O. A. Hurricane

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

O. A. Hurricane is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, O. A. Hurricane has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 19 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 16 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in O. A. Hurricane's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (40 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (14 papers). O. A. Hurricane is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (40 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (14 papers). O. A. Hurricane collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. O. A. Hurricane's co-authors include R. Betti, R. Pellat, F. V. Coroniti, P. K. Patel, A. B. Zylstra, O. L. Landen, James Sadler, Ye Zhou, D. T. Casey and B. A. Remington and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

O. A. Hurricane

51 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Inertial-confinement fusion with lasers 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2023 2024 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Inertial-confinement fusion with lasers
    2016 576 citations R. Betti, O. A. Hurricane profile →
  2. Physics principles of inertial confinement fusion and U.S. program overview
    2023 91 citations O. A. Hurricane, P. K. Patel et al. profile →
  3. Instabilities and Mixing in Inertial Confinement Fusion
    2024 64 citations Ye Zhou, James Sadler et al. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers

O. A. Hurricane
Mark Herrmann United States
J. D. Salmonson United States
H.‐S. Park United States
R. P. J. Town United States
M. Temporal Spain
A. B. Zylstra United States
S. V. Weber United States
И. В. Ломоносов Russia
M. M. Basko Russia
M. M. Marinak United States
Mark Herrmann United States
O. A. Hurricane
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Fields of papers citing papers by O. A. Hurricane

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O. A. Hurricane

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of O. A. Hurricane. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of O. A. Hurricane 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 O. A. Hurricane. O. A. Hurricane 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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El-Rabii, Hazem, Jean‐François Ripoll, A. Casner, et al.. (2025). Kelvin–Helmholtz instability under stabilizing parallel magnetic field in nonhomogeneous compressible MHD flows. Physics of Plasmas. 32(4).
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Hurricane, O. A.. (2024). How ignition and target gain >1 were achieved in inertial fusion. High Energy Density Physics. 53. 101157–101157. 3 indexed citations
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Ripoll, Jean‐François, Benoît-Joseph Gréa, Hazem El-Rabii, et al.. (2024). The inviscid incompressible limit of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability for plasmas. Frontiers in Physics. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Hurricane, O. A., D. A. Callahan, D. T. Casey, et al.. (2024). Energy Principles of Scientific Breakeven in an Inertial Fusion Experiment. Physical Review Letters. 132(6). 65103–65103. 36 indexed citations
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Rubery, M. S., M. D. Rosen, N. Aybar, et al.. (2024). Hohlraum Reheating from Burning NIF Implosions. Physical Review Letters. 132(6). 65104–65104. 19 indexed citations
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Zhou, Ye, James Sadler, & O. A. Hurricane. (2024). Instabilities and Mixing in Inertial Confinement Fusion. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 57(1). 197–225. 64 indexed citations breakdown →
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Christopherson, A. R., O. A. Hurricane, C. R. Weber, et al.. (2023). Alpha-heating analysis of burning plasma and ignition experiments on the National Ignition Facility. Physics of Plasmas. 30(6). 5 indexed citations
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Ralph, J. E., A. L. Kritcher, D. A. Callahan, et al.. (2021). Measurements of Improved Hohlraum Efficiency for Near Term Burning Plasma Designs. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Callahan, D. A., O. A. Hurricane, A. L. Kritcher, et al.. (2020). A simple model to scope out parameter space for indirect drive designs on NIF. Physics of Plasmas. 27(7). 13 indexed citations
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Pak, A., L. Divol, C. R. Weber, et al.. (2020). Impact of Localized Radiative Loss on Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions. Physical Review Letters. 124(14). 145001–145001. 52 indexed citations
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Hohenberger, M., D. T. Casey, C. A. Thomas, et al.. (2019). Maintaining low-mode symmetry control with extended pulse shapes for lower-adiabat Bigfoot implosions on the National Ignition Facility. Physics of Plasmas. 26(11). 6 indexed citations
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Zylstra, A. B., A. L. Kritcher, R. Tommasini, et al.. (2019). Driving larger NIF implosions with smaller CCR designs. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Mariscal, D., P. K. Patel, S. Le Pape, et al.. (2018). Experimental investigation of the source of mode one asymmetries in indirect-drive ICF implosions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018.
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Dewald, E. L., R. Tommasini, N. B. Meezan, et al.. (2018). First demonstration of improved capsule implosions by reducing radiation preheat in uranium vs gold hohlraums. Physics of Plasmas. 25(9). 13 indexed citations
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Ralph, J. E., O. L. Landen, L. Divol, et al.. (2018). The influence of hohlraum dynamics on implosion symmetry in indirect drive inertial confinement fusion experiments. Physics of Plasmas. 25(8). 29 indexed citations
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Kritcher, A. L., D. S. Clark, S. W. Haan, et al.. (2018). Comparison of plastic, high density carbon, and beryllium as indirect drive NIF ablators. Physics of Plasmas. 25(5). 33 indexed citations
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Dewald, E. L., F. V. Hartemann, P. Michel, et al.. (2016). Generation and Beaming of Early Hot Electrons onto the Capsule in Laser-Driven Ignition Hohlraums. Physical Review Letters. 116(7). 75003–75003. 34 indexed citations
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Kuranz, Carolyn, David Arnett, O. A. Hurricane, et al.. (2015). Rayleigh-Taylor mixing in supernova experiments. Physics of Plasmas. 22(10). 44 indexed citations
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Park, H.‐S., O. A. Hurricane, D. T. Casey, et al.. (2014). High-Adiabat High-Foot Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosion Experiments on the National Ignition Facility. Physical Review Letters. 112(5). 55001–55001. 152 indexed citations

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