Samuel Totorica

2018

Samuel Richard Totorica (2018): Novel methods and applications for kinetic plasma simulation, Stanford Libraries, SearchWorks, Vol doctotral dissertation
Samuel R. Totorica, Frederico Fiuza, and Tom Abel (2018): A New Method for Analyzing and Visualizing Plasma Simulations Using a Phase-Space Tessellation, Physics of Plasmas, AIP Publishing, Vol 25, Num 7, pp072109

2017

S. R. Totorica, T. Abel, and F. Fiuza (2017): Particle Acceleration in Laser-Driven Magnetic Reconnection, Physics of Plasmas, AIP Publishing, Vol 24, Num 4, pp041408

2016

Samuel R. Totorica, Tom Abel, and Frederico Fiuza (2016): Nonthermal Electron Energization from Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-Driven Plasmas, Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, Vol 116, Num 9, pp095003

2017

Samuel Totorica (2017): Magnetic reconnection in laser-driven plasmas: from astrophysics to the laboratory in silico, 2017 Blue Waters Annual Report, pp288-289

2016

Samuel Totorica (2016): Particle Acceleration in Laser-Driven Magnetic Reconection, 2016 Blue Waters Annual Report, pp272-273

Blue Waters pushes magnetic reconnection research


Dec 6, 2016

Magnetic reconnection is the scientific process in which oppositely aligned magnetic field lines in a plasma break and form new connections. The newly connected magnetic fields are bent and have a tension that can accelerate the plasma like a slingshot. This process is still not well-understood, but base knowledge is the energy released from the magnetic field accelerates the particles in the plasma during reconnection. Plasma jets, and more generally, plasma, is an important subject in high-energy-density laboratory astrophysics. "Plasma is the most abundant form of ordinary (non-dark) matter in the universe, so understanding plasmas is necessary for understanding systems in astrophysics," said Sam Totorica, NCSA Blue Waters Graduate Fellow from Stanford University.


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Six PhD students from across the country selected as Blue Waters Graduate Fellows


May 4, 2015

Six outstanding computational science PhD students from across the country have been selected to receive Blue Waters Graduate Fellowships for 2015-2016. The fellowship program, now in its second year, provides graduate students in diverse fields with substantial support and the opportunity to leverage the petascale power of NCSA’s Blue Waters supercomputer to advance their research.


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