Ira B. Bernstein

Ira Borah Bernstein
Born (1924-11-08) November 8, 1924 (age 99)
NationalityAmerican
EducationCity College of New York (B.S.)
New York University (Ph.D.)
Known forBernstein waves
Bernstein–Greene–Kruskal modes
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma physics

Ira Borah Bernstein (born November 8, 1924) is an American theoretical physicist specializing in plasma physics.[1] He was the first person to formulate the theory of electrostatic waves propagating in a magnetized plasma in 1958, which are now commonly known as Bernstein waves in plasma physics.[2]

Bernstein's other theoretical contributions include the development of the energy principle in the study of plasma instabilities,[3] as well as formulating the exact (one-dimensional) solution to electrostatic wave propagation in an unmagnetized plasma also known as Bernstein–Greene–Kruskal modes.[4]

  1. ^ "Bernstein, Ira B." history.aip.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Bernstein, Ira B. (1958). "Waves in a Plasma in a Magnetic Field". Physical Review. 109 (1): 10–21. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.109.10. hdl:2027/mdp.39015095022995.
  3. ^ Bernstein, I. B.; Frieman, E. A.; Kruskal, Martin David; Kulsrud, R. M.; Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1958). "An energy principle for hydromagnetic stability problems". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 244 (1236): 17–40. doi:10.1098/rspa.1958.0023. hdl:2027/mdp.39015095022813. S2CID 13304733.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Ira B.; Greene, John M.; Kruskal, Martin D. (1957). "Exact Nonlinear Plasma Oscillations". Physical Review. 108 (3): 546–550. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.108.546. hdl:2027/mdp.39015095115203.

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