Publications

Steiner, A.M., Burnette, M., Flynn, M.C., Felix, J., Hopkins, M.M., Lietz, A.M., Stephens, J.C., Mitchell, M.D., & Mitchell, M.D. (2024). Investigation of SF6 Alternatives in Spark Gap Switches for GWP Reduction. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2430200

Beving, L.P., Hopkins, M.M., Baalrud, S.D., & Baalrud, S.D. (2023). Electron-field instability: Excitation of electron plasma waves by an electric field. Physics of Plasmas, 30(11). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0156041

Hopkins, M.M., Moore, C.H., Hattar, K., & Hattar, K. (2023). In-situ Electrical Discharging Studied within a Transmission Electron Microscope [Conference Proceeding]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2431981

Hopkins, M.M., Brooks, W., Clark, R., Dickens, J., Echo, Z.S., Goeke, R.S., Mankowski, J., Moore, C.H., Mounho, M., Neuber, A., Stephens, J., & Stephens, J. (2023). Progress Understanding Anode-Initiated Vacuum Insulator Flashover [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2431175

Fierro, A.S., Hardin, T.J., Lietz, A.M., Hopkins, M.M., Belianinov, A.A., Bentz, B.Z., & Bentz, B.Z. (2023). Large RF plasma data set for training plasma processing machine learning models [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2431425

Hopkins, M.M., Brooks, W., Clark, R., Echo, Z.S., Goeke, R.S., Moore, C.H., Mounho, M., Neuber, A., Stephens, J., Young, J.K., & Young, J.K. (2023). Investigations of Vacuum Insulator Flashover in Pulsed Power Systems [Conference Proceeding]. https://doi.org/10.23919/ISDEIV55268.2023.10200954

Lietz, A.M., Groenewald, R.E., Scherpelz, P., Hopkins, M.M., & Hopkins, M.M. (2023). Kinetic simulations of ignited mode cesium vapor thermionic converters. Journal of Applied Physics, 133(2). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0117599

Hopkins, M.M., Brooks, W., Clark, R., Echo, Z.S., Goeke, R.S., Moore, C.H., Mounho, M., Neuber, A., Stephens, J., Young, J., & Young, J. (2023). Investigations of Vacuum Insulator Flashover in Pulsed Power Systems [Conference Presenation]. Proceedings - International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, ISDEIV. https://doi.org/10.2172/2430947

Lietz, A.M., Yee, B.T., Musk, J., Moffat, H.K., Wiemann, D.K., Settecerri, T., Fergenson, D., Omana, M.A., Hopkins, M.M., & Hopkins, M.M. (2022). Laser-driven ionization mechanisms of aluminum for single particle aerosol mass spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, 197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2022.106543

Sickafoose, S., Bentz, B.Z., Frank, J.H., Hansen, N., Hopkins, M.M., Kliewer, C., & Kliewer, C. (2022). SNL Plasma Research Facility (PRF) [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2005633

Brooks, W., Clark, R., Young, J., Hopkins, M.M., Dickens, J., Neuber, A., & Neuber, A. (2022). Exploring the Basic Physical Mechanisms of Cathode- and Anode-Initiated High-Voltage Surface Flashover. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 50(10), pp. 3361-3370. https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.2022.3171129

Hopkins, M.M., Baalrud, S.D., Beving, L.P., & Beving, L.P. (2022). How sheath properties change with gas pressure : [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2005674

Hopkins, M.M., Moore, C.H., Kyritsakis, A., & Kyritsakis, A. (2022). Simulations of Cathode Plasma Expansion in Vacuum [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004674

Moore, C.H., Bussmann, E., Berg, M., Ohta, T., Hopkins, M.M., & Hopkins, M.M. (2022). Exploring Dependencies of Work Function on Topography and the Application to Micron-scale Field Emission Model for PIC-DSMC Simulations [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004806

Hopkins, M.M., Brooks, W., Clark, R., Echo, Z.S., Goeke, R.S., Moore, C.H., Mounho, M., Neuber, A., Stephens, J., Young, J., & Young, J. (2022). Mechanisms of Anode-Initiated Vacuum Insulator Flashover for Pulsed Power Applications [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004707

Hopkins, M.M., Baalrud, S.D., Beving, L.P., & Beving, L.P. (2022). Simulations of the collisional Bohm criterion and edge-to-center density ratio over a range of gas pressure [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2005371

Fierro, A., Hopkins, M.M., Hardin, T.J., Belianinov, A.A., Lietz, A.M., Youngman, K., Bentz, B.Z., & Bentz, B.Z. (2022). Analysis of a radiofrequency plasma reactor for etching (Poster) [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2005244

Sickafoose, S., Bentz, B.Z., Frank, J.H., Hansen, N., Hopkins, M.M., Kliewer, C., Lietz, A.M., van Den Bekerom, D., & van Den Bekerom, D. (2022). Update on Sandia National Laboratories Plasma Research Facility [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004801

Jindal, A.K., Moore, C.H., Fierro, A.S., Hopkins, M.M., & Hopkins, M.M. (2022). Full 3D Kinetic Modeling and Quantification of Positive Streamer Evolution in an Azimuthally Swept Pin-to-Plane Wedge Geometry. https://doi.org/10.2172/1888448

Beving, L.P., Hopkins, M.M., Baalrud, S.D., & Baalrud, S.D. (2022). How sheath properties change with gas pressure: modeling and simulation. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 31(8). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/ac85d7

Echo, Z.S., Goeke, R.S., Hopkins, M.M., & Hopkins, M.M. (2022). Surface Charge Effects on Secondary Electron Emission from Dielectrics [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004132

Mounho, M., Young, J., Clark, R., Brooks, W., Neuber, A., Stephens, J., Hopkins, M.M., & Hopkins, M.M. (2022). Electrical diagnostics and nanosecond imaging of vacuum surface flashover [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2003493

Clark, R., Mounho, M., Brooks, W., Hopkins, M.M., Mankowski, J., Dickens, J., Stephens, J., Neuber, A., & Neuber, A. (2022). Study of anode-initiated surface flashover in vacuum with spatiotemporally resolved optical emission spectroscopy [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2003543

Brooks, W., Clark, R., Young, J., Hopkins, M.M., Dickens, J., Stephens, J., Neuber, A., & Neuber, A. (2022). A Second-Generation Experimental Apparatus for Direct Observation of Anode Initiated Vacuum Surface Flashover [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2003563

Hopkins, M.M., Baalrud, S.D., Beving, L.P., & Beving, L.P. (2022). Simulations of the collisional Bohm criterion and edge-to-center density ratio over a range of gas pressure [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2003219