F. Douglas Witherspoon

628 total citations
48 papers, 451 citations indexed

About

F. Douglas Witherspoon is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Douglas Witherspoon has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 451 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 19 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in F. Douglas Witherspoon's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (25 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (25 papers) and Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (23 papers). F. Douglas Witherspoon is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (25 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (25 papers) and Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (23 papers). F. Douglas Witherspoon collaborates with scholars based in United States. F. Douglas Witherspoon's co-authors include Rodney Burton, A. Case, Sarah Messer, Jason Cassibry, Samuel Brockington, Scott Hsu, Shyke A. Goldstein, R. C. Elton, Michael Phillips and Miloš Stanić and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

F. Douglas Witherspoon

42 papers receiving 377 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. Douglas Witherspoon United States 13 313 157 154 100 97 48 451
M. Dorf United States 13 365 1.2× 194 1.2× 156 1.0× 96 1.0× 37 0.4× 54 450
C. Thoma United States 15 349 1.1× 154 1.0× 210 1.4× 68 0.7× 109 1.1× 38 534
A. Case United States 9 317 1.0× 67 0.4× 91 0.6× 140 1.4× 56 0.6× 33 364
S. F. Garanin Russia 12 259 0.8× 80 0.5× 98 0.6× 42 0.4× 100 1.0× 71 346
W.L. Waldron United States 11 240 0.8× 229 1.5× 210 1.4× 36 0.4× 56 0.6× 73 471
R.E. Peterkin United States 10 186 0.6× 108 0.7× 145 0.9× 61 0.6× 51 0.5× 44 340
Michl Binderbauer United States 13 400 1.3× 114 0.7× 104 0.7× 133 1.3× 41 0.4× 45 471
P.-A. Gourdain United States 12 403 1.3× 73 0.5× 54 0.4× 183 1.8× 92 0.9× 61 466
T. J. Awe United States 14 513 1.6× 124 0.8× 118 0.8× 59 0.6× 200 2.1× 51 602
E. V. Grabovski Russia 14 361 1.2× 83 0.5× 71 0.5× 47 0.5× 160 1.6× 57 440

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chu, F., Alfred E. Brown, G. A. Wurden, et al.. (2024). Formation of a spherical plasma liner for plasma-jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion. Physics of Plasmas. 31(10). 1 indexed citations
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Witherspoon, F. Douglas, et al.. (2019). Coaxial Plasma Gun Development for Plasma-Jet Driven Magneto-inertial Fusion (PJMIF). Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 3 indexed citations
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Case, A. W., et al.. (2018). A New Pre-Ionization Technique for the HJ1 Coaxial Plasma Gun for PJMIF. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Dunn, James P., et al.. (2017). Characterizing an octant of a spherically imploding plasma liner as an MIF driver. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Hsu, Scott, Samuel Brockington, A. Case, et al.. (2017). Experiment to Form and Characterize a Section of a Spherically Imploding Plasma Liner. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 46(6). 1951–1961. 20 indexed citations
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Cassibry, Jason, et al.. (2014). Ram-pressure scaling and non-uniformity characterization of a spherically imploding liner formed by hypervelocity plasma jets. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014.
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Brockington, Samuel, et al.. (2012). The HyperV 8000 $\mu g$, 50 km/s Plasma Railgun for PLX. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 54. 1 indexed citations
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Hsu, Scott, T. J. Awe, Samuel Brockington, et al.. (2012). Spherically Imploding Plasma Liners as a Standoff Driver for Magnetoinertial Fusion. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 40(5). 1287–1298. 56 indexed citations
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Witherspoon, F. Douglas, Samuel Brockington, Sarah Messer, et al.. (2011). Development of MiniRailguns for the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX). Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 53. 1 indexed citations
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Case, A., et al.. (2011). High Speed Argon Plasma Jet Merging Studies In Support of PLX. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Hsu, Scott, T. J. Awe, D.S. Hanna, et al.. (2011). Imploding plasma liners as a standoff driver for magneto-inertial fusion. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 77. 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Cassibry, Jason, T. J. Awe, D.S. Hanna, et al.. (2010). Theory and Modeling of the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX). Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 52. 1 indexed citations
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Hsu, Scott, et al.. (2009). Overview of the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX). Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 51. 2 indexed citations
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Witherspoon, F. Douglas, A. Case, Sarah Messer, et al.. (2009). Plasma Guns for the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX). Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 51. 1 indexed citations
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Messer, Sarah, et al.. (2009). Fast pressure probe measurements of a high-velocity plasma plume. Physics of Plasmas. 16(6). 8 indexed citations
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Witherspoon, F. Douglas, et al.. (2007). Overview and Recent Results from the HyperV Plasma Gun. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 49. 1 indexed citations
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Case, A., et al.. (2006). Dense Hypervelocity Plasma Jets. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 48. 3 indexed citations
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Chinitz, W., et al.. (1992). High pressure hypervelocity electrothermal wind tunnel performance study and subscale tests. 30th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 2. 2 indexed citations
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Burton, Rodney, et al.. (1990). Heating of a Liquid/Vapor Mixture by a Pulsed Electric Discharge. 4 indexed citations
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Witherspoon, F. Douglas, Rodney Burton, & Shyke A. Goldstein. (1989). Railgun experiments with Lexan insulators. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 17(3). 353–359. 19 indexed citations

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