Gregory Benford
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Gregory Benford's Degrees
- PhD Physics University of California, San Diego
- Masters Physics University of California, San Diego
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
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Published Works
- Advanced Technology Paths to Global Climate Stability: Energy for a Greenhouse Planet (2002) (1376)
- Survey of pulse shortening in high-power microwave sources (1997) (127)
- HAMILTON'S FORCES OF NATURAL SELECTION AFTER FORTY YEARS (2007) (92)
- Current-carrying beams in astrophysics: models for double radio sources and jets (1978) (67)
- Ion heating by the electrostatic ion cyclotron instability: theory and experiment (1976) (66)
- The Tachyonic Antitelephone (1970) (60)
- Coherent pulsar radio radiation by antenna mechanisms: general theory (1977) (55)
- Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia (1999) (49)
- Ocean sequestration of crop residue carbon: recycling fossil fuel carbon back to deep sediments. (2009) (49)
- Detailed spectra of high‐power broadband microwave radiation from interactions of relativistic electron beams with weakly magnetized plasmas (1983) (46)
- General Theory of Coherent Curvature Radiation (1976) (44)
- Experimental study of a plasma-filled backward wave oscillator (1992) (41)
- Searching for cost-optimized interstellar beacons. (2008) (40)
- Messaging with cost-optimized interstellar beacons. (2008) (39)
- The collective emission of electromagnetic waves from astrophysical jets - Luminosity gaps, BL Lacertae objects, and efficient energy transport (1988) (39)
- Probabilistic Model of Plasma Turbulence (1972) (36)
- Sequestering of Atmospheric Carbon through Permanent Disposal of Crop Residue (2001) (35)
- An electrodynamic model of the galactic center (1988) (33)
- Think big (2013) (33)
- Coherent Radiation from Energetic Electron Streams via Collisionless Bremsstrahlung in Strong Plasma Turbulence (1991) (32)
- Collective microwave emission from intense electron-beam interactions - Theory and experiment (1980) (32)
- Collective emission from rapidly variable quasars (1992) (32)
- Study of a plasma‐filled X‐band backward wave oscillator (1992) (29)
- A revolution for aging research (2006) (27)
- Temperature stabilization of instabilities in force-free magnetospheres (1977) (27)
- Ion heating by the current-driven electrostatic ion-cyclotron instability (1974) (26)
- Theory of filamentation in relativistic electron beams (1973) (24)
- Ion beam excitation of ion-cyclotron waves and ion heating in plasmas with drifting electrons (1978) (23)
- Taking control (2000) (22)
- Diagnosing superstrong turbulence in plasma by forbidden line measurements (1988) (21)
- Stability of galactic radio jets (1981) (21)
- To Bury or to Burn: Optimum Use of Crop Residues to Reduce Atmospheric CO2 (2002) (21)
- Electrostatic ion cyclotron waves: Plasma heating, frequency shifts and linewidths (1976) (20)
- ELECTRON-BEAM FILAMENTATION IN STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS. (1972) (20)
- Turbulent dispersion of ion cyclotron waves: Theory and experiment (1974) (20)
- Detailed spectra of high-power broadband microwave emission from intense electron-beam-plasma interactions (1983) (19)
- Fossil AGN jets as ultrahigh-energy particle accelerators (2007) (18)
- Convergence of strong turbulence theory (1973) (18)
- 3-D simulations of rigid microwave-propelled sails including spin (2001) (17)
- Geometric absorption of electromagnetic angular momentum (2003) (17)
- Beyond Human: Living with Robots and Cyborgs (2007) (17)
- Turbulence-related morphology in extragalactic radio sources (1980) (17)
- Saving the "library of life". (1992) (17)
- Optical Diagnosis Of Electric Fields In A Beam-Driven Turbulent Plasma (1989) (17)
- Coherent emission and the escape of high brightness temperature radiation in active galactic nuclei (1998) (17)
- Estimates of dense plasma heating by stable intense electron beams (1972) (16)
- Magnetically ordered jets from pulsars. (1984) (16)
- Relativistic Beam Equilibria with Back Currents (1970) (15)
- Green's function for Markovian systems (1973) (15)
- Anomalous decay of Langmuir turbulence (1991) (15)
- A model of strong beam–plasma turbulence (1989) (15)
- An aero-spacecraft for the far upper atmosphere supported by microwaves (2005) (15)
- RELATIVISTIC BEAM EQUILIBRIA. (1971) (14)
- Model for the microstructure emission of pulsars (1977) (14)
- Narrowband versus broadband emission processes in pulsars (1980) (14)
- Microwave beam-driven sail flight experiments (2001) (14)
- Comporting ourselves to the future: Of time, communication, and nuclear waste (1994) (14)
- Experimental tests of beam-riding sail dynamics (2003) (13)
- Intense Electron Beams. (1978) (13)
- Electron beam radiation by collective Compton boosting of strong turbulence (1992) (12)
- Pulse shortening in high power microwave sources (1996) (12)
- Microwave radiation by a relativistic electron beam propagation through low-pressure air (1985) (12)
- Flight of Microwave‐Driven Sails: Experiments and Applications (2003) (11)
- Coherent radiation from an intense relativistic electron beam rotating in a background plasma (1978) (11)
- Weak turbulence theory of intense beam microwave experiments (1982) (11)
- TURBULENT DIFFUSION IN PHASE SPACE. (1972) (11)
- Herbal Supplement Extends Life Span Under Some Environmental Conditions and Boosts Stress Resistance (2015) (10)
- Coherent synchrotron emission observed: implications for radio astronomy (2000) (10)
- Collisional statistical model for superstrong plasma turbulence (1987) (9)
- Desorption-assisted sun diver missions (2002) (9)
- Electric field measurement in a plasma-filled X-band backward wave oscillator (1994) (9)
- Reducing solar sail escape times from Earth orbit using beamed energy (2006) (8)
- Cost Optimized Interstellar Beacons: SETI (2008) (8)
- Observation of sheath excitation of electrostatic waves and ion bursts in a plasma (1973) (8)
- A technology validation mission to demonstrate acceleration of sails by thermal desorption of coatings (2001) (8)
- Turbulent resistive heating of solar coronal arches (1983) (8)
- The lesson of Newcomb’s paradox (2013) (7)
- Stability of magnetic equilibria in radio bubbles (2006) (7)
- Physical mechanism of the Goldreich-Keeley radiative instability (1978) (7)
- Runaway-electron model for x-ray emission in pinched discharges (1978) (7)
- Radiation and ionization by relativistic electron beams (1973) (7)
- A radiation model for the vela pulsar (1980) (6)
- Reply to comment on “Geometric absorption of electromagnetic angular momentum” (2004) (6)
- Control of microwave-propelled sails using delayed measurements (2001) (6)
- Univalent Electron Transfers in Aromatic Nitration? (1945) (6)
- The electrodynamic ‘snake’ at the Galactic Centre (1997) (6)
- Sail deployment by microwave beam—experiments and simulations (2002) (6)
- Reply to Comments by S. A. Orszag (1975) (5)
- Broadband microwave generation by beam-plasma turbulence (1992) (5)
- Power-Beaming Concepts for Future Deep Space Exploration (2006) (5)
- Filamentary instabilities of rotating electron beams (1977) (5)
- Statistics of strongly turbulent electric fields (1993) (5)
- Solar coronal loop heating by cross-field wave transport (1989) (5)
- The wonderful future that never was (2010) (5)
- Crab pulsar optical and X-ray radiation through pinching instabilities. (1975) (4)
- Where might it lead? (2001) (4)
- Electron-positron cascade in pulsar outer gaps (1981) (4)
- Proposed Test of a Strange Matter Pulsar by Observation of the Neutrino Flux From Cygnus X-3 (1986) (4)
- Microsecond Microwave Radiation Bursts from a Relativistic Electron Beam Rotating in a Plasma (1979) (4)
- DIELECTRIC FUNCTION AND MAGNETIZATION WAVES IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS. (1969) (4)
- Anomalous ion beam scattering by shear Kelvin—Helmholtz wave interactions (1978) (4)
- Coherent curvature radiation from an electron beam rotating in a plasma (1979) (4)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008): Obituary (2008) (3)
- INTENSE ELECTRON BEAMS: A FUSION MATCH. (1972) (3)
- H- Impurity States and Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation (1969) (3)
- Max-Microwave Acceleration Experiment with Cosmos-1 (2006) (3)
- Fundamental radiative instability of accelerated plasmas (1979) (3)
- Applied mathematical theology (2006) (3)
- Helicon relaxation of electron spins (1968) (3)
- Equilibria and stability of centrifugal relativistic electron beams (1979) (3)
- Detection of impurity states in nuclear magnetic relaxation (1968) (3)
- Scattering in backward wave oscillators from turbulent electric fields (1997) (3)
- Stability and control of microwave-propelled sails in 1-D (2001) (3)
- Beam-Plasma Emission near the Plasma Frequency (1985) (2)
- Spin of Microwave Propelled Sails (2003) (2)
- STABILITY OF E-LAYER AND PLASMA IN ASTRON CONFIGURATIONS. (1968) (2)
- A slingshot model for solar flares (1991) (2)
- Magnetic Equilibria of Jets (1987) (2)
- Gravity's whispers (2010) (2)
- Acoustic Plasma Modes in High Magnetic Fields (1968) (2)
- Constraints on coherent curvature radiation from quasars. (1977) (2)
- STABILITY OF A MAGNETIC WELL. (1970) (2)
- Across the Sea of Suns (1984) (2)
- What Does Newcomb's Paradox Teach Us? (2009) (2)
- Laboratory study of coherent curvature radiation as a pulsar emission mechanism (1981) (2)
- Effect of broadband noise on plasma instabilities (1977) (2)
- Turbulent quenching of the drift‐dissipative mode in a Q Machine: Theory and experiment (1974) (2)
- Fourteen Grand Challenges What engineers can do to prove we can survive the 21 st century . By (2003) (2)
- Hacking the planet (2009) (1)
- Ion beam expansion due to ion cyclotron wave interactions (1979) (1)
- Salvaging the library of life (1993) (1)
- Plasma density measurement in a gas-filled X-band backward wave oscillator with a double conversion heterodyne microwave interferometer☆ (1996) (1)
- Scattering of relativistic electron beams in a plasma by beam-induced waves and magnetic field errors (1986) (1)
- Polarization of coherent synchrotron radiation from an electron beam rotating in a plasma (1981) (1)
- Scattering of relativistic electron beams by magnetic field errors and beam‐induced waves (1977) (1)
- Beam-riding sail dynamics (2001) (1)
- Multipath Natural Product Supplement Suppresses Dementia Symptoms in Amyloid-β and Tau Transgenic Drosophila (2018) (1)
- Resonator amplification of microwave emission from a relativistic beam-plasma system (1992) (1)
- Science fiction: Star-flight dreaming (2015) (1)
- Ion beam excitation of ion-cyclotron waves and ion heating in plasmas with drifting ions (1978) (1)
- The Martian Race (1999) (1)
- Foundation's Fear (1997) (1)
- Links between Jet Instabilities, Radiation and Propagation in Astrophysics (1985) (1)
- Extraterrestrial intelligence: the debate continues. The readers respond to Tipler (1982) (1)
- Statistical description of strong turbulence distributions (1993) (1)
- The turbulent particle propagator in a magnetic field (1978) (1)
- Radial plasma response during intense beam heating (1972) (1)
- Determination of the Electron-Scattering Cross Section in Degenerate Semiconductors from Low-Field Magnetoresistance Measurements (1967) (1)
- Future Tense: Catch me if you can (2011) (1)
- Phase Conjugate Reflection Of Electromagnetic Waves From A Plasma (1989) (1)
- Jets, magnetic fields and the central engine (1983) (1)
- A TOUCH OF SUN (1997) (1)
- A Gravitational Wave Transmitter (2018) (1)
- Being True to Our Own Imaginations (2005) (1)
- Sailing Bright Eternity (1995) (1)
- A life with a semisent (2005) (1)
- Self-saturation of collective pulsar emission (2003) (1)
- Expecting the unexpected (2005) (0)
- Robert Lull Forward (2003) (0)
- The rovers' tale (2005) (0)
- Test ban results could be negative. (2010) (0)
- Caveat time traveller (2009) (0)
- Plasma instabilities in the early universe - Matter-symmetric cosmologies (1976) (0)
- Stability of Luminous Discharges in Strong Fields (1990) (0)
- Russia and the US in the Cold War arms race (2014) (0)
- Strong Waves from Pulsars and Morphologies in SNRS (1983) (0)
- Reality is wilder (2004) (0)
- Maverick Genius: The Pioneering Odyssey of Freeman Dyson (2013) (0)
- Rotation of a collisional Theta pinch plasma (1969) (0)
- Anomalous Decay of Langmuir Turbulence. High Power, High Frequency Radiation from Beam-Plasma Interactions (1990) (0)
- Comment on ’’Particle acceleration by DC electric fields in quasars’’ by Richard Lovelace (2008) (0)
- Letter from Gregory Benford to Joshua Lederberg (1994) (0)
- Negative magnetoresistance and localized spins in InSb (1968) (0)
- Explosive Rhetoric (2001) (0)
- Stability of Magnetic Jet Equilibria (1987) (0)
- Sunshine technopolis: Southern California’s dimming future (2004) (0)
- Beam drift and diffusion on linear beam HPM (1997) (0)
- The Science in SF (2015) (0)
- Self-focussed electromagnetic waves and SS 433 (1981) (0)
- Evil and Me (2009) (0)
- Heart of the Comet (1986) (0)
- Near‐Term Beamed Sail Propulsion Missions: Cosmos‐1 and Sun‐Diver (2003) (0)
- Physics Through Science Fiction (2008) (0)
- Electron Conductivity in High Magnetic Fields by the Test-Particle Technique (1969) (0)
- Beam-PlasmaEmissionnearthePlasma Frequency (1985) (0)
- SETI for profit (2008) (0)
- The lesson of Newcomb’s paradox (2011) (0)
- THEORETICAL STUDY OF E-LAYER AND PLASMA BEHAVIOR IN ASTRON. (1971) (0)
- Electrodynamic phenomena at galactic center. (1989) (0)
- TRANSVERSE INSTABILITIES IN FINITE-GEOMETRY STREAMS. (1972) (0)
- Final Report on Grant N00014-88-K-0425 (California Univ.). (1989) (0)
- A circuit analogy for active galactic nuclei (1988) (0)
- Reasons not to publish (2007) (0)
- The champagne award (2008) (0)
- Radiance: A Novel (2002) (0)
- Gregory Benford: Conversations about his best short stories (2015) (0)
- Obituary: Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) (2008) (0)
- Pulse shortening by scattering from turbulent electric fields in backward wave oscillators (1998) (0)
- Modeling strong turbulence experiments with long-range correlations (1994) (0)
- Modeling energy flow in turbulent beam–plasma experiments (1995) (0)
- The Heresy of Humanism (2011) (0)
- A Biological Century (1992) (0)
- Theoretical study of E-layer and plasma behaviour in Astron (IAEA-CN-28/A-10) (1971) (0)
- On the structure of wisps in the Crab Nebula. (1978) (0)
- Title Coherent curvature radiation from an electron beam rotating in a plasma Permalink (2015) (0)
- The big wham: Thoughts on comets, risks, and a strategic defense initiative for the eco-system (1994) (0)
- Connections Between Turbulence and Jet Morphology (1982) (0)
- âThe Heresy of Humanismâ (2011) (0)
- Electric microfield distributions in plasma with long-range correlations (1994) (0)
- Genius, evil monster or just a regular kind of guy? (1991) (0)
- Book reviewThe culture of hope: by Frederick Turner. NY: The Free Press, 1995, 250 pp (1995) (0)
- Down The River Road (2012) (0)
- Electrodynamics at Galactic Center (1989) (0)
- Coherent Millimeter Radiation from Relativistic Beam-Plasma Instabilities (1976) (0)
- Botanical Mixture Stabilizes Cognitive Function in Patients with Mild and Moderate Alzheimerâs Disease (2018) (0)
- Novel Technosignatures. (2020) (0)
- Ion scattering from strong turbulence with long-range correlations (1994) (0)
- TrajectoriesSunshine technopolis: southern California's dimming future (2005) (0)
- Coherent Synchrotron Radiation (1999) (0)
- Collective radiation processes in relativistic beam-plasma systems (1984) (0)
- Phase Conjugate Reflection Of Electromagnetic Waves From A Plasma (1988) (0)
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