Contact Information:

Tel: 972-8-9343610
Fax: 972-8-9343491
Bldg.: K.B. Weissman Institute of Physical Sciences
Room: 132
Email: Evgeny.Stambulchik at weizmann.ac.il

Major research interests

Line-shape broadening in plasmas, Stark and Zeeman effects, polarization spectroscopy, collisional-radiative calculations.

Awards

2010 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Early Achievement Award

Citation: "For outstanding contributions to spectral line broadening theory and modeling, including development of numerical methods, and their applications to novel approaches in plasma diagnostics."

List of publications

Peer-reviewed papers:

2012

• Yu. Ralchenko, O. Marchuk, W. Biel, T. Schlummer, D. R. Schultz, and E. Stambulchik
  A non-statistical atomic model for beam emission and motional Stark effect diagnostics in fusion plasmas
  Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 10D504 (2012).
• R. Loetzsch, O. Jäckel, S. Höfer, T. Kämpfer, J. Polz, I. Uschmann, M. Kaluza, E. Förster, E. Stambulchik, E. Kroupp, and Y. Maron
  K-shell spectroscopy of silicon ions in high electric fields
  Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 113507 (2012).

2011

• U. Zastrau, A. Sengebusch, P. Audebert, E. Brambrink, R.R. Faüstlin, T. Kämpfer, E. Kroupp, R. Loetzsch, Y. Maron, H. Reinholz, G. Röpke, E. Stambulchik, I. Uschmann, and E. Förster
  High-resolution radial Kα spectra obtained from a multi-keV electron distribution in solid density titanium foils generated by relativistic laser-matter interaction
  High Energy Density Phys. 7, 47–53 (2011).
• S. Tessarin, D. Mikitchuk, R. Doron, E. Stambulchik, E. Kroupp, Y. Maron, D.A. Hammer, V.L. Jacobs, J.F. Seely, B.V. Oliver, and A. Fisher
  Beyond Zeeman spectroscopy: Magnetic-field diagnostics with Stark-dominated line shapes
  Phys. Plasmas 18, 093301 (2011).
• E. Stambulchik and Y. Maron
  Plasma Formulary Interactive
  JINST 6, P10009 (2011).

2010

• E. Stambulchik and Y. Maron
  Plasma line broadening and computer simulations: A mini-review
  High Energy Density Phys. 6, 9–14 (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).

2009

• A. Sengebusch, H. Reinholz, G. Röpke, U. Zastrau, T. Kämpfer, I. Uschmann, E. Förster, E. Stambulchik, E. Kroupp, and Y. Maron
  K-line emission profiles with focus on the self-consistent calculation of plasma polarization
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42, 214061 (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).

2008

• G. A. Rochau, J. E. Bailey, Y. Maron, G. A. Chandler, G. S. Dunham, D. V. Fisher, V. I. Fisher, R. W. Lemke, J. J. MacFarlane, K. J. Peterson, D. G. Schroen, S. A. Slutz, and E. Stambulchik
  Radiating Shock Measurements in the Z-Pinch Dynamic Hohlraum
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 125004 (2008).
• E. Stambulchik and Y. Maron
  Stark effect of high-n hydrogen-like transitions: quasi-contiguous approximation
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 41, 095703 (2008).

2007

• E. Stambulchik, S. Alexiou, H. R. Griem, and P. C. Kepple
  Stark broadening of high principal quantum number hydrogen Balmer lines in low-density laboratory plasmas
  Phys. Rev. E 75, 016401 (2007).
• E. Stambulchik, K. Tsigutkin, and Y. Maron
  Spectroscopic method for measuring plasma magnetic fields having arbitrary distributions of direction and amplitude
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 225001 (2007).
• E. Stambulchik, D. V. Fisher, Y. Maron, H. R. Griem, and S. Alexiou
  Correlation effects and their influence on line broadening in plasmas: Application to H_α
  High Energy Density Phys. 3, 272–277 (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).
• F. Zamponi, A. Lübcke, T. Kämpfer, I. Uschmann, E. Förster, R. Sauerbrey, B. Hidding, M. Clever, G. Pretzler, E. Kroupp, E. Stambulchik, D. Fisher, Y. Maron, R. Sharon, and M. Deutsch
  X-ray polarization-dependent measurements of solid-density plasmas generated by fs laser pulses
  High Energy Density Phys. 3, 297-301 (2007).

2006

• E. Stambulchik and Y. Maron
  A study of ion-dynamics and correlation effects for spectral line broadening in plasma: K-shell lines
  J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transfer 99, 730–749 (2006).

2005

• J. E. Bailey, G. A. Chandler, G. A. Rochau, Y. Maron, S. A. Slutz, G. S. Dunham, I. Golovkin, P. W. Lake, R.W. Lemke, J. M. Lucas, J. J. MacFarlane, T. A. Mehlhorn, T. C. Moore, D. G. Schroen, E. Stambulchik, and K. Youngblood
  Time- and space-resolved spectroscopy of dynamic hohlraum interiors
  High Energy Density Phys. 1, 21–30 (2005).
• K. Tsigutkin, E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, and A. Tauschwitz
  Determination of the Li I 4d-4f Energy Separation Using Active Spectroscopy
  Phys. Scr. 71, 502–506 (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).
• K. Tsigutkin, E. Kroupp, E. Stambulchik, D. Osin, R. Doron, R. Arad, A. Starobinets, Y. Maron, I. Uschmann, E. Förster, and A. Fisher
  Diagnostics and Investigations of the Plasma and Field Properties in Pulsed-Plasma Configurations
  IEEJ Trans. FM 124, 501–508 (2004).

2002

• E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, J.E. Bailey, and M.E. Cuneo
  Polarization properties of ion-excitation mechanisms in high-voltage gaps
  Phys. Rev. A 65, 052726 (2002).

1997

• E. Stambulchik and Y. Maron
  Effect of high-n and continuum eigenstates on the Stark effect of resonance lines of atoms and ions
  Phys. Rev. A 56, 2713–2719 (1997).

1996

• J. E. Bailey, A. B. Filuk, A. L. Carlson, D. J. Johnson, P. Lake, E. J. McGuire, T. A. Mehlhorn, T. D. Pointon, T. J. Renk, W. A. Stygar, Y. Maron, and E. Stambulchik
  Basic and applied atomic spectroscopy in high-field ion diode acceleration gaps
  Laser Part. Beams 14, 543–553 (1996).

1991

• E. V. Stambulchik and O. P. Sushkov
  Violation of the Schiff theorem for unstable atomic states
  Phys. Lett. A 158, 295–299 (1991).

Conference proceedings:

2012

• E. Stambulchik and Y. Maron
  Quasi-contiguous approximation for line-shape modeling in plasmas
  In Atomic processes in plasmas: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, edited by K. Aggarwal and F. Shearer, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 1438 (AIP, 2012), pp. 203–209.

2010

• E. Stambulchik, E. Kroupp, Y. Maron, U. Zastrau, R. Loetzsch, I. Uschmann, and E. Förster
  X-ray tomography of warm dense matter
  In Plasma Science, 2010 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on No.  (2010), pp. 1.
• 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

• R. Doron, E. Stambulchik, S. Tessarin, E. Kroupp, J. Citrin, K. Tsigutkin, and Y. Maron
  Magnetic Field Measurements in Plasmas: Beyond the Traditional Zeeman Spectroscopy
  In AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by K. B. Fournier No. 1161 (AIP, 2009), pp. 175–178.
• G. A. Rochau, J. E. Bailey, Y. Maron, G. Chandler, V. I. Fisher, R. Lemke, J. MacFarlane, K. Peterson, S. Slutz, and E. Stambulchik
  Radiating Shock Properties in the Z-pinch Dynamic Hohlraum
  In AIP Conference Proceedings, edited by K. B. Fournier No. 1161 (AIP, 2009), pp. 39–39.
• 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

• 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, L. Gregorian, G. Davara, A. Starobinets, E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, Yu. Ralchenko, and S. Alexiou
  Spectroscopic Investigation of the Particle Density and Motion in an Imploding z-Pinch Plasma
  In Atomic Processes in Plasmas, edited by John D. Gillaspy, John J. Curry, and Wolfgang L. Wiese, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 926 (AIP, 2007), pp. 4–7.

2006

• E. Stambulchik, K. Tsigutkin, Y. Maron, and R. Sauerbrey
  Determination of "Isotropic'' Magnetic Fields in Pulsed Plasmas: New Approach
  In Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, edited by D. Batani and M. Lontano, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 827 (APS, 2006), pp. 528–533.
• E. Stambulchik, E. Kroupp, D. Fisher, D. Osin, K. Tsigutkin, Y. Maron, I. Uschmann, F. Zamponi, R. Sauerbrey, O. Rosmej, A. Blazevic, and D. Hoffmann
  Calculations of spectral line shapes in dense plasmas and their use for plasma diagnostics
  In Proceedings of the XXIX ECLIM, edited by O. Cabellos, J. Sanz, G. Velarde, and J.M. Perlado No.  (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, 2006), pp. 181, Invited talk.
• F. Zamponi, A. Lübcke, I. Uschmann, E. Förster, R. Sauerbrey, E. Kroupp, E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, and D. Fisher
  Measurement of magnetic field produced by the interaction of ultra-short, ultra-intense fs laser pulse with matter
  In Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, edited by D. Batani and M. Lontano, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 827 (APS, 2006), pp. 552–557.
• E. Stambulchik, I. Almiev, and Y. Maron
  Spectral line broadening of H- and He- like Si ions in hot and dense plasmas
  In Plasma Science, 2006. ICOPS 2006. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 33rd IEEE International Conference on No.  (2006), pp. 256.
• K. Tsigutkin, E. Stambulchik, K. Chirko, and Y. Maron
  B-field diagnostics in transient plasmas
  In Plasma Science, 2006. ICOPS 2006. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 33rd IEEE International Conference on No.  (2006), pp. 9.

2005

• E. Stambulchik, K. Tsigutkin, and Y. Maron
  Advanced Line-Shape Calculations and their Use in the Determination of "Isotropic'' Magnetic Fields in Pulsed Plasmas
  In Plasma Science, 2005. ICOPS '05. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. IEEE International Conference on No.  (2005), pp. 339.

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

• E. Stambulchik, K. Tsigutkin, and Y. Maron
  Recent Advances in Stark Line Broadening Calculations and their Applications to Precise Spectroscopy of Pulsed Plasmas
  In Europhysics Conference Abstracts No. 27A (2003), pp. P-1.58.
• 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.

1996

• J. E. Bailey, A. B. Filuk, A. L. Carlson, D. J. Johnson, P. Lake, E. J. McGuire, T. A. Mehlhorn, T. D. Pointon, T. J. Renk, W. A. Stygar, Y. Maron, and E. Stambulchik
  Atomic Emission Spectrocopy in High Electric Fields
  In Atomic Processes in Plasmas No. 381 (AIP Press, 1996), pp. 245–258.

1993

• J.E. Bailey, A.L. Carlson, A.B. Filuk, D.J. Johnson, P. Lake, E.J. McGuire, T.A. Mehlhorn, T.D. Pointon, S.E. Rosenthal, Y. Maron, and E. Stambulchik
  Time dependent measurements and calculations of field profile in the PBFA-II ion diode
  In Plasma Science, 1993. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1993 IEEE International Conference on No.  (1993), pp. 202.