Ira B. Bernstein

7.6k citations

91 papers · 6.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 30
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 18
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 13
Astronomy and Astrophysics 25
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 19
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 14

Co-authors: Martin D. Kruskal J. M. Greene Russell M. Kulsrud E. A. Frieman David Book S. K. Trehan Andrew Lenard T. Holstein
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (6 papers)Physical Review Letters (5 papers)Nuclear Fusion (5 papers)Journal of Plasma Physics (4 papers)Annals of Physics (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy Israel

In The Last Decade

Ira B. Bernstein

88 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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An energy principle for hydromagnetic stability problems 1958 · 911 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1958 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences
1958 Physical Review
1957 Physical Review

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All Works

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1	Kinetic Theory of the Lorentz Gas Contributions to Plasma Physics ·Qun Chen, Ira B. Bernstein	1994	1
2	Numerical study of the one-dimensional hydrogen atom in an external time-dependent electric field Physical Review A ·Qun Chen, Ira B. Bernstein	1993	11
3	Ion transport in toroidally rotating tokamak plasmas The Physics of Fluids ·Peter J. Catto, Ira B. Bernstein, Massimo Tessarotto	1987	93
4	Nonlocal Electron Heat Transport by Not Quite Maxwell-Boltzmann Distributions Physical Review Letters ·J. R. Albritton, E. A. Williams, Ira B. Bernstein, K. Michael	1986	150
5	Generalized gyrokinetics The Physics of Fluids ·Ira B. Bernstein, Peter J. Catto	1985	32
6	Evolution of spontaneous and coherent radiation in the free-electron-laser oscillator Physical review. A, General physics ·P. Sprangle, Cha‐Mei Tang, Ira B. Bernstein	1983	36
7	Numerical simulation of tokamak electron dynamics The Physics of Fluids ·W. H. Miner, N. K. Winsor, Ira B. Bernstein	1982	2
8	A finite element solution of a reduced Fokker-Planck equation Journal of Computational Physics ·David Fyfe, Марія Чирва, Ira B. Bernstein, Stanley C. Eisenstat, Martin H. Schultz	1981	5
9	General Geometric Optics Formalism in Plasmas IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·L. Frièdland, Ira B. Bernstein	1980	14
10	A dual treatment of suprathermal electron transport in laser fusion studies Nuclear Fusion ·D. Shvarts, 芳貴阪井, Ira B. Bernstein, J. Virmont, P. Mora	1979	31
11	Amplification on a relativistic electron beam in a spatially periodic transverse magnetic field Physical review. A, General physics ·Ira B. Bernstein, J. L. Hirshfield	1979	66
12	Geometric optics in space and time varying plasmas. II The Physics of Fluids ·Ira B. Bernstein, D.E. Baldwin	1977	22
13	KINETIC THEORY OF PLASMA WAVES IN A MAGNETIC FIELD. D.E. Baldwin, Ira B. Bernstein, Acacio Moreira Neto	1969	27
14	On the Explosion of a Supernova Into the Interstellar Magnetic Field. I. The Astrophysical Journal ·Ira B. Bernstein, Russell M. Kulsrud	1965	15
15	Runaway Electrons in an Ideal Lorentz Plasma The Physics of Fluids ·Martin D. Kruskal, Ira B. Bernstein	1964	48
16	Condensed Presentation of Transport Coefficients in a Fully Ionized Plasma The Physics of Fluids ·I. P. Shkarofsky, Ira B. Bernstein, B.B. Robinson	1963	36
17	Effect of Charge Exchange on the Critical Current for the Onset of Ion-Wave Instabilities The Physics of Fluids ·Ira B. Bernstein, Russell M. Kulsrud	1962	3
18	Theory of Electrostatic Probes in a Low-Density Plasma The Physics of Fluids ·Ira B. Bernstein, María de-los Ángeles Gil Estallo	1959	382
19	An energy principle for hydromagnetic stability problems Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Ira B. Bernstein, E. A. Frieman, Martin D. Kruskal, Russell M. Kulsrud Hit paper breakdown →	1958	911
20	Electron Energy Distributions in Stationary Discharges Physical Review ·Ira B. Bernstein, T. Holstein	1954	156

About Ira B. Bernstein

Ira B. Bernstein is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Applied Mathematics, having authored 91 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (19 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (18 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (14 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (13 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (13 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (13 papers), Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (11 papers) and Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.0k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.7k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.5k citations), Geophysics (625 citations) and Applied Mathematics (486 citations). Ira B. Bernstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Martin D. Kruskal, J. M. Greene, Russell M. Kulsrud, E. A. Frieman, David Book, S. K. Trehan, Andrew Lenard, T. Holstein, J. L. Hirshfield and L. Frièdland. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Physical Review Letters, Nuclear Fusion, Journal of Plasma Physics and Annals of Physics.

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