Research Interests:

• Magnetic fusion
• Field-reversed Configuration
• Dynamic stabilization
• Advanced (aneutronic) fuels for fusion
• Plasma thrusters for space propulsion
• Plasma recombination
• Education

Recent Papers & Publications:

• Maintaining the closed magnetic-field-line topology of a field-reversed configuration (FRC) with the addition of static transverse magnetic fields
• "Maintaining the Closed Magnetic-field-line Topology of a Field-reversed Configuration (FRC) with the Addition of Static Transverse Magnetic Fields " S.A. Cohen and R.D. Milroy (2000)
• "Permeation of hydrogen through palladium," J. Park, T. Bennett, J. Schwarzmann, and S.A. Cohen, J. Nucl. Mater. 220 (1995) 827.
• "An undergraduate laboratory course taught in a concentrated-study format," S.A. Cohen et al. Bull. Am. Phys. Soc, 40 (1995) 1689.
• "Experimental observations of steep temperature gradients in dense magnetized plasmas," G. Chiu and S.A, Cohen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 1248.
• "Comparisons of experimental measurements and two-dimensional plasma-fluid numerical simulations of a magnetized plasma column" G. S. Chiu and S. A. Cohen. to appear in Physics of Plasmas, Oct 1996.
• "Arc Jets for divertor component testing," S.A. Cohen, J. Balboni,and T. Munsat, to appear in J. Nucl. Mater. Dec 1996.
• "Helium ash removal from a tokamak plasma using radio frequency heating and ripple trapping," C.S. Chang, S.A. Cohen, R. Majeski, M. Redi, and S. Zweben, Comments on Plasma Physics 18, (1997) 235.
• "Plasma-neutral interaction in thermally collapsed plasma," Jaeyoung Park, T.K. Bennett, M.J. Goeckner, and S.A. Cohen, J. Nucl. Mater. 241-243, (1997) 489.
• "A source of hyperthermal neutrals for materials processing," M.J. Goeckner, T.K. Bennett, and S.A. Cohen, Applied Physics Lett. 71 (1997) 980.
• "A new plasma thruster," S.A. Cohen and M.A. Paluszek, Launchspace, (1998) 46.
• "Operational characteristics of a hollow cathode magnetron," Z. Wang and S.A. Cohen, J. Vac. Sci. and Technol. (to appear Jan/Feb 1999).
• "Geometrical aspects of a hollow-cathode planar magnetron," Z. Wang and S.A. Cohen (submitted to Phys. Plasmas).
• "Nitrogen atom energy distribution in a hollow-cathode sputtering magnetron," Z. Wang, S.A. Cohen, D.N. Ruzic, and M. Goeckner, (submitted to Phys Rev E).
• "Plasma detachment by three-body recombination," J. Park and S.A. Cohen, (in prep).
• "A method to optimize the Jannson deconvolution algorithm for spectral data," Z. Wang and S.A. Cohen (in prep).
• "Ion Heating in the Field-reversed Configuration (FRC) by Rotating Magnetic Fields (RMF) Near Cyclotron Resonance" Samuel A. Cohen and Alan H. Glasser
• A Fusion Power Plant without Plasma-Material Interactions
• Nitrogen Atom Energy Distributions in a Hollow-cathode Planar Sputtering Magnetron