S. H. Batha

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

S. H. Batha is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, S. H. Batha has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 44 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 42 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in S. H. Batha's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (94 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (41 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (41 papers). S. H. Batha is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (94 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (41 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (41 papers). S. H. Batha collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. S. H. Batha's co-authors include F. M. Levinton, M. C. Zarnstorff, R. E. Bell, R. Budny, G. Schmidt, C. E. Bush, E. J. Synakowski, Z. Chang, E. D. Fredrickson and Michael G.H. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

S. H. Batha

112 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Improved Confinement with Reversed Magnetic Shear in TFTR

1995 558 citations F. M. Levinton, M. C. Zarnstorff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. H. Batha United States	26	2.5k	1.1k	629	480	467	119	2.7k
D. D. Ryutov United States	26	2.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	472 0.8×	780 1.6×	814 1.7×	133	3.3k
Y. Kishimoto Japan	31	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	364 0.6×	799 1.7×	558 1.2×	210	3.1k
G. Fiksel United States	32	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	230 0.4×	501 1.0×	702 1.5×	148	3.0k
M. Tuszewski United States	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	473 0.8×	348 0.7×	376 0.8×	98	2.5k
D. D. Ryutov United States	23	1.4k 0.6×	846 0.8×	351 0.6×	389 0.8×	196 0.4×	108	1.9k
L. C. Steinhauer United States	26	1.8k 0.7×	947 0.9×	304 0.5×	587 1.2×	266 0.6×	123	2.2k
W. L. Rowan United States	26	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	533 0.8×	1.0k 2.2×	547 1.2×	146	2.7k
A. Yu. Pigarov United States	25	1.8k 0.7×	680 0.6×	1.2k 2.0×	897 1.9×	315 0.7×	113	2.5k
R. Hülse United States	28	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	618 1.0×	680 1.4×	286 0.6×	59	2.9k
A. J. Wootton United States	31	3.1k 1.2×	2.0k 1.8×	736 1.2×	334 0.7×	145 0.3×	131	3.3k

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Hayes, A. C., Joshua D. Martin, Gerard Jungman, et al.. (2025). Reaction-in-flight neutrons as a diagnostic for hydrodynamical mixing in double shell inertial confinement fusion capsules. Physics of Plasmas. 32(2).

Huang, Chengkun, S. H. Batha, Andrea Favalli, et al.. (2025). Characterization of laser-accelerated proton beams from a 0.5 kJ sub-picosecond laser for radiography applications. Physics of Plasmas. 32(3).

Batha, S. H.. (2024). Introduction to the special topic on inertial confinement fusion diagnostics. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(1). 3 indexed citations

Wong, Chun-Shang, John L. Schmidt, H. J. Jorgenson, et al.. (2024). Mitigation and characterization of crosstalk between laser-driven radiography sources. High Energy Density Physics. 52. 101133–101133.

Kim, Y., K. D. Meaney, R. J. Leeper, et al.. (2024). Relative sensitivity of plastic scintillator: A comparative analysis with 60Co gamma rays, deuterium–deuterium, and deuterium–tritium neutrons. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(9).

Kilkenny, J. D., A. Pak, O. L. Landen, et al.. (2024). The crucial role of diagnostics in achieving ignition on the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Physics of Plasmas. 31(8). 4 indexed citations

Kilkenny, J. D., W. W. Hsing, S. H. Batha, et al.. (2023). National Diagnostic Working Group (NDWG) for inertial confinement fusion (ICF)/high-energy density (HED) science: The whole exceeds the sum of its parts. Review of Scientific Instruments. 94(8). 7 indexed citations

Lonardoni, Diego, Joshua Sauppe, S. H. Batha, et al.. (2022). First measurement of the 10B(α,n)13N reaction in an inertial confinement fusion implosion at the National Ignition Facility: Initial steps toward the development of a radiochemistry mix diagnostic. Physics of Plasmas. 29(5). 7 indexed citations

Volegov, P. L., S. H. Batha, V. Geppert-Kleinrath, et al.. (2020). Density determination of the thermonuclear fuel region in inertial confinement fusion implosions. Journal of Applied Physics. 127(8). 19 indexed citations

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Sauppe, Joshua, S. Palaniyappan, Benjamin Tobias, et al.. (2020). Demonstration of Scale-Invariant Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth in Laser-Driven Cylindrical Implosion Experiments. Physical Review Letters. 124(18). 185003–185003. 48 indexed citations

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Cheng, Baolian, T. J. T. Kwan, S. A. Yi, et al.. (2018). Effects of asymmetry and hot-spot shape on ignition capsules. Physical review. E. 98(2). 23203–23203. 21 indexed citations

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Wilson, D. C., William S. Cassata, S. M. Sepke, et al.. (2017). Use of 41Ar production to measure ablator areal density in NIF beryllium implosions. Physics of Plasmas. 24(2). 2 indexed citations

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Cheng, Baolian, et al.. (2015). Analysis of NIF experiments with the minimal energy implosion model. Physics of Plasmas. 22(8). 22 indexed citations

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Simakov, Andrei N., D. C. Wilson, J. L. Kline, et al.. (2014). Optimized beryllium target design for indirectly driven inertial confinement fusion experiments on the National Ignition Facility. Physics of Plasmas. 21(2). 22701–22701. 49 indexed citations

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Herrmann, H. W., C. S. Young, V. E. Fatherley, et al.. (2014). Extended performance gas Cherenkov detector for gamma-ray detection in high-energy density experiments. Review of Scientific Instruments. 85(11). 11E124–11E124. 20 indexed citations

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Cheng, Baolian, et al.. (2013). Scaling laws for ignition at the National Ignition Facility from first principles. Physical Review E. 88(4). 41101–41101. 23 indexed citations

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Magelssen, G. R., J. A. Cobble, I. L. Tregillis, et al.. (2010). Single-shell direct-drive capsule designs to study effects of perturbations on burn. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 244(2). 22006–22006. 8 indexed citations

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Fincke, J. R., N. E. Lanier, S. H. Batha, et al.. (2005). Effect of convergence on growth of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. Laser and Particle Beams. 23(1). 21–25. 22 indexed citations

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Levinton, F. M., L. Zakharov, S. H. Batha, J. Manickam, & M. C. Zarnstorff. (1994). Stabilization and onset of sawteeth in TFTR. Physical Review Letters. 72(18). 2895–2898. 62 indexed citations

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Batha, S. H., H. A. Baldis, K. S. Bradley, et al.. (1993). Near-forward scattering of laser light*. Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics. 5(7). 2596–2602. 5 indexed citations

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