Summary

About the Trevor J. McMinn Endowed Professorship in w88 casino

Mathematics Professor Trevor McMinn served 25 years at the w88 casino, retiring in 1988. After his passing, the w88 casino received a gift from McMinn's estate, which was used to create professorships in the College of Science. Established: 2015. (College of Science)

Professional Experience

• 2003-Present: Professor of w88 casino, University of Nevada, Reno
• 2007-2010: Chair, Department of w88 casino, University of Nevada, Reno
• 2006-2007: Associate Dean for Research, College of Science, w88 casino, Reno
• 2004-2005: Faculty Sabbatical Appointment, Sandia National Laboratories
• 1999-2004: Vice-Chair, Department of w88 casino, University of Nevada, Reno
• 2001: w88 casino, Max-Planck Institut for Quantenoptik, Germany
• 1996-2003: Associate Professor of w88 casino, University of Nevada, Reno
• 1994: Appointed to the Graduate Faculty, w88 casino, Reno
• 1993-1996: Assistant Professor of w88 casino, University of Nevada, Reno
• 1992: Appointed to the Graduate Studies Faculty, w88 casino Florida
• 1991-1993: Research Scientist, w88 casino Florida
• 1985-1990: Post Doctoral Research Associate, w88 casino Florida
• 1983-1984: Profesor Adjunto, w88 casino Buenos Aires
• 1994/95/96/97/98: w88 casino, Laboratory LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, France

Professional Awards

• H.K. Shin Award for Excellence in Research, College of w88 casino, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, 2005
• LeMay Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of w88 casino, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, 2006
• Fellow of the American w88 casino Society, 2014

Research Interests

Atomic and radiation w88 casino of high-energy-density plasmas; Stark-broadened line shapes; radiation transport; x-ray spectroscopy of plasmas; multi-objective spectroscopic data analysis.

Education

• Ph.D., w88 casino, 1983 University of Buenos Aires
• M.S., w88 casino, 1976 University of Buenos Aires

Selected Publications

• "Time-resolved characterization and energy balance analysis of implosioncore in shock-ignition experiments at OMEGA"R. Florido, R. C. Mancini, T. Nagayama, R. Tommasini, J. A. Delettrez,and S. P. Regan,w88 casino of Plasmas21, 102709 (2014).
• "Direct asymmetry measurement of temperature and density spatialdistributions in inertial confinement fusion plasmas from pinholespace-resolved spectra"T. Nagayama, R. C. Mancini, R. Florido, D. Mayes, R. Tommasini, J. A. Koch,J. A. Delettrez, S. P. Regan, and V. A. Smalyuk,w88 casino of Plasmas21, 050702 (2014).
• "Absorption spectroscopy of a laboratory photoionized plasma experiment at Z"I. M. Hall, T. Durmaz, R. C. Mancini, J. E. Bailey, G. A. Rochau, I. E. Golovkin,and J. J. MacFarlane, w88 casino of Plasmas21, 031203 (2014)
• "The effect of improved satellite line shapes on the argon He-beta spectral feature"R.C. Mancini, C.A. Iglesias, S. Ferri, A. Calisti, R. Florido,High Energy Density w88 casino9, 731 (2013)
• "Investigation of a polychromatic tomography method for the extraction of the three-dimensional spatial structure of implosion core plasmas" T. Nagayama, R. C. Mancini, R. Florido, R. Tommasini, J. A. Koch, J. A. Delettrez, S. P. Regan and V. Smalyuk, w88 casino of Plasmas19, 082705 (2012).
• "Investigation of plasma instabilities in the stagnated z-pinch" V. Ivanov, J. P. Chittenden, R. C. w88 casino, D. Papp, N. Niasse, S. D. Altemara and A. A. Anderson, Physical Review E86, 046403 (2012).
• "Measurement of ionization state and electron temperature of plasma during the ablation stage of a wire-array z-pinch using absorption spectroscopy" V. Ivanov, P. Hakel, R. C. Mancini, J. P. Chittenden, A. Anderson, T. Durmaz, P. Wiewior, D. Papp, S. D. Altemara, A. L. Astanovitskiy and O. Chalvy, w88 casino Review Letters106, 225005 (2011).
• "Measurements of core and compressed-shell temperature and density conditions in thick-wall target implosions at the OMEGA laser facility" R. Florido, R. C. w88 casino, T. Nagayama, R. Tommasini, J. A. Delettrez, S. P. Regan and B. Yaakobi, Physical Review E83, 066408 (2011).
• "Radiation hydrodynamic simulation of a photoionized plasma experiment at the Z facility" I. M. Hall, T. Durmaz, R. C. w88 casino, J. E. Bailey and G. Rochau, Astrophysics and Space Science336,189 (2011).
• "Argon K-shell and bound-free emission from OMEGA direct-drive implosion cores" R. Florido, R. C. Mancini, T. Nagayama, R. Tommasini, J. A. Delettrez, S. P. Regan, V. A. Smalyuk, R. Rodriguez and J. M. Gil, High Energy Density w88 casino6, 70 (2010).
• "Experimental investigation of opacity models for stellar interior, inertial fusion, and high-energy density plasmas" J. E. Bailey, G. A. Rochau, R. C. Mancini, C. A. Iglesias, J. J. MacFarlane, I. E. Golovkin, C. Blanchard, Ph. Cosse and G. Faussurier, w88 casino of Plasmas16, 058101 (2009).
• "Inference of ICF implosion core mix using experimental and theoretical mix modeling" L. A. Welser-Sherrill, D. A. Haynes, R. C. Mancini, J. H. Cooley, R. Tommasini, I. E. Golovkin, M. E. Sherrill and S. W. Haan, High Energy Density w88 casino5, 249 (2009).
• "Accretion disk dynamics, photoionized plasmas, and stellar opacities" R. C. Mancini, J. E. Bailey, J. F. Hawley, T. Kallman, M. Witthoeft, S. J. Rose and H. Takabe, w88 casino of Plasmas16, 041001 (2009).
• "Cascade effects w88 casino polarization of He-like Fe 1s 2l - 1s²X-ray line emission" P. Hakel, R. C. w88 casino, C. Harris, P. Neill, P. Beiersdorfer, G. Csanak, H. L. Zhan, Physical Review A76, 012716 (2007).
• "Spectroscopic modeling and characterization of a collisionally confined laser ablated plasma plume" M. E. Sherrill, R. C. w88 casino, J. E. Bailey, A. Filuk, B. Clark, P. Lake and J. Abdallah, Physical Review E76, 056401 (2007).
• "Spectroscopic determination of temperature and density spatial profiles and mix in indirect drive implosion cores" L. Welser, R. C. w88 casino, J. Koch, N. Izumi, R. Tommasini, S. Haan, D. Haynes, I. Golovkin, J. MacFarlane, J. Delettrez, F. Marshall, S. Regan, V. Smalyuk and G. Kyrala, Physical Review E76, 056403 (2007).
• "Line Broadening Analysis of Implosion Core Conditions at Z Using Argon K-shell spectroscopy" T. J. Burris-Mog, R. C. w88 casino, J. E. Bailey, G. A. Chandler, S. A. Slutz, P. W. Lake, T. A. Mehlhorn, I. E. Golovkin, J. MacFarlane, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer99, 120 (2006).
• "X-ray Line Polarization of He-like Si Satellite Spectra in Plasmas Driven by High-Intensity Ultra-Short Pulsed Lasers" P. Hakel, R.C. w88 casino, J.C. Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau and M. Cornille, Physical Review E49, 056405 (2004).
• "Spectroscopic Determination of Dynamic Plasma Gradients in Implosion Cores" I. E. Golovkin, R. C. w88 casino, S. Louis, Y. Ochi, K. Fujita, H. Nishimura, H. Shirga, N. Miyanaga, H. Azechi, R. Butsbach, I. Uschman, E. Foerster, J. Delettrez, J. Koch, R. W. Lee and L. Klein, Physical Review Letters88, 045002-1 (2002).
• "Analysis of X-ray Spectral Data Using Genetic Algorithms" I. E. Golovkin, R. C. w88 casino, S. Louis, R. W. Lee and L. Klein, J. Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer75, 625 (2002).
• "High-Order Satellites and Plasma Gradients Effects on the Ar Heβ Line Opacity and Intensity Distribution" I.E. Golovkin and R.C. w88 casino, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer65, 273 (2000).
• "Isochoric Heating of Solid Aluminum by Ultrashort Laser Pulses Focused on a Tamped Target" A. Saemann, K. Eidmann, I. E. Golovkin, R. C. w88 casino, E. Anderson, E. Foerster and K. Witte, Physical Review Letters82, 4843 (1999).
• "Polarization-Dependent Spectra of X-Ray Dielectronic Satellite Lines of Be-like Fe" A. S. Shlyaptseva, R. C. w88 casino, P. Neill, P. Beiersdorfer, J. R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia and K. Widmann, Physical Review A57, 888 (1998).
• "The Effects of Ion Dynamics and Opacity on Stark Broadened Argon Line Profiles" D. A. Haynes, Jr., D. T. Garber, C. F. Hooper, Jr., R. C. w88 casino, Y. Lee, D. K. Bradley, J. Delettrez, R. Epstein and P. Jaanimagi, Physical Review E53, 1042 (1996).
• "Stark Broadening of Satellite Lines in Silicon Plasmas Driven by Femtosecond Laser Pulses" R. C. w88 casino, A. S. Shlyaptseva, P. Audebert, J. P. Geindre, S. Bastiani, J. C. Gauthier, G. Grillon, A. Mysyrowicz and A. Antonetti, Physical Review E54, 4147 (1996).
• "Modeling of Absorption Spectra in Dense Argon Plasmas" R. C. w88 casino, C. F. Hooper, Jr. and R. L. Coldwell, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer51, 201 (1994).
• "The Formation of Li-like Satellites During the Interaction of Femtosecond Laser Pulses with Al Targets" R. C. Mancini, P. Audebert, J. P. Geindre, A. Rousse, F. Fallies, J. C. Gauthier, A. Mysyrowicz, J. P. Chambaret and A. Antonetti, Journal of w88 casino B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical w88 casino27, 1671 (1994).
• "Density and Temperature Diagnostic Based on the Heβ Line and Associated Li-like Satellites" R.C. w88 casino, C.F. Hooper, Jr., N.D. Delamater, A. Hauer, C.J. Keane, B.A. Hammel and J.K. Nash, Review of Scientific Instruments63, 5119 (1992).
• "Calculational Aspects of the Stark Line Broadening of Multielectron Ions in Plasmas" R. C. Mancini, D. P. Kilcrease, L. A. Woltz and C. F. Hooper, Jr., Computer w88 casino Communications63, 314 (1991).
• "Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Measurements of High Density in Ar-Filled Microballoon Implosions" C. F. Hooper, Jr., D. P. Kilcrease, R. C. w88 casino, L. A. Woltz, D. K. Bradley, P. A. Jaanimagi and M. C. Richardson, Physical Review Letters63, 267 (1989).
• "Hydrodynamics and K-Shell Radiation Emission of Laser Compressed Ar-Filled Glass Microballoons" R. C. Mancini and C. F. Hooper, Jr., Journal of w88 casino D: Applied w88 casino21, 1099 (1988).
• "Escape Factors for Stark-Broadened Line Profiles" R. C. Mancini, R. F. Joyce and C. F. Hooper, Jr., Journal of w88 casino B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical w88 casino20, 2975 (1987).
• "Ionization State and Bound Level Populations in Hot, Dense Plasmas" R. C. w88 casino and C. Ferro Fontan, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer34, 115 (1985).