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2019

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2016

2015

"Bow Shock Fragmentation Driven by a Thermal Instability in Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments"
F. Suzuki-Vidal, S.V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, L.A. Pickworth, R. Rodriguez, J.M. Gil, G. Espinosa, P. Hartigan, G.F. Swadling, J. Skidmore, G.N. Hall, M. Bennett,
S.N. Bland, G. Burdiak, P. de Grouchy, J. Music, L. Suttle, E. Hansen, and A. Frank
The Astrophysical Journal 815, Issue 2 (2015).
"Plasma physics: How to spark a field"
F. Suzuki-Vidal
Nature Physics, Volume 11, Issue 2, pp. 98-99 (2015).
"Characterisation of the current switch mechanism in two-stage wire array Z-pinches"
G. C. Burdiak, S. V. Lebedev, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, G. N. Hall, G. F. Swadling, F. Suzuki-Vidal, E. Khoory, S. N. Bland, L. Pickworth, P. de Grouchy,
J. Skidmore, L. Suttle and E. M. Waisman
Physics of Plasmas 22, 112710 (2015)
"Cylindrical liner Z-pinch experiments for fusion research and high-energy-density physics"
G. C. Burdiak, S. V. Lebedev, F. Suzuki-Vidal, G. F. Swadling, S. N. Bland, N. Niasse, L. Suttle, M. Bennet, J. Hare, M. Weinwurm, R. Rodriguez,
J. Gil, and G. Espinosa
Journal of Plasma Physics 81, 365810301 (2015)
"Interpenetration and deflection phenomena in collisions between supersonic, magnetized, tungsten plasma flows diagnosed
using high resolution optical Thomson scattering"
G. F. Swadling, S. V. Lebedev, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, W. Rozmus, G. Burdiak, L. Suttle, S. Patankar, R. A. Smith, M. Bennett, G. N. Hall, F. Suzuki-Vidal,
S. Bland and J. Yuan
Physics of Plasmas 22, 072706 (2015).
"Commissioning of a Rotated Wire Array Configuration for Improved Diagnostic Access"
G. F. Swadling, G. N. Hall, S. V. Lebedev, G. C. Burdiak, F. Suzuki-Vidal, P. de Grouchy, L. Suttle, M. Bennett, L. Sheng
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 43, 8 (2015).
"Formation of radiatively cooled, supersonically rotating, plasma flows in Z-pinch experiments: Towards the development of an experimental
platform to study accretion disk physics in the laboratory"
M. J. Bennett, S. V. Lebedev, G. N. Hall, L. Suttle, G. Burdiak, F. Suzuki-Vidal, J. Hare, G. Swadling, S. Patankar, M. Bocchi, J. P. Chittenden,
R. Smith, A. Frank, E. Blackman, R. P. Drake, and A. Ciardi
High Energy Density Physics 17, 63 (2015).
"Instability growth for magnetized liner inertial fusion seeded by electro-thermal, electro-choric, and material strength effects"
J. D. Pecover and J. P. Chittenden
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 22, Issue 10, 102701 (2015).

2014

“The formation of reverse shocks in magnetized high energy density supersonic plasma flows”
S.V. Lebedev, L. Suttle, G.F. Swadling, M. Bennett, S.N. Bland, G.C. Burdiak, D. Burguess, J.P. Chittenden, A. Ciardi, A. Clemens, P. de Grouchy, G.N. Hall, J.D. Hare, N. Kalmoni, N. Niasse, S. Patankar, L. Sheng, R.A. Smith, F. Suzuki-Vidal et al.,
Physics of Plasmas 21, 056305 (2014).
"Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments with Magnetically Driven Plasma Jets"
F. Suzuki-Vidal, S.V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, S.N. Bland, G.N. Hall, G. Swadling, A.J. Harvey-Thompson, G. Burdiak, P. de Grouchy, J.P. Chittenden, M. Bocchi, S.C. Bott, A. Frank
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 511, Issue 1, article id. 012050 (2014).
"Radiative precursors driven by converging blast waves in noble gases"
G. C. Burdiak, S. V. Lebedev, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, G. F. Swadling, F. Suzuki-Vidal, G. N. Hall, E. Khoory, L. Pickworth, S. N. Bland, P. de Grouchy, J. Skidmore, L. Suttle, M. Bennett, N. P. L. Niasse, R. J. R. Williams, K. Blesener, L. Atoyan, A. Cahill, C. Hoyt, W. Potter, E. Rosenberg, P. Schrafel, and B. Kusse
Physics of Plasmas 21, 033302 (2014).
"Interpenetration, Deflection, and Stagnation of Cylindrically Convergent Magnetized Supersonic Tungsten Plasma Flows"
G. F. Swadling, S. V. Lebedev, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, W. Rozmus, G. C. Burdiak, L. Suttle, S. Patankar, R. A. Smith, M. Bennett, G. N. Hall, F. Suzuki-Vidal, and J. Yuan,
Physical Review Letters 113, 035003 (2014).
"Diagnosing collisions of magnetized, high energy density plasma flows using a combination of collective Thomson scattering, Faraday rotation, and interferometry"
G. F. Swadling, S. V. Lebedev, G. N. Hall, S. Patankar, N. H. Stewart, R. A. Smith, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, G. C. Burdiak, P. de Grouchy, J. Skidmore, L. Suttle, F. Suzuki-Vidal, S. N. Bland, K. H. Kwek, L. Pickworth, M. Bennett, J. D. Hare, W. Rozmus, and J. Yuan
Review of Scientific Instruments 85, 11E502 (2014).
"Monochromatic radiography of high energy density physics experiments on the MAGPIE generator"
G. N. Hall, G. C. Burdiak, L. Suttle, N. H. Stuart, G. F. Swadling, S. V Lebedev, R. A. Smith, S. Patankar, F. Suzuki-Vidal, P. de Grouchy, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, M. Bennett, S. N. Bland, L. Pickworth, and J. Skidmore
Review of Scientific Instruments 85, 11D608 (2014).

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2005

"Magnetic Tower Outflows from a Radial Wire Array Z-Pinch"
S.V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, J.P. Chittenden, G.N. Hall, J. Rapley,
C.A. Jennings, A. Frank, E.G. Blackman,and T. Lery,
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 361, p.97 (2005).
"Effect of radial electric field polarity on wire array z-pinch dynamics"
S.N. Bland, S.V. Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, D.J. Ampleford, S.C. Bott, J.A. GÃ³mez, M.G. Haines,
G.N. Hall, D.A. Hammer, I.H. Mitchell, and J.B.A Palmer,
Phys. Rev. Letters 95, 135001 (2005).
"Production of radiatively cooled hypersonic plasma jets and links to astrophysical jets"
S.V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, J.P. Chittenden, G.N. Hall, J. Rapley,
C. Jennings, M. Sherlock, A. Frank, and E.G. Blackman,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 47, B465-479 (2005).
"Physics of Wire Array Z-Pinch implosions: Experiments at Imperial College"
S.V. Lebedev, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, J.P. Chittenden, J. Goyer, C.A. Jennings,
M.G. Haines, G.N. Hall, D.A. Hammer, J.B.A. Palmer, S.A. Pikuz, T.A. Shelkovenko, and T. Cristoudias,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 47, pp.A91-A108 (2005).
"Modeling Magnetic Tower Jets In The Laboratory"
A. Ciardi, S.V. Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, and J. Rapley,
Astrophysics & Space Science, 298, pp. 277-286 (2005).
"Formation of Working Surfaces in Radiatively Cooled Laboratory Jets"
D.J. Ampleford, S.V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, J.P. Chittenden, G.N. Hall,
C.A. Jennings, G. Blyth, S. Christie, and L. Rutland,
Astrophysics & Space Science, 298, pp. 241-246 (2005).
"A HED laboratory astrophysics testbed comes of age: Jet deflection via cross winds"
A. Frank, E.G. Blackman, E.G. Cunningham, S.V. Lebedev, D.J. Ampleford, A. Ciardi, S.N. Bland,
J.P. Chittenden, and M.G. Haines,
Astrophysics & Space Science, 298, pp. 107-114 (2005).
"Study of Three-Dimensional Structure in Wire-Array Z Pinches by Controlled Seeding of Axial Modulations in Wire Radius"
B. Jones, C. Deeney, J.L. McKenney, C.J. Garasi, T.A. Melhorn, A.C. Robinson, S.E. Wunsch,
S.N. Bland, S.V. Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, S.C. Bott, D.J. Ampleford, J.B.A. Palmer, J. Rapley,
G.N. Hall, and B.V. Oliver,
Physical Review Letters 95, 225001 (2005).

2004

"Implosion Dynamics of Wire Array Z-Pinches: Experiments at Imperial College"
S.V. Lebedev, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, J.P. Chittenden, C. Jennings, M.G. Haines,
J.B.A. Palmer, and J. Rapley,
Nuclear Fusion, 44, pp.S215-S220, (2004).
"Jet Deflection via Cross winds: Laboratory Astrophysical Studies"
S.V. Lebedev, D.J. Ampleford, A. Ciardi, S.N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, M.G. Haines, A. Frank,
E.G. Blackman, and A. Cunningham,
The Astrophysical Journal, 616, pp.988-997, (2004).
"Extreme ultraviolet imaging of wire array z-pinch experiments"
S.N. Bland, D.J. Ampleford, S.C. Bott, S.V. Lebedev, J.B.A. Palmer, S.A. Pikuz, and T.A. Shelkovenko,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, pp.3941-3943, (2004).
"Use of X-pinches to diagnose behavior of low density foams in wire array z-pinches"
S.C. Bott, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, and J.B.A. Palmer,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 3944 (2004).
"X-ray generation mechanisms in 3D simulations of wire array Z-pinches"
J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, C. Jennings, S.N. Bland, and A. Ciardi,
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46, B457 (2004).
"Use of linear wire array z-pinches to examine plasma dynamics in high magnetic fields"
S.N. Bland, S.V. Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, D.J. Ampleford, and G. Tang,
Physics of Plasmas 11, 4911 (2004).
"Ion collisions and the Z-pinch precursor column"
M. Sherlock, J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, and M.G. Haines,
Physics of Plasmas 11, pp.1609-1616 (2004).
"Equilibrium flow structures and scaling of implosion trajectories in wire array Z pinches"
J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, B.V. Oliver, E.P. Yu, and M.E. Cuneo,
Physics of Plasmas 11, pp.1118-1127 (2004).
"Chemically etched modulation in wire radius for wire array z-pinch perturbation studies"
B. Jones, C. Deeney, J.L. McKenney, J.E. Garrity, D.K. Lobley, K.L. Martin, A.E. Griego,
J.P. Ramacciotti, S.N. Bland, S.V. Lebedev, S.C. Bott, D.J. Ampleford, J.B.A. Palmer,
J. Rapley, and G. Hall,
Review of Scientific Instruments 75, pp. 5030-5034 (2004).
"Use of spherically bent crystals to diagnose wire array z-pinches"
T.A. Shelkovenko, S.A. Pikuz, D.A. Hammer, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, S.C. Bott, J.P. Chittenden,
and S.V. Lebedev,
Review of Scientific Instruments 75, pp. 3681-3683 (2004).

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