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| He has worked on high-energy-density plasmas and related phenomena, intense ]s and intense ] sources, explosively-driven pulsed-power generators, the ] effect, and ] target designs.<ref name="IEEE" / |
He has worked on high-energy-density plasmas and related phenomena, intense ]s and intense ] sources, explosively-driven pulsed-power generators, the ] effect, and ] target designs.<ref name="IEEE" /> | ||
| He is influential in the ] field of ], having been guest editor for the space plasma special editions at the ] journal ],<ref>{{cite web | title=SPECIAL ISSUES | url=http://www.ieeetps.org/plasmascience/SpecialIssues.html | accessdate = 15 August 2012}}</ref> and authored two key papers (among many others).<ref name="Peratt1986b">{{cite journal |author=A. Peratt |title=Evolution of the plasma universe. I - Double radio galaxies, quasars, and extragalactic jets |journal=IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science |issn=0093-3813 |volume=PS-14 |pages=639–660 |year=1986 |url=http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/downloadsCosmo/Peratt86TPS-I.pdf }}</ref><ref name="Peratt1986">{{cite journal |author=A. Peratt |title=Evolution of the Plasma Universe: II. The Formation of Systems of Galaxies |journal=IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science |issn=0093-3813 |volume=PS-14 |pages=763–778 |year=1986 |url=http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/downloadsCosmo/Peratt86TPS-II.pdf}}</ref> | He is influential in the ] field of ], having written a book on the subject,<ref>{{cite book |title= Physics of the Plasma Universe |last= Peratt |first=Anthony |year=1992 |publisher=Springer |isbn=0-387-97575-6 }}</ref> been guest editor for the space plasma special editions at the ] journal ],<ref>{{cite web | title=SPECIAL ISSUES | url=http://www.ieeetps.org/plasmascience/SpecialIssues.html | accessdate = 15 August 2012}}</ref> and authored two key papers (among many others).<ref name="Peratt1986b">{{cite journal |author=A. Peratt |title=Evolution of the plasma universe. I - Double radio galaxies, quasars, and extragalactic jets |journal=IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science |issn=0093-3813 |volume=PS-14 |pages=639–660 |year=1986 |url=http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/downloadsCosmo/Peratt86TPS-I.pdf }}</ref><ref name="Peratt1986">{{cite journal |author=A. Peratt |title=Evolution of the Plasma Universe: II. The Formation of Systems of Galaxies |journal=IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science |issn=0093-3813 |volume=PS-14 |pages=763–778 |year=1986 |url=http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/downloadsCosmo/Peratt86TPS-II.pdf}}</ref> | ||
| He has researched ]s, some of which he claims are records made in ] about significant ] caused by intense ]s.<ref name="whoswho" /><ref>{{cite journal |author = Anthony L. Peratt |title = Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current, Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity | journal = Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science | volume= 31 | issue = 6 | date = December 2003 |pages = 1192–1214 |doi = 10.1109/TPS.2003.820956}}</ref> | He has researched ]s, some of which he claims are records made in ] about significant ] caused by intense ]s.<ref name="whoswho" /><ref>{{cite journal |author = Anthony L. Peratt |title = Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current, Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity | journal = Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science | volume= 31 | issue = 6 | date = December 2003 |pages = 1192–1214 |doi = 10.1109/TPS.2003.820956}}</ref> | ||
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Anthony L. Peratt is an American physicist whose most notable achievements and work have been in plasma physics, nuclear fusion and the monitoring of nuclear weapons.
Education
He received a Ph.D in electrical engineering / plasma physics in 1971 from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. He has awarded a Master of Science in electrical engineering in 1967, also from USC.
Scientific career
He worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory between 1972 and 1979, during which time he held the position of a Guest Physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics at Garching, near Munich, from 1975 to 1977. From 1981 to the present he has worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, serving in the Applied Theoretical Physics Division. He had a sabbatical in 1985 as Guest Scientist at the Alfvén Laboratory of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He led the N-Tunnel Diagnostics Program for Los Alamos at the Nevada Test Site nuclear testing ground from 1991 to 1993, when he became leader of the American inspection team for the Russian Arctic nuclear test site at Novaya Zemlya. Dr. Peratt was seconded as a Scientific Advisor to the United States Department of Energy (USDOE) from 1995 to 1999. Whilst working for the USDOE he was the Acting Director, National Security, Nuclear Non Proliferation Directorate in 1998.
Dr. Peratt is currently a member of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia working on possible archaeological evidence for major space plasma events in prehistory.
Research
He has worked on high-energy-density plasmas and related phenomena, intense particle beams and intense microwave sources, explosively-driven pulsed-power generators, the z-pinch effect, and nuclear fusion target designs.
He is influential in the non mainstream science field of plasma cosmology, having written a book on the subject, been guest editor for the space plasma special editions at the IEEE journal Transactions on Plasma Science, and authored two key papers (among many others).
He has researched petroglyphs, some of which he claims are records made in prehistory about significant auroral events caused by intense solar storms.
Honors
He was been awarded:
- The United States Department of Energy Distinguished Performance Award twice, in 1987 and 1999.
- The IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Award in 1993.
- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Kristian Birkeland Lecturer in 1995.
- Life Fellowship of the IEEE in 1999.
- The Los Alamos National Laboratory Director’s 30 Years, University of California Service Award in 2006.
He is a member of the American Physical Society, and the American Astronomical Society.
External links
References
- ^ "Biography of Anthony L. Peratt". IEEE. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "Anthony L. Peratt Professional Biography" (PDF). Cambridge Who's Who Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- Peratt, Anthony (1992). Physics of the Plasma Universe. Springer. ISBN 0-387-97575-6.
- "SPECIAL ISSUES". Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- A. Peratt (1986). "Evolution of the plasma universe. I - Double radio galaxies, quasars, and extragalactic jets" (PDF). IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science. PS-14: 639–660. ISSN 0093-3813.
- A. Peratt (1986). "Evolution of the Plasma Universe: II. The Formation of Systems of Galaxies" (PDF). IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science. PS-14: 763–778. ISSN 0093-3813.
- Anthony L. Peratt (December 2003). "Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current, Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity". Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 31 (6): 1192–1214. doi:10.1109/TPS.2003.820956.