Barbara Abraham-Shrauner [1999]
Washington University in St. Louis
Citation: For important theoretical contributions to a broad range of plasma topics, including: space plasmas, nonlinear dynamics, and plasma processing.
Nominated by: DPP
John Patrick Apruzese [1999]
Naval Research Laboratory
Citation: For significant and original studies of radiation in dense plasmas and the theory of plasma x-ray lasers.
Nominated by: DPP
Christopher Deeney [1999]
Sandia National Laboratories
Citation: For a series of contributions that coupled theory and experiments to increase the understanding of z-pinch physics, resulting in increased x-ray energy and power.
Nominated by: DPP
Amnon Fruchtman [1999]
Holon Institute of Technology
Citation: For original theoretical contributions to the phenomenon of fast magnetic field penetration into plasmas due to the Hall field, and to the theory of free electron lasers.
Nominated by: DPP
Alan Herbert Glasser [1999]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For contributions to the theory of toroidal ideal and resistive magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and their applications to plasma confinement for magnetic fusion energy research.
Nominated by: DPP
Steven Paul Hirshman [1999]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of neoclassical transport in toroidal plasmas, theory and computation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional MHD equilibrium, and for analysis and optimization of three-dimensional toroidal systems.
Nominated by: DPP
Michael E. Jones [1999]
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation: For the development of novel particle-in-cell simulation methods and their use in the study of the generation, transport, and stability of intense charged particle beams and plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP
Michael Hannam Key [1999]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For experimental work in laser plasma inertial confinement fusion including x-ray laser backlighting and x-ray lasers.
Nominated by: DPP
Sergei I. Krasheninnikov [1999]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation: For his contributions to the understanding of tokamak edge plasmas and atomic physics effects, long mean free path electron transports, and the influence of sheared electric fields on particle orbits.
Nominated by: DPP
Robert Lynn Miller [1999]
General Atomics
Citation: For original studies in optimizing magnetic configurations to improve plasma performance covering many advanced fusion devices including the discovery of a high beta noncircular tokamak with large indentation.
Nominated by: DPP
Frederick N. Skiff [1999]
University of Iowa
Citation: For fundamental experiments on wave-particle interactions and the development of experimental techniques using laser-induced florescence.
Nominated by: DPP
Peter Eric Young [1999]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For his experimental work on filamentation and channel formation of intense laser beams in laser-produced plasmas.
Nominated by: DPP