Francois Anderegg [2001]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For experiments quantifying particle diffusion and heat transport due to long-range E B collisions in single species plasmas, and for the laser diagnostics and plasma control techniques which enabled these experiments.
Nominated by: DPP
Riccardo Betti [2001]
University of Rochester
Citation: For seminal contributions to the analytic theory and understanding of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability in inertial confinement fusion and Alfven eigenmodes in magnetic fusion energy research.
Nominated by: DPP
Boris N. Breizman [2001]
University of Texas
Citation: For the development of basic theories to describe a wide variety of nonlinear plasma phenomena and the corellation to experimental data.
Nominated by: DPP
Jill P. Dahlburg [2001]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For making pioneering advances in computational plasma physics, development of a full 3-D radiative transport hydrodynamic code, and the understanding of inertial confinement physics, especially Rayleigh-Taylor instability and ablation physics.
Nominated by: DPP
Siegfried H. Glenzer [2001]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For the development of Thomson Scattering for the diagnostics of high temperature inertial confinement fusion plasmas and for important contributions to understanding of plasma waves, atomic physics, and hydrodynamics of hot dense plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP
John A. Goree [2001]
University of Iowa
Citation: For pioneering contributions to the physics of dusty plasmas, including experimental and simulation studies of Coulomb crystal formation and structure, dust-acoustic waves, and the experimental discovery of Mach cones.
Nominated by: DPP
Margaret Galland Kivelson [2001]
University of California, Los Angeles
Citation: For numerous pioneering contributions connecting fundamental principles of plasma physics to spacecraft observations ranging from geomagnetic field line resonances to the discovery of the magnetic topology of Jupiter's moons.
Nominated by: DPP
Christine Labaune [2001]
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Citation: For the most comprehensive study of parametric instabilities in laser produced plasmas, using novel and advanced applications of Thomson Scattering.
Nominated by: DPP
Fred M. Levinton [2001]
Nova Photonic, Inc.
Citation: For his pioneering development of the Motional Stark Effect diagnostic technique for measuring local magnetic fields in a hot plasma and application of the technique to critical measurement of equilibrium, stability, and plasma turbulence suppression.
Nominated by: DPP
David H. Munro [2001]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For seminal contributions to the design of laser-driven Rayleigh-Taylor experiments, and to the analysis and design of shock-timing experiments for cryogenic inertial confinement fusion targets.
Nominated by: DPP
Abhijit Sen [2001]
Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
Citation: For outstanding contributions to lower hybrid / laser plasma interactions, nonlinear dynamics of coupled oscillators, physics of strongly coupled dusty plasmas and leadership of plasma research in India /developing world.
Nominated by: DPP
James Randall Wilson [2001]
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Citation: In recognition of his major pioneering contributions made to the application of and understanding of radio frequency heating and current drive in reactor grade deuterium and deuterium-tritium plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP