David J. Ampleford

4.5k citations

163 papers · 3.6k · 2 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
Control and Systems Engineering top 0.5%
- Pulsed Power Technology Applications

Papers in

Control and Systems Engineering 72
- Pulsed Power Technology Applications 72
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 39
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 38
- Particle Detector Development and Performance 1

Co-authors: J. P. Chittenden (44 shared papers)S. N. Bland (43 shared papers)S. V. Lebedev (38 shared papers)Simon C. Bott (32 shared papers)A. Ciardi (22 shared papers)C. A. Jennings (21 shared papers)Gareth N. Hall (28 shared papers)Adam Frank (13 shared papers)
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (42 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (29 papers)IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (20 papers)Physical Review Letters (11 papers)High Energy Density Physics (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

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David J. Ampleford

156 papers receiving 3.5k citations

David J. Ampleford's Hit Papers

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Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment 2024 · 258 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

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1	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, P. J. Adrian, Bedros B. Afeyan, M. Aggleton Hit paper breakdown →	2022	381
2	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, P. J. Adrian, Bedros B. Afeyan, M. Aggleton Hit paper breakdown →	2024	258
3	Review of pulsed power-driven high energy density physics research on Z at Sandia Physics of Plasmas ·Daniel B. Sinars, M. A. Sweeney, C. Scott Alexander, David J. Ampleford, Tommy Ao, J. P. Apruzese, Darrell J. Armstrong, Kevin Austin	2020	182
4	Laboratory Astrophysics and Collimated Stellar Outflows: The Production of Radiatively Cooled Hypersonic Plasma Jets The Astrophysical Journal ·S. V. Lebedev, J. P. Chittenden, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland, A. Ciardi, David J. Ampleford, M. G. Haines, Adam Frank	2002	160
5	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	131
6	Magnetic tower outflows from a radial wire array Z-pinch Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·S. V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, David J. Ampleford, S. N. Bland, Simon C. Bott, J. P. Chittenden, Gareth N. Hall, J. Rapley	2005	121
7	Performance Scaling in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Experiments Physical Review Letters ·M. R. Gómez, S. A. Slutz, Christopher Jennings, David J. Ampleford, Matthew R. Weis, Clayton E. Myers, David A. Yager-Elorriaga, Kelly Hahn	2020	94
8	Physics of wire array Z-pinch implosions: experiments at Imperial College Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·S. V. Lebedev, David J. Ampleford, S. N. Bland, Simon C. Bott, J. P. Chittenden, J.R. Goyer, C. A. Jennings, M. G. Haines	2005	87
9	Jet Deflection via Crosswinds: Laboratory Astrophysical Studies The Astrophysical Journal ·S. V. Lebedev, David J. Ampleford, A. Ciardi, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, M. G. Haines, Adam Frank, Eric G. Blackman	2004	68
10	X-ray power and yield measurements at the refurbished Z machine Review of Scientific Instruments ·Michael C. Jones, David J. Ampleford, M. E. Cuneo, Robert James Hohlfelder, Christopher Jennings, B. Jones, M. R. López, James MacArthur	2014	66
11	Production of radiatively cooled hypersonic plasma jets and links to astrophysical jets Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·S. V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, David J. Ampleford, S. N. Bland, Simon C. Bott, J. P. Chittenden, Gareth N. Hall, J. Rapley	2005	62
12	An overview of magneto-inertial fusion on the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories Nuclear Fusion ·David A. Yager-Elorriaga, M. R. Gómez, D. E. Ruiz, Stephen A. Slutz, Adam J. Harvey-Thompson, C. A. Jennings, Patrick F. Knapp, Paul Schmit	2021	62
13	Dynamics of cylindrically converging precursor plasma flow in wire-array Z -pinch experiments Physical Review E ·Simon C. Bott, S. V. Lebedev, David J. Ampleford, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, A. Ciardi, M. G. Haines, C. A. Jennings	2006	60
14	Simulations of the implosion and stagnation of compact wire arrays Physics of Plasmas ·C. A. Jennings, M. E. Cuneo, Eduardo M. Waisman, Daniel B. Sinars, David J. Ampleford, G. R. Bennett, W. A. Stygar, J. P. Chittenden	2010	56
15	Circuit Model for Driving Three-Dimensional Resistive MHD Wire Array $Z$-Pinch Calculations IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·C. A. Jennings, J. P. Chittenden, M. E. Cuneo, W. A. Stygar, David J. Ampleford, Eduardo M. Waisman, Michael C. Jones, Mark E. Savage	2010	48
16	K-shell X-ray sources at the Z Accelerator High Energy Density Physics ·Christine A. Coverdale, B. Jones, David J. Ampleford, J. P. Chittenden, C. A. Jennings, J. Ward Thornhill, J. P. Apruzese, Robert W. Clark	2010	45
17	Enhancing performance of magnetized liner inertial fusion at the Z facility Physics of Plasmas ·Stephen A. Slutz, M. R. Gómez, Stephanie B. Hansen, Eric C. Harding, Brian Hutsel, Patrick F. Knapp, Derek C. Lamppa, T. J. Awe	2018	44
18	Assessing Stagnation Conditions and Identifying Trends in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·M. R. Gómez, Stephen A. Slutz, Patrick F. Knapp, Kelly Hahn, Matthew R. Weis, Eric C. Harding, Matthias Geißel, Jeffrey Fein	2019	42
19	Supersonic Radiatively Cooled Rotating Flows and Jets in the Laboratory Physical Review Letters ·David J. Ampleford, Sergei Lebedev, A. Ciardi, S. N. Bland, Simon C. Bott, Gareth N. Hall, Nabila Naz, C. A. Jennings	2008	40
20	Planar Wire-Array Z -Pinch Implosion Dynamics and X-Ray Scaling at Multiple-MA Drive Currents for a Compact Multisource Hohlraum Configuration Physical Review Letters ·B. Jones, David J. Ampleford, Roger Alan Vesey, M. E. Cuneo, Christine A. Coverdale, Eduardo M. Waisman, Michael C. Jones, William E. Fowler	2010	40

About David J. Ampleford

David J. Ampleford is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear Energy and Engineering, having authored 163 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pulsed Power Technology Applications (72 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (38 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (3 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (3 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (2 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (1 paper), Particle Detector Development and Performance (1 paper) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.2k citations), Control and Systems Engineering (1.2k citations), Radiation (57 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (157 citations) and Computational Mechanics (48 citations). David J. Ampleford has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include J. P. Chittenden, S. N. Bland, S. V. Lebedev, Simon C. Bott, A. Ciardi, C. A. Jennings, Gareth N. Hall, Adam Frank, M. E. Cuneo and Eric G. Blackman. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Review of Scientific Instruments, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Physical Review Letters and High Energy Density Physics.

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