Position
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
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Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972
M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
Bio/Description
Research Interests:
- Plasma physics with applications to nuclear fusion, lasers, propulsion, waste remediation, and astrophysics
Awards & Honors
- Distinguished Career Award, Fusion Power Associates, 2018
- Batsheva Fellow, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2017
- Hannes Alfvén Prize, European Physical Society, 2015
- Weston Visiting Professorship, Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute, 2013
- James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, 2005
- EO Lawrence Award, 2004
- Gold Medal, United States Department of Energy, 2004
- Fellow of NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, 2003
- Bronze Medal, US Department of Energy, Outstanding Mentor in Undergraduate Research Programs, 2002
- American Physical Society Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics, 1992
- Fellow of American Physical Society, 1987
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1985
- MIT National Scholar, 1968-1972
Teaching
- AST 551 General Plasma Physics I
Selected Publications
Journal Publications in 2023:
I. E. Ochs and N. J. Fisch, Ponderomotive Recoil for Electromagnetic Waves, Physics of Plasmas 30, 022102 (February, 2023).
- R. Gueroult, J. M. Rax, and N. J. Fisch, Wave propagation in rotating magnetised plasmas, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 65, 034006 (February, 2023).
- K. Qu, S. Meuren, and N. J. Fisch, Creating pair plasmas with observable collective effects, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 65, 034007 (February, 2023).
- K. V. Lezhnin, K. Qu, and N. J. Fisch, Focusability in the multi-pump Raman amplification of short laser pulses, Physics of Plasmas 30, 032106 (March, 2023).
- M. E. Mlodik, V. R. Munirov, T. Rubin, and N. J. Fisch, Sensitivity of synchrotron radiation to the superthermal electron population in mildly relativistic plasma, Physics of Plasmas 30, 043301 (April, 2023).
- W. Wu, J. Liu, N. J. Fisch, J. Xiao, H. Cai, Z. Liu, and Y. He, Weakly Convergent Stochastic Simulation of Electron Collisions in Plasmas, Computer Physics Communications 289, 108758 (April, 2023).
- T. Rubin, J. M. Rax, and N. J. Fisch, Magnetostatic Ponderomotive Potential in Rotating Plasma, Physics of Plasmas 30, 052501 (May, 2023).
- E. J. Kolmes, M. E. Mlodik, and N. J. Fisch, Extending the Single-Fluid Solvability Con-ditions for More General Plasma Systems, Physics Letters A 477, 128882 (May, 2023).
- C. Stollberg, E. Kroupp, D. Mikitchuk, P. Sharma, V. Bernshtam, M. Cvejic, R. Doron, E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, A. Fruchtman, I. E. Ochs, N. J. Fisch, and U. Shumlak, Observation of fast current redistribution in an imploding plasma column, Physical Review Letters 130, 205101 (May, 2023).
- I. E. Ochs, V. R. Munirov, and N. J. Fisch, Confinement Time and Ambipolar Potential in a Relativistic Mirror-Confined Plasma, Physics of Plasmas 30, 052508 (May, 2023).
- V. R. Munirov and N. J. Fisch, Suppression of Bremsstrahlung losses from relativistic plasma with energy cuto↵, Physical Review E 107, 065205 (June, 2023).
- J. M. Rax, R. Gueroult, and N. J. Fisch, . DC electric fields generation and distribution in magnetized plasmas, Physics of Plasmas 30, 072509 (July, 2023).
- J. M. Rax, R. Gueroult, and N. J. Fisch, Quasilinear theory of Brillouin resonances in rotating magnetized plasmas Journal of Plasma Physics 89, 905890408 (July, 2023).
- H. Fetsch, T. E. Foster, and N. J. Fisch, Temperature Separation under Compression of Moderately Coupled Plasma, Journal of Plasma Physics 89, 905890510 (October, 2023).
- H. Fetsch and N. J. Fisch, Improved Ion Heating for Fast Ignition by Pulse Shaping, Physical Review E 108, 045206 (October, 2023).
- V. M. Malkin and N. J. Fisch, Six-photon resonant scattering of collinear laser pulses in plasma, Physical Review E 108, 045208 (October, 2023).
- T. E. Foster, H. Fetsch, and N. J. Fisch, Fast Correlation Heating in Moderately Coupled Electron-Ion Plasmas, Journal of Plasma Physics 89, 905890506 (October, 2023).
- Y. Maron, R. Doron, M. Cvejic, E. Stambulchik, D. Mikitchuk, C. Stollberg, T. Queller, E. Kroupp, G. Rosenzweig, B. Rubinstein, S. Biswas, V. Bernshtam, O. Nedostup, V. Litmanovich, V. Fisher, A. Starobinets, A. Fruchtman, A. Fisher, V. Tangri, J. L. Giuliani, A. Dasgupta, I. E. Ochs, E. J. Kolmes, M. E. Mlodik, S. Davidovits, and N. J. Fisch, Spectroscopic Determination of Magnetic Fields in Pulsed-Power and High-Energy-Density Plasmas, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 51, 3407 (Nov., 2023).
- I. E. Ochs and N. J. Fisch, The Critical Role of Potential Surfaces in Static Ponderomotive End Plugs, Physical Review E 108, 065210 (December, 2023).
- T. Rubin, J. M. Rax, and N. J. Fisch, Guiding center motion for particles in a ponderomotive magnetostatic end plug, J. Plasma Physics 89, 905890615 (Dec., 2023).
- J. M. Rax, R. Gueroult, and N. J. Fisch, Rotating Alfven waves in rotating plasmas, Journal of Plasma Physics 89, 905890613 (December, 2023).