Alla Safronova

Research Professor

Summary

Professional Experience

  • 2010-Present Research Professor at Physics Department of University of Nevada, Reno
  • 1998-2010 Associate Research Professor at Physics Department of University of Nevada, Reno
  • 1995-1998 Postdoctoral Research Associate at Physics Department of University of Nevada, Reno
  • 1994 Visiting Scholar, Physics Department of University of Nevada, Reno (May-December)
  • 1993 Guest worker at Nihon University in Japan (December)
  • 1989-1994 Senior Scientific Researcher at Institute of Technical Glass, Moscow, Russia; Head of Research Group
  • 1982-1989 Junior Scientific Researcher at the Technical Institute "Volna", Moscow, Russia
  • 1979-1982 Graduate student of the Physical Lebedev Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Professional Awards

  • Principal Investigator of the Cooperative Agreement "Z-pinch Research on Radiation, Atomic, and Plasma Physics"   (DOE/NNSA, 2013-2015)
  • Principal Investigator of the grant "Theoretical Study of Radiation from Tungsten Ions for Magnetic Fusion Diagnostics" (DOE/OFES, 2007-2013)
  • Principal Investigator of the Cooperative Agreement "Theoretical X-ray/EUV Spectroscopy and Imaging Studies of Wire Array and X-pinch Plasmas" (DOE/NNSA, 2006-2012)
  • Hyung K. Shin Outstanding Research Award from College of Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 2010
  • Principal Investigator of the grant "Modeling of Radiation from Implosions of Copper and Stainless w88 online casinoSteel Wire Arrays at the Sandia National Laboratories Z Accelerator" (Sandia National Laboratories, 2007-2009)
  • Principal Investigator of the grant "Theoretical development of L-shell diagnostics of Mo wire array experiments at the Sandia National Laboratories Z accelerator" (Sandia National Laboratories, 2002-2005)
  • Principal Investigator of the grant "Theoretical analysis of X-ray M-shell W spectra from the LLNL Electron Beam Ion Trap" (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2001-2004)
  • Co-Principal Investigator of the grant from Cornell University (DOE Cooperative Agreement, 2002-2005)
  • Principal Investigator of the grant "Theoretical development of M-shell diagnostics at the Sandia National Laboratories Z accelerator "(Sandia National Laboratories, 2001-2002)
  • Principal Investigator of the International Activity Grant (UNR foundation, Reno, Nevada, 1999-2000)
  • Principal Investigator of the International SOROS Long-Term Research Grant, "Study of the Influence of Suprathermal Electron Beams on Linear Spectra and Polarization of Soft X-ray Radiated by Laboratory Plasma Sources" (International Science Foundation, Washington, DC, 1994)
  • Principal Investigator of the International SOROS Short-Term Research Grant, 1993.

Research Interests

Theoretical plasma and atomic physics; modeling of radiation from HED Z-pinch, ultrashort-pulse laser, and Tokamak plasmas, astrophysical plasmas, and from Electron Beam Ion Trap; theory of line polarization and modeling of polarized spectra produced by different radiation sources; theoretical study of Z-pinch plasma implosions through extensive computations: development of models and codes to understand plasma evolution in time and in space and plasma anisotropy through polarization spectroscopy, and to diagnose high-energetic electron beams and magnetic fields in HED plasmas.

Directed Research

  • Stephanie Hansen (BS, 1999)
  • Travis Hoppe (BS, 2004)
  • Glenn Osborne (BS, 2005)
  • Gus Merwin (BS, 2011)
  • Emil Petkov (BS, 2012)
  • Heather Zunino (BS, 2012)
  • Dr. Stephanie Hansen (PhD, 2003)
  • Dr. Safeia Hamasha (PhD, 2004)
  • Dr. Fatih Yilmaz (PhD, 2009)
  • Dr. Nick Ouart (PhD, 2010)
  • Dr. Penka Wilcox (PhD, 2011)
  • Dr. Michael Weller (PhD, 2014)
  • Austin Stafford  (PhD, in progress)
  • Emil Petkov (PhD, in progress)

Synergistic Activities

  • Organized and chaired the oral session "High Energy Density Matter" at the 41th  IEEE  International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS 2014) , Washington DC, June 26-29, 2014.
  • Served as a guest editor of Special Topic Section: Radiation from High Energy Density Plasmas of Physics of Plasmas (Sep. 2013-Feb. 2014).
  • Served on International Scientific Committee and chaired a session at International Conference on Plasma Science and Applications (ICPSA w88 casino games2013), Singapore, December 4-6, 2013.
  • Served on Scientific Organizing Committee and chaired a session at 11th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas (ASOS11), Mons, Belgium, August 5-9, 2013.
  • Chaired one of Z-pinch sessions at the 40th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS 2013), San Francisco, CA, June 17-22, 2013.
  • Organized and chaired 2nd International Workshop on Radiation from High Energy Density Plasmas (RHEDP 2013) on Lake Tahoe, Stateline, NV, April 2-5, 2013.
  • Served as a guest editor of 5th Special Issue on Dense Z-pinches (2012).
  • Organized and chaired the oral and poster sessions "Radiation Physics" at the 38th IEEE Plasma Science Conference (ICOPS 2012) , Chicago, IL, June 26-30, 2012
  • Reviewed proposals for DOE/OFES and NSF/DOE programs (2008-2012)
  • Served as a reviewer for DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) Program (March 2010 and 2012)
  • Served on International Organizing Committee of 8th International Conference on Dense Z-pinches, Biarritz, France, June 5-9, 2011
  • Together with John Giuliani from NRL, organized the International Workshop on Radiation from High Energy Density Plasmas at UNR and served as a chair of Local Organizing Committee (Reno, NV, March 15-18, 2011)
  • Served on Scientific Organizing Committee of 10th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas, Berkeley, August 2010
  • Served on Local Organizing Committee of 16th International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, Monterey, CA, March 22-26, 2009
  • Served as a member of the DOE ReNeW workshop panel, Washington DC, November 2009
  • Served on the DOE Review Panel for Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program, Washington DC, October 2008
  • Served on International Organizing Committee of 7th International Conference on Dense Z-pinches, Alexandria, VA, August 17-21, 2008
  • Chaired the poster session at the 2007 IEEE Plasma Power and Plasma Science Conference (PPPS-2007), Albuquerque, NM, June 17-22, 2007
  • Chaired the oral session at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Physics PPPS-2001, Las Vegas, NV, June, 2001

Education

  • Ph.D., General Physics Institute of A.M. Prokhorov of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Publications

  • A. S. Safronova, V. L. Kantsyrev, A. A. Esaulov, N.D. Ouart, M. F. Yilmaz, K. M. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G. C. Osborne, J. B. Greenly, K. M. Chandler, R. D. McBride, D. A. Chalenski, D. A. Hammer, B. R. Kusse, and P. D. LePell. "Spectroscopy and implosion dynamics of low wire number nested arrays on the 1 MA COBRA generator", Physics of Plasmas 15, 033302 (2008).
  • M.F. Yilmaz, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, K.M. Williamson, w88 casino games loginG.C. Osborne, I. Shrestha, N.D. Ouart. "Spectroscopic features of implosions of Mo single- and double-planar wire arrays produced on the 1 MA Z-pinch generator", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 109, 2877- 2890 (2008).
  • A. S. Safronova, V. L. Kantsyrev, P. Neill, U.I. Safronova, D.A. Fedin, N.D. Ouart, M. F. Yilmaz, G. Osborne, I. Shrestha, K. M. Williamson. T. Hoppe, C. Harris, P. Beiersdorfer, S. Hansen. "The importance of EBIT data for Z-pinch plasma diagnostics", Can. J. Phys. 86, 267-276 (2008).
  • C. A. Coverdale, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, N.D. Ouart, A.A. Esaulov, C. Deeney, K.M. Williamson, w88 casino games loginG.C. Osborne, I. Shrestha, D.J. Ampleford, B. Jones. "Observation of > 400-eV precursor plasmas from low-wire-number copper arrays at the 1-MA Zebra facility", Physical Review Letters 102, 105006 (2009).
  • A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, N.D. Ouart, U.I. Safronova, I. Shrestha, K.M. Williamson. "X-ray spectroscopy and imaging of stainless steel X-pinches with application to astrophysics". European Physical Journal, Special Topics 169, 155-158 (2009).
  • U.I. Safronova, A. S. Safronova, and P. Beiersdorfer. "Excitation energies, radiative and autoionization rates, dielectronic satellite lines, and dielectronic recombination rates for excited states of Na-like W from Ne-like W", At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 95, 751-785 (2009).
  • N.D. Ouart, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, K.M. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne, M.E. Weller. "Studies of radiative and implosion characteristics from brass planar wire arrays", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 38, 631-638 (2010).
  • A.S. Safronova, N.D. Ouart, J.K. Lepson, P. Beiersdorfer, B. Stratton, M. Bitter, V.L. Kantsyrev, P.G. Cox, V. Shlyaptseva, K.M. Williamson. "X-ray spectroscopy of Cu impurities on NSTX and comparison with Z-pinch plasmas", Rev. Sci. Instr. 81, 10E305 (2010).
  • A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, N.D. Ouart, V.V. Shlyaptseva, K.M. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne, M.E. Weller. "Analysis of X-ray iron and nickel radiation and jets from planar wire arrays and X-pinches", J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 244, 032031 (2010).
  • N.D. Ouart, A S Safronova , A Ya Faenov , T A Pikuz , S V Gasilov , F Calegari , M Nisoli , S De Silvestri , S Stagira L Poletto and P Villoresi. "Analysis of the simultaneous measurements of iron K- and L-shell radiation from ultrashort laser produced plasmas ", J. Phys.:B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44, 065602 (2011).
  • A.S. Safronova, A.A. Esaulov, V.L. Kantsyrev, w88 live casinoN.D. Ouart, V. Shlyaptseva, M.E. Weller, S.F. Keim, K.M. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne. "Searching for efficient X-ray radiators for wire array Z-pinch plasmas using mid-atomic-number single planar wire arrays on Zebra at UNR", High Energy Density Physics 7, 252-258 (2011).
  • G. C. Osborne, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, U.I. Safronova, P. Beiersdorfer, K. M. Williamson, M.E. Weller, and I. Shrestha. "Spectroscopic analysis and modeling of tungsten EBIT and Z-pinch plasma experiments, Can. J. Physics 89, 599-608 (2011).
  • U.I. Safronova and A.S. Safronova. "Dielectronic recombination of Er-like tungsten", Physical Review A 85, 032507 (2012).
  • A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.Y. Faenov, U.I. Safronova, P. Wiewior, N. Renard-Le Galloudec, A.A. Esaulov, M.E. Weller, A. Stafford, P. Wilcox, I. Shrestha, w88 live casinoN.D. Ouart, V. Shlyaptseva, G.C. Osborne, O. Chalyy, Y. Paudel. "Atomic physics of relativistic high contrast laser-produced plasmas in experiments on Leopard laser facility at UNR", High Energy Density Physics 8, 190-195 (2012).
  • M.E. Weller, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, C.A. Coverdale, A.S. Chuvatin, N.D. Ouart, K.M. Williamson, I. Shrestha, G.C. Osborne, V.V. Shlyaptseva, S.F. Keim, A. Stafford. "Radiative properties of mixed nested cylindrical wire arrays on Zebra at UNR", High Energy Density Physics 8, 184-189 (2012).
  • Invited paper.  A.S. Safronova and V.L. Kantsyrev, "Z-pinch Research on Radiation, Atomic and Plasma Physics", Stewardship Science Academic Programs Annual, DOE/NA-0019, p. 7 (2013).
  • V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Chuvatin, A.A. Esaulov, A.S. Safronova, L.I. Rudakov, A.L. Velikovich, K.M. Williamson, w88 casino games loginG.C. Osborne, I. Shrestha, M.E. Weller, V.V. Shlyaptseva, "Anisotropy of radiation emitted from planar wire arrays", Physics of Plasmas 20, 070702: 1-4 (2013).
  • G.C. Osborne, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, A.S. Safronova, M.E. Weller, I. Shrestha, K.M. Williamson, V.V. Shlyaptseva, "Implosion characteristics and applications of combined tungsten-aluminum Z-pinch planar arrays", High Energy Density Physics 9, 653-660 (2013).
  • U.I. Safronova, A.S. Safronova, P. Beiersdorfer, "Relativistic many-body calculations of excitation energies, oscillator strengths, transitions rates, and lifetimes in samarium like ions", Physical Review A 87, 032508: 1-14 (2013)
  • U.I. Safronova, A.S. Safronova, P. Beiersdorfer, "Contribution of the 4f-core-excited states in determination of atomic properties in the promethium isoelectronic sequence"w88 live casino, Physical Review A 88, 032512: 1-11 (2013)
  • J.L Giuliani, A.S. Safronova, F. Beg, "Preface to Special Topic Section: Radiation from High Energy Density Plasmas", Physics of Plasmas 21, 031101 (2014)
  • A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, A.S. Chuvatin, M.E. Weller, V.V. Shlyaptseva, I. Shrestha, S.F. Keim, A. Stafford, C.A. Coverdale, J.P. Apruzese, N.D. Ouart, J.L. Giuliani, A.S. Chuvatin, "Radiation from mixed Multi-Planar Wire Arrays", Physics of Plasmas 21, 031205: 1-7 (2014)
  • V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Chuvatin, A.S. Safronova, L.I. Rudakov, A.A. Esaulov, A.L. Velikovich, I. Shrestha, A. Astanovitsky, w88 casino games loginG.C. Osborne, I. Shrestha, V.V. Shlyaptseva, M.E. Weller, S. Keim, A. Stafford, M. Cooper, "Radiation Sources with Planar Wire Arrays and Planar Foils for ICF and High Energy Density Physics Research", Physics of Plasmas 21, 031204: 1-7 (2014)
  • M.E. Weller, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, I. Shrestha, J.P. Apruzese, A.S. Chuvatin, A. Stafford, S.F. Keim, V.V.  Shlyaptseva, G.C. Osborne, E.E. Petkov, "Radiation from Ag High Energy Density Z-pinch Plasmas with Applications to Lasing", Physics of Plasmas 21, 031206: 1-9 (2014)
  • N.D. Ouart, J.L. Giuliani, A. Dasgupta, A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, A.A. Esaulov, I. Shrestha, M.E. Weller, V. Shlyaptseva, G.C. Osborne,A. Stafford, S. Keim, J.P. Apruzese,R.W. Clark, "Inner-shell radiation from wire array implosions on the Zebra generator", Physics of Plasmas 21, 031207: 1-8 (2014)
  • Invited paper. A.S. Safronova and J.P. Giuliani, "Radiation from High Energy Density Plasmas (RHEDP) International Workshop", Stewardship Science Academic Programs Annual, DOE/NA-0020, p. 30 (2013).
  • A. Stafford, A.S. Safronova, U.I. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev,  A. Y. Faenov, P. Wiewior, M. E. Weller, I. Shrestha, V. V. Shlyaptseva, Y. Paudel, "Analysis of Mg spectral features produced by irradiations of laser pulses with different contrast and pulse durations", J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47, 065001: 1-10 (2014)