Lewi Tonks

4.5k total citations
15 papers, 130 citations indexed

About

Lewi Tonks is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lewi Tonks has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 130 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 5 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Lewi Tonks's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (5 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (4 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (2 papers). Lewi Tonks is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (5 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (4 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (2 papers). Lewi Tonks collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Lewi Tonks's co-authors include G. C. Baldwin, V. Vali, Lyman Spitzer and W. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Applied Physics and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

Lewi Tonks

15 papers receiving 110 citations

Peers

Lewi Tonks
A. L. Hunt United States
S. C. Loken United States
S. Ohtake Japan
R. Donaldson
M. Bühler Germany
Y. Fukushima Japan
D. Hill United States
T. Ludlam United States
E. C. Swallow United States
A. T. Laasanen United States
A. L. Hunt United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by Lewi Tonks

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lewi Tonks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lewi Tonks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lewi Tonks 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 Lewi Tonks. Lewi Tonks is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Tonks, Lewi. (1967). The Birth of “Plasma”. American Journal of Physics. 35(9). 857–858. 12 indexed citations
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Baldwin, G. C. & Lewi Tonks. (1964). Logarithmic Pressure Scale. Nature. 203(4945). 633–634. 2 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1964). Photon Avalanches from a Population Inversion. Journal of Applied Physics. 35(4). 1134–1141. 16 indexed citations
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Baldwin, G. C., et al.. (1963). Induced gamma-ray emission. Proceedings of the IEEE. 51(9). 1247–1248. 17 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1962). Filamentary Standing-Wave Pattern in a Solid-State Maser. Journal of Applied Physics. 33(6). 1980–1986. 13 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1961). The Structure of the Astron E-layer. Nuclear Fusion. 1(4). 273–279. 3 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1960). Electromagnetic Standing Waves and Ball Lightning. Nature. 187(4742). 1013–1014. 7 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1960). Diffusion through a Finite Plasma in a Uniform Magnetic Field. The Physics of Fluids. 3(5). 758–764. 9 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1959). Self-Consistent Field of Single-Type Electrons in a Uniform Magnetic Field. Physical Review. 114(3). 637–643. 6 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1959). Trajectory-Wise Analysis of Cylindrical and Plane Plasmas in a Magnetic Field and Without Collisions. Physical Review. 113(2). 400–407. 8 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1959). Uniformly Spaced Control Elements in a Reactor: Theoretical Basis of Application of “Absorption Area” to Reactor Control Evaluation. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 6(3). 202–213. 2 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1955). Particle Transport, Electric Currents, and Pressure Balance in a Magnetically Immobilized Plasma. Physical Review. 97(6). 1443–1445. 5 indexed citations
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Spitzer, Lyman, et al.. (1954). PROBLEMS OF THE STELLARATOR AS A USEFUL POWER SOURCE. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 23 indexed citations
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Tonks, Lewi. (1952). The Complete Solution of the One-Velocity Diffusion Problem at Intermediate and Large Distances. Journal of Applied Physics. 23(10). 1085–1088. 1 indexed citations

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