Alexander Starobinets

Contact Information:

Tel: 972-8-9342049
Fax: 972-8-9343491
Bldg.: K.B. Weissman Institute of Physical Sciences
Email: Alexander.Starobinets at weizmann.ac.il

 

Major research interests

Plasma spectroscopy: determination of the plasma characteristics and analysis of plasma behavior, usually by means of collisional-radiative calculations. Atomic physics: calculation of the elementary process data for the plasma spectroscopy purposes.

 

List of publications

2023

• Maron, Y., Doron, R., Cvejić, M., Stambulchik, E., Mikitchuk, D., Stollberg, C., Queller, T., Kroupp, E., Rosenzweig, G., Rubinstein, B., Biswas, S., Bernshtam, V., Nedostup, O., Litmanovich, V., Fisher, V., Starobinets, A., Fruchtman, A., Fisher, A., Tangri, V., Giuliani, J. L., Velikovich, A. L., Dasgupta, A., Ochs, I. E., Kolmes, E. J., Mlodik, M. E., Davidovits, S., Fisch, N. J., and Johnston, M. D.
  Spectroscopic determination of magnetic fields in pulsed-power and high-energy-density plasmas
  IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 51, 3407–3425 (2023).

2020

• Rosenzweig, G., Kroupp, E., Queller, T., Starobinets, A., Maron, Y., Tangri, V., Giuliani, J. L., and Fruchtman, A.
  Local measurements of the spatial magnetic field distribution in a z-pinch plasma during and near stagnation using polarization spectroscopy
  Phys. Plasmas 27, 022705 (2020).

2019

• D. Alumot, E. Kroupp, E. Stambulchik, A. Starobinets, I. Uschmann, and Y. Maron
  Determination of the ion temperature in a high-energy-density plasma using the Stark effect
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 095001 (2019).
• D. Alumot, E. Kroupp, E. Stambulchik, A. Starobinets, I. Uschmann, and Y. Maron
  Determination of the ion temperature in a high-energy-density plasma using the Stark effect
  In News and reports from High Energy Density generated by heavy ion and laser beams: 2018, edited by K. Weyrich and D. H. H. Hoffmann (GSI, 2019), pp. 3–4.

2018

• Kroupp, E., Stambulchik, E., Starobinets, A., Osin, D., Fisher, V. I., Alumot, D., Maron, Y., Davidovits, S., Fisch, N. J., and Fruchtman, A.
  Turbulent stagnation in a Z-pinch plasma
  Phys. Rev. E 97, 013202 (2018).

2015

• Rosenzweig, G., Kroupp, E., Starobinets, A., Fisher, A., Maron, Y., Strauss, H. R., Giuliani, J. L., Thornhill, J. W., and Velikovich, A. L.
  Measurements of the magnetic field distribution in a z-pinch plasma during and near stagnation, using polarization spectroscopy
  In 2015 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS) (2015), pp. 1–1.

2014

• Giuliani, J. L., Thornhill, J. W., Kroupp, E., Osin, D., Maron, Y., Dasgupta, A., Apruzese, J. P., Velikovich, A. L., Chong, Y. K., Starobinets, A., Fisher, V., Zarnitsky, Yu., Bernshtam, V., Fisher, A., Mehlhorn, T. A., and Deeney, C.
  Effective versus ion thermal temperatures in the Weizmann Ne z-pinch: Modeling and stagnation physics
  Phys. Plasmas 21, 031209 (2014).
• Rosenzweig, G., Kroupp, E., Starobinets, A., Fisher, A., and Maron, Y.
  Measurements of the time-dependent spatial magnetic field distribution and structure of a Z-pinch plasma throughout the stagnation process
  In 2014 IEEE 41st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS) (2014), pp. 1–1.

2013

• Maron, Y., Starobinets, A., Fisher, V. I., Kroupp, E., Osin, D., Fisher, A., Deeney, C., Coverdale, C. A., Lepell, P. D., Yu, E. P., Jennings, C., Cuneo, M. E., Herrmann, M. C., Porter, J. L., Mehlhorn, T. A., and Apruzese, J. P.
  Pressure and energy balance of stagnating plasmas in z-pinch experiments: Implications to current flow at stagnation
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 035001 (2013).
• Alumot, D., Kroupp, E., Stambulchik, E., Osin, D., Starobinets, A., Benrshtam, V., Weingarten, L., Maron, Y., Uschmann, I., and Fisher, A.
  Investigation of the hydromotion and ion and electron temperatures of stagnating Z-pinch plasma using time- and space-resolved K-line spectra
  In Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2013 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on (2013), pp. 1.

2012

• Alumot, D., Kroupp, E., Stambulchik, E., Osin, D., Starobinets, A., Benrshtam, V., Weingarten, L., Maron, Y., Uschmann, I., and Fisher, A.
  Investigation of the dynamics of stagnating high-energy-density plasma using a novel technique for the determination of the ion temperature
  In Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on (2012), pp. 6C-5.

2011

• Osin, D., Kroupp, E., Starobinets, A., Rosenzweig, G., Alumot, D., Maron, Y., Fisher, A., Yu, E., Giuliani, J. L., and Deeney, C.
  Evolution of MHD Instabilities in Plasma Imploding Under Magnetic Field
  Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on 39, 2392–2393 (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

• 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 (2010), pp. 1.

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 (2009), 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).
• 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.

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).
• 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).

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.
• A Starobinets, I Bray, L A Vainshtein, Yu V Ralchenko, and Y Maron
  Excitation Cross Sections for Li-like Ions of Beryllium and Boron
  Phys. Scr. 67, 500 (2003).
• 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.

2002

• A. S. Kingsep, V. E. Karpov, A. I. Lobanov, Y. Maron, A. A. Starobinets, and V. I. Fisher
  Plasma Phys. Rep. 28, 286–295 (2002).
• E. Kroupp, A. Starobinets, E. Klodzh, Yu. V. Ralchenko, Y. Maron, I. N. Bogatu, and A. Fisher
  Investigation of Ne IX and Ne X line emission from dense plasma using Ross-filter systems
  J. Appl. Phys. 92, 4947–4951 (2002).

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