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Valeri Goncharov
Adjunct Professor of Mechanical
Engineering
Senior Scientist, Laboratory
for Laser Energetics
Phone: (585) 275-1017, vgon@lle.rochester.edu
Ph.D,. University of Rochester (1998), M.S.
University of Rochester (1995), B.S. and M.S. Moscow Engineering
Physics Institute (Russia)
My research interest is in computational physics,
fluid mechanics, partial differential equations with applications
in fluid mechanics, hydrodynamic instabilities, plasma physics.
Representative Publications
[1] V.N. Goncharov and D. Li , "Effects of Temporal Density
Variation and Convergent Geometry on Nonlinear Bubble Evolution
in Classical Rayleigh-Taylor Instability," Phys. Rev. E 71,
046306 (2005).
[2] P.B. Radha, V.N. Goncharov, T.J.B. Collins, et. al., "Two-dimensional
Simulations of plastic-shell, direct-drive implosions on OMEGA,"
Phys. Plasmas 12, 032702 (2005).
[3] V.N. Goncharov and G. Li, "Effect of electric fields on
electron thermal transport in laser-produced plasmas," Phys.
Plasmas 11, 5680 (2004).
[4] V.N. Goncharov, J.P. Knauer, P.M. McKenty, P.B. Radha, T.C.
Sangster, S. Skupsky, R. Betti, R.L. McCrory, and D.D. Meyerhofer,
"Improved Performance of Direct-Drive ICF Target Designs with
Adiabat Shaping Using an Intensity Picket," Phys. Plasmas 10,
1906 (2003).
[5] V.N. Goncharov, "Analytical Model of Nonlinear, Single-Mode,
Classical Rayleigh-Taylor Instability at Arbitrary Atwood Numbers,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 134502 (2002).
[6] R. Betti, K. Anderson, V.N. Goncharov, R.L. McCrory, D.D. Meyerhofer,
S. Skupsky, and R. Town, "Deceleration phase of inertial confinement
fusion implosions," Phys. Plasmas 9, 2277 (2002).
[7] R. Betti, M. Umansky, V. Lobachev, V.N. Goncharov, and R.L.
McCrory, "Hot-spot dynamics and deceleration-phase Rayleigh-Taylor
instability of imploding inertial confinement fusion capsules,"
Phys. Plasmas 8, 5257 (2001).
[8] V.A. Smalyuk, V.N. Goncharov, J.A. Delettrez, F.J. Marshal,
D.D. Meyerhofer, S.P. Regan, and B. Yaakobi, "Evolution of
Shell Nonuniformities near Peak Compression of a Spherical Implosion,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 155002 (2001).
[9] P.M. McKenty, V.N. Goncharov, R.P.J. Town, S. Skupsky, R. Betti,
and R.L. McCrory, "Analysis of a direct-drive ignition capsule
designed for the National Ignition Facility," Phys. Plasmas
8, 2315 (2001).
[10] T.R. Boehly, V.N. Goncharov, O. Gotchev, J.P. Knauer, D.D.
Meyerhofer, D. Oron, S.P. Regan, Y. Srebro, W. Seka, D. Shvarts,
S. Skupsky, and V.A. Smalyuk, "Optical and plasma smoothing
of laser imprinting in targets driven by lasers with SSD bandwidth
up to 1 THz," Phys. Plasmas 8, 2331 (2001).
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