| Time-dependent numerical simulation of ablation-controlled arcs JG Gilligan, RB Mohanti IEEE transactions on plasma science 18 (2), 190-197, 1990 | 68 | 1990 |
| Numerical simulation and experiment of plasma flow in the electrothermal launcher SIRENS JD Hurley, MA Bourham, JG Gilligan IEEE transactions on magnetics 31 (1), 616-621, 1995 | 65 | 1995 |
| A study of plasma parameters in a capillary discharge with calculations using ideal and nonideal plasma models for comparison with experiment AL Winfrey, MA Abd Al-Halim, JG Gilligan, AV Saveliev, MA Bourham IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 40 (3), 843-852, 2012 | 63 | 2012 |
| Experimental studies of the plasma-propellant interface for electrothermal-chemical launchers CM Edwards, MA Bourham, JG Gilligan IEEE transactions on magnetics 31 (1), 404-409, 1995 | 63 | 1995 |
| Vapor shielding of surfaces subjected to high heat fluxes during a plasma disruption J Gilligan, D Hahn, R Mohanti Journal of Nuclear Materials 162, 957-963, 1989 | 58 | 1989 |
| Vapor shielding and erosion of surfaces exposed to a high heat load in an electrothermal accelerator MA Bourham, OE Hankins, O Auciello, JM Stock, BW Wehring, ... IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 17 (3), 386-391, 1989 | 55 | 1989 |
| Electrical conductivity and thermodynamic functions of weakly nonideal plasma RB Mohanti, JG Gilligan Journal of applied physics 68 (10), 5044-5051, 1990 | 46 | 1990 |
| Visible light emission measurements from a dense electrothermal launcher plasma OE Hankins, MA Bourham, J Earnhart, JG Gilligan IEEE transactions on magnetics 29 (1), 1158-1161, 1993 | 45 | 1993 |
| The use of an electrothermal plasma gun to simulate the extremely high heat flux conditions of a tokamak disruption J Gilligan, M Bourham Journal of fusion energy 12, 311-316, 1993 | 44 | 1993 |
| Evaluation of tungsten as a plasma-facing material for steady state magnetic fusion devices Y Hirooka, M Bourham, JN Brooks, RA Causey, G Chevalier, RW Conn, ... Journal of nuclear materials 196, 149-158, 1992 | 44 | 1992 |
| A possible route to small, flexible fusion units GH Miley, JG Gilligan Energy 4 (2), 163-170, 1979 | 42 | 1979 |
| Discrete nuclear elastic scattering effects in Cat-D and D-3He fusion plasmas J Galambos, J Gilligan, E Greenspan, P Stroud, GH Miley Nuclear fusion 24 (6), 739, 1984 | 39 | 1984 |
| Time‐dependent simulation of weakly nonideal plasmas in electrothermal launchers RB Mohanti, JG Gilligan, MA Bourham Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics 3 (11), 3046-3052, 1991 | 34 | 1991 |
| Analysis of solid propellant combustion behavior under electrothermal plasma injection for ETC launchers MA Bourham, JG Gilligan, WF Oberle IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 33 (1), 278-283, 1997 | 30 | 1997 |
| Enhanced performance of electrothermal plasma sources as fusion pellet injection drivers and space based mini-thrusters via extension of a flattop discharge current A Leigh Winfrey, MA Abd Al-Halim, AV Saveliev, JG Gilligan, MA Bourham Journal of Fusion Energy 32, 371-377, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| Modeling of particulate production in the SIRENS plasma disruption simulator JP Sharpe, BJ Merrill, DA Petti, MA Bourham, JG Gilligan Journal of nuclear materials 290, 1128-1133, 2001 | 27 | 2001 |
| Generation and characterization of carbon particulate in disruption simulations JP Sharpe, M Bourham, JG Gilligan Fusion technology 34 (3P2), 634-639, 1998 | 27 | 1998 |
| The magnetic vapor shield (MVS) mechanism for protection of high-heat flux components in high-field tokamaks JG Gilligan, D Hahn Journal of Nuclear Materials 145, 391-395, 1987 | 25 | 1987 |
| Theoretical and experimental studies of the vapor shielding mechanism for surfaces subjected to high heat fluxes J Gilligan, O Auciello, M Bourham, O Hankins, B Wehring, D Hahn, ... Fusion Technology 15 (2P2A), 522-527, 1989 | 24 | 1989 |
| Multigroup calculations of low-energy neutral transport in Tokamak plasmas JG Gilligan, SL Gralnick, WG Price, T Kammash Nuclear Fusion 18 (1), 63, 1978 | 24 | 1978 |
