Kim Molvig

3.3k total citations
67 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kim Molvig is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kim Molvig has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Kim Molvig's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (30 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (29 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (16 papers). Kim Molvig is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (30 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (29 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (16 papers). Kim Molvig collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Kim Molvig's co-authors include Hudong Chen, Chris Teixeira, Andrei N. Simakov, S. P. Hirshman, Erik Vold, B. J. Albright, J. E. Rice, N. M. Hoffman, Ira B. Bernstein and William Taitano and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kim Molvig

65 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kim Molvig United States 28 1.0k 727 486 388 363 67 1.9k
M. A. Liberman Sweden 25 587 0.6× 649 0.9× 423 0.9× 185 0.5× 693 1.9× 107 1.8k
A. Shutov Russia 22 1.2k 1.1× 400 0.6× 283 0.6× 160 0.4× 312 0.9× 99 1.6k
M. Shoucri Canada 23 1.3k 1.2× 270 0.4× 230 0.5× 508 1.3× 712 2.0× 167 1.9k
P. Spiller Germany 18 838 0.8× 313 0.4× 308 0.6× 107 0.3× 353 1.0× 122 1.3k
K. Takayama Japan 28 479 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 946 1.9× 160 0.4× 223 0.6× 159 2.4k
Naofumi Ohnishi Japan 20 551 0.5× 276 0.4× 418 0.9× 458 1.2× 196 0.5× 154 1.3k
S. A. Slutz United States 27 2.0k 1.9× 281 0.4× 424 0.9× 181 0.5× 892 2.5× 118 2.6k
A. L. Velikovich United States 33 2.6k 2.5× 801 1.1× 274 0.6× 280 0.7× 1.1k 3.1× 162 3.0k
Mark Herrmann United States 22 1.4k 1.4× 182 0.3× 212 0.4× 197 0.5× 389 1.1× 50 1.6k
T. A. Mehlhorn United States 30 2.0k 1.9× 373 0.5× 447 0.9× 158 0.4× 1.2k 3.2× 171 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kim Molvig

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kim Molvig. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kim Molvig based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kim Molvig. Kim Molvig is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vold, Erik, L. Yin, William Taitano, Kim Molvig, & B. J. Albright. (2018). Diffusion-driven fluid dynamics in ideal gases and plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 25(6). 11 indexed citations
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Vold, Erik, Grigory Kagan, Andrei N. Simakov, Kim Molvig, & L. Yin. (2018). Self-similar solutions for multi-species plasma mixing by gradient driven transport. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 60(5). 54010–54010. 11 indexed citations
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Vold, Erik, R. M. Rauenzahn, C. H. Aldrich, et al.. (2017). Plasma transport in an Eulerian AMR code. Physics of Plasmas. 24(4). 30 indexed citations
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Huang, Chengkun, Kim Molvig, B. J. Albright, et al.. (2017). Study of the ion kinetic effects in ICF run-away burn using a quasi-1D hybrid model. Physics of Plasmas. 24(2). 8 indexed citations
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Molvig, Kim, Mark Schmitt, B. J. Albright, et al.. (2016). Low Fuel Convergence Path to Direct-Drive Fusion Ignition. Physical Review Letters. 116(25). 255003–255003. 33 indexed citations
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Vold, Erik, et al.. (2016). Plasma viscosity in spherical ICF implosion simulations. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 717. 12056–12056. 5 indexed citations
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Simakov, Andrei N. & Kim Molvig. (2016). Hydrodynamic description of an unmagnetized plasma with multiple ion species. I. General formulation. Physics of Plasmas. 23(3). 35 indexed citations
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Hoffman, N. M., G. B. Zimmerman, Kim Molvig, et al.. (2015). Approximate models for the ion-kinetic regime in inertial-confinement-fusion capsule implosions. Physics of Plasmas. 22(5). 52707–52707. 38 indexed citations
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Taitano, William, Luis Chacòn, Andrei N. Simakov, & Kim Molvig. (2015). A mass, momentum, and energy conserving, fully implicit, scalable algorithm for the multi-dimensional, multi-species Rosenbluth–Fokker–Planck equation. Journal of Computational Physics. 297. 357–380. 61 indexed citations
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Molvig, Kim, Erik Vold, E. S. Dodd, & S. C. Wilks. (2014). Nonlinear Structure of the Diffusing Gas-Metal Interface in a Thermonuclear Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 113(14). 145001–145001. 34 indexed citations
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Molvig, Kim, et al.. (2012). Knudsen Layer Reduction of Fusion Reactivity. Physical Review Letters. 109(9). 95001–95001. 64 indexed citations
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Langdon, A. B., B. F. Lasinski, S.M. Lund, et al.. (2008). Kinetic and collisional effects on the linear evolution of fast ignition relevant beam instabilities. Physics of Plasmas. 15(8). 30 indexed citations
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Batishchev, Oleg & Kim Molvig. (2001). Numerical study of a helicon gas discharge. 46. 1 indexed citations
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Batishchev, Oleg & Kim Molvig. (2000). Study of Operational Regimes of the VASIMR Helicon Plasma Source. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 42. 4 indexed citations
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Batishchev, Oleg & Kim Molvig. (2000). Study of Mixed Collisionality Gas Flow in the VASIMR Thruster. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 53. 4 indexed citations
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Díaz, Franklin R. Chang, Jared Squire, Andrew Ilin, et al.. (2000). An Overview of Current Research on the VASIMR Engine. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 42. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Hudong, Chris Teixeira, & Kim Molvig. (1998). Realization of Fluid Boundary Conditions via Discrete Boltzmann Dynamics. International Journal of Modern Physics C. 9(8). 1281–1292. 296 indexed citations
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Esarey, E. & Kim Molvig. (1987). A turbulent mechanism for substorm onset in the Earth's magnetotail. Geophysical Research Letters. 14(4). 367–370. 20 indexed citations
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Esarey, E., et al.. (1986). Turbulent stabilization of the tearing mode in tokamak plasmas. The Physics of Fluids. 29(1). 200–211. 1 indexed citations
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Molvig, Kim, et al.. (1977). Theory of the Runaway Electron Tail. Physical Review Letters. 38(24). 1404–1407. 39 indexed citations

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