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Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences - Faculty
Daniel Dubin
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Ph.D., Plasma Physics
Professor of Physics
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Research Areas
Theory of nonneutral plasmas
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My principal area of research is theoretical plasma physics, and recently my investigations have centered on nonneutral plasmas (pure electron plasmas, pure ion plasmas, positron plasmas, etc.). These systems provide simple, theoretically tractable models for many of the phenomena associated with neutral plasmas, and also exhibit unique (and fascinating!) behavior in their own right. For example, there is international interest in the low-temperature behavior of these systems, in which liquid and even crystal states are predicted to occur. My studies of this interesting many-body system employ techniques which are drawn from a range of disciplines including plasma physics, statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, computer simulation, and quantum mechanics.
For more information, visit http://sdpha2.ucsd.edu
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Selected Recent Publications
D. H. E. Dubin, "Measurement of screening enhancement to nuclear reaction rates using a strongly magnetized and strongly correlated non-neutral plasma," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 025002 (2005)
D. H. E. Dubin, "Theory and simulations of two-dimensional vortex motion driven by a background vorticity gradient," Phys. Fluids 13, 1704 (2001)
D. H. E. Dubin and T. M. O'Neil "Trapped nonneutral plasmas, liquids, and crystals (the thermal equilibrium states)," Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, 87 (1999)
D. H. E. Dubin, "Collisional transport in non-neutral plasmas," Phys. Plasmas 5, 1688 (1998)
D. H. E. Dubin, "Theory of electrostatic fluid modes in a cold spheroidal nonneutral plasma," Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2076 (1991)
Textbook: D. H. E. Dubin, Numerical and Analytical Methods for Scientists and Engineers Using Mathematica (Wiley, New York, 2003)
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