H.H. Towner

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 894 citations indexed

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H.H. Towner is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, H.H. Towner has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 894 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in H.H. Towner's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (17 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (11 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (4 papers). H.H. Towner is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (17 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (11 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (4 papers). H.H. Towner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Japan. H.H. Towner's co-authors include R.J. Goldston, S. Davis, R.J. Hawryluk, D. McCune, G. Schmidt, H.P. Eubank, S. Suckewer, N. Sauthoff, H. S. Story and D.L. Jassby and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

H.H. Towner

18 papers receiving 833 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

New techniques for calculating heat and particle source rates due to neutral beam injection in axisymmetric tokamaks

1981 437 citations R.J. Goldston, D. McCune et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
H.H. Towner United States	12	824	356	346	275	172	20	894
P.H. Edmonds United States	17	679 0.8×	220 0.6×	305 0.9×	226 0.8×	109 0.6×	51	762
F. C. Jobes United States	11	614 0.7×	245 0.7×	153 0.4×	197 0.7×	104 0.6×	21	676
Y. Terumichi Japan	19	910 1.1×	475 1.3×	187 0.5×	339 1.2×	171 1.0×	88	1.0k
E. Meservey United States	17	756 0.9×	285 0.8×	231 0.7×	187 0.7×	117 0.7×	27	916
M. Keilhacker Germany	21	930 1.1×	316 0.9×	564 1.6×	156 0.6×	242 1.4×	53	1.0k
B. Saoutic France	16	634 0.8×	212 0.6×	262 0.8×	216 0.8×	155 0.9×	38	742
E. J. Synakowski United States	19	1.1k 1.4×	558 1.6×	460 1.3×	230 0.8×	212 1.2×	40	1.2k
C. Gowers United Kingdom	18	946 1.1×	378 1.1×	459 1.3×	161 0.6×	221 1.3×	42	1.0k
K. Tani Japan	17	1.1k 1.3×	472 1.3×	459 1.3×	320 1.2×	390 2.3×	64	1.1k
T. Obiki Japan	17	948 1.2×	493 1.4×	285 0.8×	281 1.0×	163 0.9×	106	1.1k

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Shirai, Hiroshi, T. Hirayáma, Y. Koide, et al.. (1994). Ion temperature profile simulation of JT-60 and TFTR plasmas with ion temperature gradient mode transport models. Nuclear Fusion. 34(5). 703–727. 6 indexed citations

Murphy, John A., S.D. Scott, & H.H. Towner. (1992). Preparing diagnostic data for the s n a p transport code. Review of Scientific Instruments. 63(10). 4750–4752. 3 indexed citations

Towner, H.H., R.J. Goldston, G. W. Hammett, et al.. (1992). Data analysis on TFTR using the SNAP transport code. Review of Scientific Instruments. 63(10). 4753–4756. 28 indexed citations

Bush, C. E., J. Schivell, J.D. Strachan, et al.. (1990). Ohmic and neutral beam heated detached plasmas on TFTR. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 176-177. 786–791. 13 indexed citations

Fonck, R.J., Robert B. Howell, K. Jaehnig, et al.. (1989). Ion thermal confinement in the enhanced-confinement regime of the TFTR tokamak. Physical Review Letters. 63(5). 520–523. 49 indexed citations

Bush, C. E., J. Schivell, R. Budny, et al.. (1988). Measurements using tangentially viewing bolometers on TFTR. Review of Scientific Instruments. 59(8). 1869–1871. 1 indexed citations

Kaita, R., P. Beiersdörfer, S. Kaye, et al.. (1985). Charge-exchange measurements of beam ion thermalization in MHD-quiescent plasmas in the poloidal divertor experiment. Nuclear Fusion. 25(8). 939–952. 11 indexed citations

Suckewer, S., et al.. (1981). Toroidal plasma rotation in the PLT tokamak with neutral-beam injection. Nuclear Fusion. 21(10). 1301–1309. 93 indexed citations

Towner, H.H., et al.. (1981). Effects of toroidal field ripple on suprathermal ions in tokamak plasmas. Journal of Plasma Physics. 26(2). 283–307. 85 indexed citations

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Goldston, R.J., D. McCune, H.H. Towner, et al.. (1981). New techniques for calculating heat and particle source rates due to neutral beam injection in axisymmetric tokamaks. Journal of Computational Physics. 43(1). 61–78. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Strachan, J.D., P. Colestock, S. Davis, et al.. (1981). Fusion neutron production during deuterium neutral-beam injection into the PLT tokamak. Nuclear Fusion. 21(1). 67–81. 71 indexed citations

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Goldston, R.J. & H.H. Towner. (1980). Generalization of Connor and Hastie's ripple-trapping coefficient, G(α). Nuclear Fusion. 20(6). 781–783. 5 indexed citations

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Strachan, J., A. Bhattacharjee, D.L. Jassby, & H.H. Towner. (1978). Neutron emission profiles in the beam-heated Princeton large tokamak. Physics Letters A. 66(4). 295–298. 16 indexed citations

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Jassby, D.L., H.H. Towner, & R.J. Goldston. (1978). Reduced fusion-neutron production in non-axisymmetric tokamak devices. Nuclear Fusion. 18(6). 825–833. 13 indexed citations

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Jassby, D. L. & H.H. Towner. (1976). Fusion reactivities and power multiplication factors of beam-driven toroidal reactors with both D and T injection. Nuclear Fusion. 16(6). 911–924. 14 indexed citations

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Jassby, D.L. & H.H. Towner. (1976). Maximum Neutron Wall Loadings in Beam-Driven Tokamak Reactors. Nuclear Technology. 31(2). 159–163. 2 indexed citations

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Towner, H.H., et al.. (1975). Reactivities for two-component fusion calculations. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 425. 3 indexed citations

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Towner, H.H. & D.L. Jassby. (1975). Energy spectra of fusion neutrons from plasmas driven by reacting ion beams. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas).

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Towner, H.H., et al.. (1974). Finite ion temperature effects in two component plasmas. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

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Towner, H.H., et al.. (1972). EPR Studies of Crystal Field Parameters in Fe3+: LiNbO3. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 56(7). 3676–3679. 44 indexed citations

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