R. McWilliams

1.1k citations

61 papers · 859 indexed · h-index 17

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 42
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 41
Astronomy and Astrophysics 28
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 28
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 8

Co-authors: Greg Severn N. S. Wolf W. W. Heidbrink Daniel P. Sheehan N. Rynn S. Vincena Jeffrey H. Bowles R. W. Motley
Journals: Physics of Plasmas (13 papers)Review of Scientific Instruments (10 papers)Physical Review Letters (9 papers)Thin Solid Films (4 papers)Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States South Korea Austria

In The Last Decade

R. McWilliams

61 papers receiving 833 citations

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1	Test ion transport in a collisional, field-reversed configuration Plasma Sources Science and Technology ·T. Roche, R. McWilliams, W. W. Heidbrink, N. Bolte, E. Garate, فخرالسادات مرحسینی, М. М. Слепченков, F. J. Wessel	2014	3
2	Thermal plasma and fast ion transport in electrostatic turbulence in the large plasma device Physics of Plasmas ·Shu Zhou, W. W. Heidbrink, Peterson Lásaro Lopes, R. McWilliams, Troy Carter, S. Vincena, S. K. P. Tripathi, B. Van Compernolle	2012	3
3	Sheared-flow induced confinement transition in a linear magnetized plasma Physics of Plasmas ·Shuangliu Zhou, W. W. Heidbrink, Peterson Lásaro Lopes, R. McWilliams, Troy Carter, S. Vincena, Ziyi Song, David Schaffner	2012	13
4	Dependence of fast-ion transport on the nature of the turbulence in the Large Plasma Device Physics of Plasmas ·Shu Zhou, W. W. Heidbrink, Peterson Lásaro Lopes, R. McWilliams, Troy Carter, S. Vincena, S. K. P. Tripathi	2011	12
5	Observation of fast-ion Doppler-shifted cyclotron resonance with shear Alfvén waves Physics of Plasmas ·Yang Zhang, W. W. Heidbrink, Peterson Lásaro Lopes, R. McWilliams, S. Vincena, Troy Carter, Walter Gekelman, D. Leneman, Patrick Pribyl	2008	9
6	Spectral Gap of Shear Alfv\'{e}n Waves in a Periodic Array of Magnetic Mirrors Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·R. McWilliams, Yang Zhang, W. W. Heidbrink, Martínez-Taboada Vm, Guangye Chen, B. N. Breǐzman, S. Vincena, Troy Carter, D. Leneman, Walter Gekelman, Jack.courtchandler	2007	2
7	Diode laser-induced fluorescence measurements of metastable argon ions in a magnetized inductively coupled plasma Physics of Plasmas ·Sunhong Jun, H. Y. Chang, R. McWilliams	2006	10
8	Determination of Plasma Flow Velocity by Mach Probe and Triple Probe with Correction by Laser-Induced Fluorescence in Unmagnetized Plasmas Japanese Journal of Applied Physics ·P Cherland, Souiku WATANABE, Emmelin, Seyedeh Reyhaneh Mirsalari, D. Zimmerman, R. McWilliams	2006	8
9	Laser-induced fluorescence ion diagnostics in light of plasma processing Thin Solid Films ·R. McWilliams, Jean‐Paul Booth, Eric A. Hudson, Meihong Dai, D. Zimmerman	2006	7
10	Two-dimensional ion velocity distribution functions in inductively coupled argon plasma Plasma Sources Science and Technology ·D. Zimmerman, R. McWilliams, Meysam Sadeghigooghari	2005	19
11	Operation of a 0.2–1.1 keV ion source within a magnetized laboratory plasma Review of Scientific Instruments ·Peterson Lásaro Lopes, Meysam Sadeghigooghari, W. W. Heidbrink, R. McWilliams, L. Zhao, D. Leneman	2004	12
12	Laser-induced fluorescence diagnosis of plasma processing sources Thin Solid Films ·R. McWilliams, Meysam Sadeghigooghari	2003	7
13	Direct measurement of velocity space transport in a plasma Physics of Plasmas ·Jeffrey H. Bowles, R. McWilliams, N. Rynn	1994	11
14	Fast and slow waves launched from a fast-wave waveguide array Nuclear Fusion ·R. McWilliams, Meysam Sadeghigooghari, N. S. Wolf, M. Brusati	1992	1
15	Velocity space diffusion in Q-machine plasmas IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ·Jeffrey H. Bowles, R. McWilliams, N. Rynn	1992	2
16	Fast-wave current drive above the slow-wave density limit Physical Review Letters ·Daniel P. Sheehan, R. McWilliams, N. S. Wolf, Meysam Sadeghigooghari	1990	3
17	Radio-frequency power in plasmas. R. McWilliams	1989	22
18	Laboratory Observation of Ion Conics by Velocity-Space Tomography of a Plasma Physical Review Letters ·R. McWilliams, Natali Garcia-Cortes	1987	25
19	The production of highly unidirectional lower-hybrid waves The Physics of Fluids ·R. McWilliams, Arne Unjhem, Canosa Rodríguez, Daniel P. Sheehan	1985	3
20	Ion heating due to modulated parametric decay Physics Letters A ·Arne Unjhem, R. McWilliams, Canosa Rodríguez, Daniel P. Sheehan, N. S. Wolf	1985	1

About R. McWilliams

R. McWilliams is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanics of Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 61 papers that have together received 859 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (41 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (28 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (26 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (16 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (9 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (8 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (8 papers) and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (481 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (309 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (337 citations), Mechanics of Materials (229 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (403 citations). R. McWilliams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Austria. Frequent co-authors include Greg Severn, N. S. Wolf, W. W. Heidbrink, Daniel P. Sheehan, N. Rynn, S. Vincena, Jeffrey H. Bowles, R. W. Motley, D. Leneman and E. Garate. Their work appears in journals such as Physics of Plasmas, Review of Scientific Instruments, Physical Review Letters, Thin Solid Films and Plasma Sources Science and Technology.

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