Printing Vladimir Bernshtam

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Tel: 972-8-9342162
Fax: 972-8-9342037
Bldg.: K.B. Weissman Institute of Physical Sciences
Room: 001
Email: Vladimir.Bernshtam at weizmann.ac.il

Major research interests:

Collisional-radiative modeling, atomic physics calculations, thermonuclear reactors.

List of publications:

2012

Blesener, K.S., Pikuz, S.A., Shelkovenko, T.A., Blesener, I.C., Hammer, D.A., Maron, Y., Bernshtam, V., Doron, R., Weingarten, L., and Zarnitsky, Y.

Measuring magnetic fields in single aluminum wire plasmas with time-resolved optical spectroscopy

High Energy Density Physics 8, 224–226 (2012).

2011

Kroupp, E., Osin, D., Starobinets, A., Fisher, V., Bernshtam, V., Weingarten, L., Maron, Y., Uschmann, I., Förster, E., Fisher, A., Cuneo, M. E., Deeney, C., and Giuliani, J. L.

Ion Temperature and Hydrodynamic-Energy Measurements in a Z-Pinch Plasma at Stagnation

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 105001 (2011).
Jones, B., Jennings, C. A., Bailey, J. E., Rochau, G. A., Maron, Y., Coverdale, C. A., Yu, E. P., Hansen, S. B., Ampleford, D. J., Lake, P. W., Dunham, G., Cuneo, M. E., Deeney, C., Fisher, D. V., V. I. Fisher, Bernshtam, V., Starobinets, A., and Weingarten, L.

Doppler measurement of implosion velocity in fast Z-pinch x-ray sources

Phys. Rev. E 84, 056408 (2011).

2010

U. Zastrau, P. Audebert, V. Bernshtam, E. Brambrink, T. Kämpfer, E. Kroupp, R. Loetzsch, Y. Maron, Yu. Ralchenko, H. Reinholz, G. Röpke, A. Sengebusch, E. Stambulchik, I. Uschmann, L. Weingarten, and E. Förster

Temperature and Kα-yield radial distributions in laser-produced solid-density plasmas imaged with ultra-high-resolution x-ray spectroscopy

Phys. Rev. E 81, 026406 (2010).
J.L. Giuliani, J.W. Thornhill, A. Velikovich, J.P. Apruzese, A. Dasgupta, J. Davis, S. Zalesak, R. Clark, E. Kroupp, D. Osin, A. Starobinets, E. Stambulchik, V. Bernshtam, V. Fisher, Y. Maron, A. Fisher, and C. Deeney

Stagnation dynamics of a Ne gas puff z pinch

In Plasma Science, 2010 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on No. (2010), pp. 1.

2009

V. A. Bernshtam, Yu. Zarnitsky, Yu. Ralchenko, L. A. Vainshtein, L. Weingarten, and Y. Maron

Effect of radiative cascades on intensities of dielectronic satellites to He_α

Phys. Scr. 79, 035303 (2009).
V. A. Bernshtam, Yu. Ralchenko, and Y. Maron

Comment on "Electron impact ionization of helium isoelectronic systems''

Eur. Phys. J. D 51, 319–320 (2009).
E. Stambulchik, V. Bernshtam, L. Weingarten, E. Kroupp, D. Fisher, Y. Maron, U. Zastrau, I. Uschmann, F. Zamponi, E. Förster, A. Sengebusch, H. Reinholz, G. Röpke, and Yu. Ralchenko

Progress in line-shape modeling of K-shell transitions in warm dense titanium plasmas

J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42, 214056 (2009).
D. Yarmolich, Ya. E. Krasik, E. Stambulchik, V. Bernshtam, J. K. Yoon, B. Herrera, S.-J. Park, and J. G. Eden

Self-pulsing 10⁴ A cm^-2 current density discharges in dielectric barrier Al/Al₂O₃ microplasma devices

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 011501–3 (2009).
V. Vekselman, J. Gleizer, S. Yatom, D. Yarmolich, V. Tz. Gurovich, G. Bazalitski, Ya. E. Krasik, and V. Bernshtam

Laser induced fluorescence of the ferroelectric plasma source assisted hollow anode discharge

Phys. Plasmas 16, 113504 (2009).
J.L. Giuliani, J.W. Thornhill, A. Dasgupta, J.P. Apruzese, J. Davis, D. Osin, E. Kroupp, A. Starobinets, E. Stambulchik, V. Fisher, V. Bernshtam, Y. Maron, A. Fisher, and C. Deeney

Thermalization of the ion kinetic energy in a Ne gas puff pinch model

In Plasma Science - Abstracts, 2009. ICOPS 2009. IEEE International Conference on No. (2009), pp. 1.

2008

R. Doron, R. Arad, V. Bernshtam, Y. Maron, and Yu. Ralchenko

High-electron temperature diagnostic of transient ionizing plasma using near-UV transitions

Phys. Rev. E 78, 036410 (2008).
M.D. Johnston, B.V. Oliver, S. Portillo, T.A. Mehlhorn, D.R. Welch, D.V. Rose, N. Bruner, D. Droemer, Y. Maron, E. Klodzh, V. Bernshtam, E. Stambulchik, A. Heathcote, and A. Critchley

Investigation of plasma formation and propagation in relativistic electron beam diodes

In Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on No. (2008), pp. 1.

2007

E. Kroupp, D. Osin, A. Starobinets, V. I. Fisher, V. Bernshtam, Y. Maron, I. Uschmann, E. Förster, A. Fisher, and C. Deeney

Ion-kinetic-energy measurements and energy balance in a Z-pinch plasma at stagnation

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 115001 (2007).
K. Tsigutkin, R. Doron, E. Stambulchik, V. Bernshtam, Y. Maron, A. Fruchtman, and R. J. Commisso

Electric fields in plasmas under pulsed currents

Phys. Rev. E 76, 046401 (2007).

2006

V. I. Fisher, V. A. Bernshtam, and I. R. Almiev

Direct inner-shell ionization of atomic ions by electron impact

Phys. Scr. 74, 614 (2006).

2005

L. Gregorian, E. Kroupp, G. Davara, V. I. Fisher, A. Starobinets, V. A. Bernshtam, A. Fisher, and Y. Maron

Electron density and ionization dynamics in an imploding z-pinch plasma

Phys. Plasmas 12, 092704 (2005).
L. Gregorian, E. Kroupp, G. Davara, A. Starobinets, V. I. Fisher, V. A. Bernshtam, Yu. V. Ralchenko, Y. Maron, A. Fisher, and D.H.H. Hoffmann

Electron-temperature and energy-flow history in an imploding plasma

Phys. Rev. E 71, 056402 (2005).

2004

R. Doron, R. Arad, K. Tsigutkin, D. Osin, A. Weingarten, A. Starobinets, V.A. Bernshtam, E. Stambulchik, Yu.V. Ralchenko, Y. Maron, A. Fruchtman, A. Fisher, J.D. Huba, and M. Roth

Plasma dynamics in pulsed strong magnetic fields

Phys. Plasmas 11, 2411–2418 (2004).
D. Osin, R. Doron, R. Arad, K. Tsigutkin, A. Starobinets, V. Bernshtam, A. Fisher, A. Fruchtman, Y. Maron, and A. Tauschwitz

On the role of the plasma composition in the magnetic field evolution in plasma opening switches

IEEE Trans. Plasma Science 32, 1805–1811 (2004).
Tsigutkin, K., Stambulchik, E., Bernshtam, V., and Maron, Y.

Experimental investigation of non-thermal electric fields and plasma waves in pulsed-power plasmas

In Plasma Science, 2004. ICOPS 2004. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 31st IEEE International Conference on No. (2004), pp. 316.

2003

L. Gregorian, V.A. Bernshtam, E. Kroupp, G. Davara, and Y. Maron

Use of emission-line intensities for a self-consistent determination of the particle densities in a transient plasma

Phys. Rev. E 67, 016404 (2003).
Osin, D., Arad, R., Tsigutkin, K., Doron, R., Starobinets, A., Bernshtam, V., Maron, Y., Fruchtman, A., and Fisher, A.

The role of the plasma composition in the magnetic field evolution in plasma opening switches

In Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International No. 1 (2003), pp. 577–582.
K. Tsigutkin, E. Stambulchik, R. Doron, V. Bernshtam, A. Fisher, D. Osin, and Y. Maron

Use of Laser Spectroscopy for High-Accuracy Investigations of Relatively-Dilute Pulsed Plasmas with Nanosecond Time Resolution

In Europhysics Conference Abstracts No. 27A (2003), pp. O-2.1D.
K. Tsigutkin, E. Stambulchik, R. Doron, D. Osin, V. Bernshtam, Yu. Ralchenko, and Y. Maron

Properties of relatively-dilute plasmas in pulsed-power systems obtained from high-accuracy laser spectroscopy

In Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003 No. 2 (2003), pp. 785–788.
E. Kroupp, D. Carasso, D. Osin, A. Starobinets, V. Bernshtam, V.I. Fisher, Yu. Ralchenko, Yu. Zarnitsky, Y. Maron, I. Uschmann, E. Forster, and A. Fisher

High-resolution spectroscopic X-ray diagnostics for studying the ion kinetic energy and plasma properties in a Z-pinch at stagnation

In Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International No. 1 (2003), pp. 209–212.

2000

V. A. Bernshtam, Yu. V. Ralchenko, and Y. Maron

Empirical formula for cross section of direct electron-impact ionization of ions

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 33, 5025–5032 (2000).

1999

Weingarten, A., Bernshtam, V.A., Fruchtman, A., Grabowski, C., Krasik, Y.E., and Maron, Y.

Study of the effects of the prefilled-plasma parameters on the operation of a short-conduction plasma opening switch

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on 27, 1596–1605 (1999).

1997

V. I. Fisher, Yu. V. Ralchenko, V. Bernshtam, A. Goldgirsh, Y. Maron, L. A. Vainshtein, I. Bray, and H. Golten

Electron-impact-excitation cross sections of hydrogenlike ions

Phys. Rev. A 55, 329–334 (1997).
V. I. Fisher, Yu. V. Ralchenko, V. Bernshtam, A. Goldgirsh, Y. Maron, L. A. Vainshtein, and I. Bray

Electron-impact-excitation cross sections of lithiumlike ions

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3726–3733 (1997).

1996

V. I. Fisher, V. Bernshtam, H. Golten, and Y. Maron

Electron-impact excitation cross sections for allowed transitions in atoms

Phys. Rev. A 53, 2425–2432 (1996).