Erik P.Gilson

Refereed Publications

2013

• Excitation of Transverse Dipole and Quadrupole Modes in a Pure Ion Plasma in a Linear Paul Trap to Study Collective Processes in Intense Beams, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski, E. A. Startsev, H. Wang, S. Koppell, M. Talley, Physics of Plasmas 20, 055706 (2013).
• Studies of Electrical Breakdown Processes Across Vacuum Gaps Between Metallic Electrodes, L. R. Grisham, A. Von Halle, A. F. Carpe, Guy Rossi, K. R. Gilton, E. D. McBride, E. P. Gilson, A. Stepanov, T. N. Stevenson, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, accepted for publication, (2013).
• Ferroelectric Plasma Sources for NDCX-II and Heavy Ion Drivers, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, I. D. Kaganovich, J. W. Kwan, S. M. Lidia, P. A. Ni, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, W. L. Waldron, J. J. Barnard, A. Friedman, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, acceptbed for publication, (2013).

2012

• Exploratory Test of Utility of Magnetic Insulation for Electrostatic Accelerators, L. R. Grisham, A. von Halle, A. F. Carpe, G. Rossi, K. R. Gilton, E. D. McBride, E. P. Gilson, A. Stepanov, T. N. Stevenson, Physics of Plasmas 19, 023107 (2012).
• Plasma Source Development for the NDCX-I and NDCX-II Neutralized Drift Compression Experiments, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, J. Z. Gleizer, I. D. Kaganovich, Ya. E. Krasik, Laser and Particle Beams 30, 435 (2012).

2010

• Experimental Program for the Princeton Ion Source Test Facility, , L. R. Grisham, E. P. Gilson, I. D. Kaganovich, J. W. Kwan, A. Stepanov, Laser and Particle Beams 28, 571 (2010).
• Beam Dynamics of the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment-II, A Novel Pulse-Compressing Ion Accelerator,A. Friedman, J. J. Barnard, R. H. Cohen, D. P. Grote, S. M. Lund, W. M. Sharp, A. Faltens, E. Henestroza, J.-Y. Jung, J. W. Kwan, M. A. Leitner, B. G. Logan, J.-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, E. P. Gilson, I. D. Kaganovich, Physics of Plasmas 17, 056704 (2010).
• Studies of Emittance Growth and Halo Particle Production in Intense Charged Particle Beams Using the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, , E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P. C. Efthimion, M. S. Gutierrez, A. N. Kabcenell, R. Majeski, Physics of Plasmas 17, 056707 (2010).

2009

• Experimental Investigation of Random Noise-Induced Beam Degradation in High-Intensity Accelerators Using a Linear Paul Trap, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Accelerators and Beams 12, 054203 (2009).
• Use of a Linear Paul Trap to Study Random Noise-Induced Beam Degradation in High-Intensity Accelerators, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physical Review Letters 102, 145003 (2009).
• Recent Advances in the Physics of Collective Excitations in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment,E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P. C. Efthimion, A. B. Godbehere, R. Majeski, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 48 (2009).
• Meter-Long Plasma Source For Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization,P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, and R. C. Davidson, B. G. Logan, P. A. Seidl, and W. Waldron, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 124 (2009).
• A Space-Charge Neutralizing Plasma for Beam Drift-Compression Experiments,P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, A. Anders, J. E. Coleman, E. P. Gilson, D. P. Grote, J. Y. Jung, M. Leitner, S. Lidia, B. G. Logan, A. B. Sefkow, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welch, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 22 (2009).
• Progress in Beam Focusing and Compression for Warm Dense Matter Experiments,P. A. Seidl, A. Anders, R. H. Cohen, J. E. Coleman, M. Dorf, E. P. Gilson, D. P. Grote, J. Y. Jung, M. Leitner, S. M. Lidia, B. G. Logan, P. K. Roy, A. B. Sefkow, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welch, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 606, 75 (2009).
• Simulations and Experiments of Intense Ion Beam Current Density Compression in Space and Time, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, E. P. Gilson, I. D. Kaganovich, A. Anders, J. E. Coleman, M. Leitner, S. M. Lidia, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, and D. R. Welch, Physics of Plasmas 16, 056701 (2009).

2008

• Advanced Plasma Flow Simulations of Cathodic-Arc and Ferroelectric Plasma Sources for Neutralized Drift Compression Experiments, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, and E. P. Gilson, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 11, 070101 (2008).
• Source-to-Target Simulation of Simultaneous Longitudinal and Transverse Focusing of Heavy Ion Beams, D. R. Welch, J. E. Coleman, P. A. Seidl, P. K. Roy, E. Henestroza, E. P. Lee, A. B. Sefkow, E. P. Gilson, T. C. Genoni, and D. V. Rose, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 11, 064701(2008).

2007

• Recent US Advances in Ion-Beam-Driven High Energy Density Physics and Heavy Ion Fusion, B. G. Logan, F. M. Bieniosek, C. M. Celata, J. Coleman, W. Greenway, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. Leitner, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, J.-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, J. J. Barnard, R. H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, M. Kireeff Covo, A. W. Molvik, S. M. Lund, W. R. Meier, W. Sharp, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, L. Grisham, I. D. Kaganovich, H. Qin, A. B. Sefkow, E. A. Startsev, D. Welch, C. Olson, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 1 (2007).
• Heavy-Ion-Fusion-Science: Summary of U.S. Progress, S. S. Yu, B. G. Logan, J. J. Barnard, F. M. Bieniosek, R. J. Briggs, R. H. Cohen, J. E. Coleman, R. C. Davidson, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, L. R. Grisham, D. P. Grote, E. Henestroza, I. D. Kaganovich, M. Kireeff Covo, R. A. Kishek, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. A. Leitner, S. M. Lund, A. W. Molvik, C. L. Olson, H. Qin, P. K. Roy, A. Sefkow, P. A. Seidl, E. A. Startsev, J-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, and D. R. Welch, Nuclear Fusion 47, 721 (2007).
• Plans for Longitudinal and Transverse Neutralized Beam Compression Experiments, and Initial Results From Solenoid Transport Experiments, P. A. Seidl, J. Armijo, D. Baca, F. M. Bieniosek, J. Coleman, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, D. Grote, I. Haber, E. Henestroza, I. Kaganovich, M. Leitner, B. G. Logan, A. W. Molvik, D. V. Rose, P. K. Roy, A. B. Sefkow, W. M. Sharp, J. L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welch, S. S. Yu, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 215 (2007).
• Optimized Simultaneous Transverse and Longitudinal Focusing of Intense Ion Beam Pulses for Warm Dense Matter Applications, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, I. D. Kaganovich, E. P. Gilson, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, P. A. Seidl, D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose and J. J. Barnard, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 289 (2007).
• Ferroelectric Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, R.C. Davidson, L. Grisham, B.G. Logan, P. A. Seidl, W. Waldron and S. S. Yu, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 203 (2007).
• Neutralized Drift Compression Experiments (NDCX) with a High Intensity Ion Beam, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, W. Waldron, A. Anders, D. Baca, F. M. Bieniosek, J. Coleman, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, S. Eylon, E. P. Gilson, W. G. Greenway, E. Henestroza, I. Kaganovich, M. Leitner, B. G. Logan, A. B. Sefkow, P. Seidl, C. Thoma and D. R. Welch, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 223 (2007).
• Transverse beam compression on the Paul trap simulator experiment, Erik P. Gilson, Moses Chung, Ronald C. Davidson, Philip C. Efthimion, and Richard Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 10, 124201 (2007).
• Experiments on Transverse Compression of a Long Charge Bunch in a Linear Paul Trap, M. Chung, E.P. Gilson, M. Dorf, R. C. Davidson, P.C. Efthimion and R. Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 10, 064202 (2007).
• Ion Injection Optimization for a Linear Paul Trap to Study Intense Beam Propagation, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, M. Dorf, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion and R. Majeski, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 10, 014202 (2007).
• Conditions for minimization of halo particle production during transverse compression of intense ion charge bunches in the Paul trap simulator experiment (PTSX), Erik P. Gilson, Moses Chung, Ronald C. Davidson, Mikhail Dorf, Philip C. Efthimion, David P. Grote, Richard Majeski, Edward A. Startsev, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 577, 117 (2007).

2006

• U.S. Heavy Ion Beam Research for High Energy Density Physics Applications and Fusion, R. C. Davidson, B. G. Logan, J. J. Barnard et al., Journal De Physique IV 133, 731 (2006).
• Fast Faraday Cup to Measure Neutralized Drift Compression in Intense Ion Charge Bunches, A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, S. S. Yu, P. K. Roy, F. M. Bieniosek, J. E. Coleman, S. Eylon, W. G. Greenway, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, D. L. Vanecek, W. L. Waldron, and D. R. Welch, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 9, 052801 (2006).
• Experimental Simulations of Beam Propagation Over Large Distances in a Compact Linear Paul Trap, E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physics of Plasmas 13, 056705 (2006).

2005

• Drift Compression of an Intense Neutralized Ion Beam, P.K. Roy, S. S. Yu, E. Henestroza, A. Anders, F. M. Bieniosek, J. Coleman, S. Eylon, W. G. Greenway, M. Leitner, B. G. Logan, W. L. Waldron, D. R. Welsh, C. Thoma, A. B. Sefkow, E. P. Gilson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. C. Davidson, Physical Review Letters 95, 234801 (2005).
• Comparison of Experimental Data and Three-Dimensional Simulation of Ion Beam Neutralization from the Neutralized Transport Experiment, C. Thoma, D. R. Welch, S. S. Yu, E. Henestroza, P. K. Roy, S. Eylon and E. P. Gilson, Physics of Plasmas 12, 043102 (2005).
• Overview of US Heavy-Ion Fusion Progress And Plans, G. Logan, F. Bieniosek, C. Celata, E. Henestroza, J. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. Leitner, L. Prost, P. Roy, P. A. Seidl, S. Eylon, J.-L. Vay, W. Waldron, S. Yu, J. Barnard, D. Callahan, R. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. Grote, M. Kireeff Covo, W. R. Meier, A. Molvik, S. Lund, R. Davidson, P. Efthimion, E. Gilson, L. Grisham, I. Kaganovich, H. Qin, E. Startsev, D. Rose, D. Welch, C. Olson, R. Kishek, P. O’Sheaf and I. Haber, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 1 (2005).
• Simulation of Long-Distance Beam Propagation in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski and E. A. Startsev, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 171 (2005).
• Laser-Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic of Barium Ion Plasmas in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, M. Chung, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski and E. A. Startsev, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 514 (2005).
• Development of a One-Meter Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, S. S. Yu and B. G. Logan, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 378 (2005).
• Overview of U. S. Heavy Ion Fusion Research, B. G. Logan, F. M. Bieniosek, C. M. Celata, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. Leitner, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, S. Eylon, J.-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, J. J. Barnard, D. A. Callahan, R. H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, M. Kireeff Covo, W. R. Meier, A. W. Molvik, S. M. Lund, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, L. R. Grisham, I. D. Kaganovich, H. Qin, E. A. Startsev, D. V. Rose, D. R. Welch, C. L. Olson, R. A. Kishek, P. O'Shea, I. Haber, and L. R. Prost, Nuclear Fusion 45, 131 (2005).
• Neutralized Transport Experiment, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, S. Eylon, E. Henestroza, A. Anders, E. P. Gilson, F. M. Bieniosek, W. G. Greenway, B. G. Logan, W. L. Waldron, D. B. Shuman, D. L. Vanecek, D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, C. Thoma, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, I. Kaganovich, A. B. Sefkow and W. M. Sharp, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 544, 225 (2005).

2004

• Paul Trap Simulator Experiment to Model Intense-Beam Propagation in Alternating-Gradient Transport Systems, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, and R. Majeski, Physical Review Letters 92, 155002 (2004).
• Design and Characterization of a Neutralized-Transport Experiment for Heavy Ion Fusion, E. Henestroza, S. Eylon, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, A. Anders, F. M. Bieniosek, W. G. Greenway, B. G. Logan, R. A. MacGill, D. B. Shuman, D. L. Vanecek, W. L. Waldron, W. M. Sharp, T. L. Houck, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow , D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, and C. L. Olson, Physical Review Special Topics Acclerators and Beams 7, 083501 (2004).
• Results on Intense Beam Focusing and Neutralization from the Neutralized Beam Experiment, P. K. Roy, S. S. Yu, S. Eylon, E. Henestroza, A. Anders, F. M. Bieniosek, W. G. Greenway, B. G. Logan, W. L. Waldron, D. L. Vanecek, D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow, W. M. Sharp, Physics of Plasmas 11, 2890 (2004).

2003

• Progress in Heavy Ion Fusion Research, C. M. Celata, F. M. Bieniosek, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, G. Logan, L. Prost, P. A. Seidl, J-L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, J. J. Barnard, D. A. Callahan, R. H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, S. M. Lund, A. Molvik, W. M. Sharp, G. Westenskow, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, L. R. Grisham, I. Kaganovich, H. Qin, E. A. Startsev, S. Bernal, Y. Cui, D. Feldman, T. F. Godlove, I. Haber, J. Harris, R. A. Kishek, H. Li, P. G. O'Shea, B. Quinn, M. Reiser, A. Valfells, M. Walter, Y. Zou, D. V. Rose and D. R. Welch, Physics of Plasmas 10, 2064 (2003).
• ECR Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Charge Neutralization, P. Efthimion, E. Gilson, L. Grisham, P. Kolchin, R. C. Davidson, S. Yu and B. G. Logan, Laser and Particle Beams 21, 37 (2003).
• The Paul Trap Simulator Experiment, E. P. Gilson, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, R. Majeski, and H. Qin, Laser and Particle Beams 21, 549 (2003).
• Quadrupole Induced Resonant Particle Transport in a Pure Electron Plasma, E. P. Gilson and J. Fajans, Physical Review Letters 90, 015001 (2003).

2002

• Decay of the Diocotron Rotation and Transport in a New Low-Density Asymmetry Dominated Regime, E. Sarid, E. P. Gilson, and J. Fajans, Physical Review Letters 89, 105002 (2002).

2001

• The Effect of Damping on Autoresonant (nonstationary) Excitation, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and L. Friedland, Physics of Plasmas 8, 423 (2001).

2000

• Bifurcations in Elliptical, Asymmetric Non-neutral Plasmas, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and E. Yu. Backhaus, Physics of Plasmas 7, 3929 (2000).
• Second Harmonic Autoresonant Control of the l=1 Diocotron Mode in Pure-electron Plasmas, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and L. Friedland, Physical Review E 62, 4131 (2000).
• Subharmonic Autoresonance of the Diocotron Mode, L. Friedland, J. Fajans and E. Gilson, Physics of Plasmas 7, 1712 (2000).

1999

• Autoresonant (Nonstationary) Excitation of a Collective Nonlinear Mode, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and L. Friedland, Physics of Plasmas 6, 4497 (1999).
• Autoresonant (Nonstationary) Excitation of the Diocotron Mode in a Non-neutral Plasma, J. Fajans, E. Gilson and L. Friedland, Physical Review Letters 82, 4444 (1999).

1993

• Stability of Very Small Strangelets, E. P. Gilson and R. L. Jaffe, Physical Review Letters 71, 332 (1993).