Publications

Selected Recent Publications
A complete list of Prof. Thomas’ publication is in his ORCID ID

2022

  • I. Adamovich, S. Agarwal, E. Ahedo, L.L. Alves, S. Baalrud, N. Babaeva, A. Bogaerts, A. Bourdon, P.J. Bruggeman, C. Canal, E.H. Choi, S. Coulombe, Z. Donkó, D.B. Graves, S. Hamaguchi, D. Hegemann, M. Hori, H.-H. Kim, G.M.W. Kroesen, M.J. Kushner, A. Laricchiuta, X. Li, T.E. Magin, S.M. Thagard, V. Miller, A.B. Murphy, G.S. Oehrlein, N. Puac, R.M. Sankaran, S. Samukawa, M. Shiratani, M. Šimek, N. Tarasenko, K. Terashima, E.Thomas, Jr, J. Trieschmann, S. Tsikata, M.M. Turner, I.J. van der Walt, M.C.M. van de Sanden, and T. von Woedtke, The 2022 Plasma Roadmap: low temperature plasma science and technology, J Phys D Appl Phys 55, 373001 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac5e1c
  • S. Williams, S. Chakraborty Thakur, M. Menati, and E. Thomas, Experimental observations of multiple modes of filamentary structures in the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX) device, Phys. Plasmas, 29, 012110 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065516.

2021

  • M. Menati, U. Konopka, E. Thomas, Variation of filamentation phenomenon in strongly magnetized plasma with various discharge parameters, Contrib. Plasma Phys. 61 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.202100083
  • D. Ticoş, A. Scurtu, J. D. Williams, L. Scott, E. Thomas, Jr., D. Sanford, and C. M. Ticoş, Rotation of a strongly coupled dust cluster in plasma by the torque of an electron beam, Phys. Rev. E, 103, (2021) 023210.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.023210
  • M.C. Paul, T.E. Steinberger, E.A.M. Lister, N.I. Arnold, D. Artis, S.C. Thakur, T. Hall, S. LeBlanc, E.E. Scime, E. Thomas, G.R. Tynan, Compact, portable, laser induced fluorescence diagnostic for laboratory plasma sources, Rev Sci Instrum. 92 (2021) 013502. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0031217. 
  • M. McKinlay and E. Thomas, “Controlled photo-discharge of dust in a complex plasma,” J Plasma Phys, 87, no. 2, p. 905870223, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1017/s002237782100043x.

2020

  • M. Menati, T. Hall, B. Rasoolian, L. Couedel, E. T. Jr, and U. Konopka, “Experimental observation and numerical investigation of imposed pattern formation in magnetized plasmas by a wide wire mesh,” Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 085015–14, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1088/1361-6595/aba7ed
  • T. Hall and E. Thomas, “Dynamics of dust particles confined in imposed potential structures in strongly magnetized, low-temperature plasmas,” Physical Review, vol. 102, no. 2, p. 023208, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1103/physreve.102.023208.
  • E Thomas Jr, B Lynch, U Konopka, M Menati, S Williams, R L Merlino, M Rosenberg “Pattern formation in strongly magnetized plasmas: observations from the magnetized dusty plasma experiment (MDPX) device,” Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, vol. 62, no. 1, p. 014006, 2020, doi: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab410c.

2019

  • L. Couëdel et al., “Influence of magnetic field strength on nanoparticle growth in a capacitively-coupled radio-frequency Ar/C 2H 2discharge,” Plasma Res. Express, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 015012–19, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.1088/2516-1067/ab045e.
  • M. Menati, E. Thomas, and M. J. Kushner, “Filamentation of capacitively coupled plasmas in large magnetic fields,” Phys. Plasmas, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 063515–11, 2019, doi: 10.1063/1.5092600.
  • S. Jaiswal and E. Thomas, Jr, “Melting transition of two-dimensional complex plasma crystal in the DC glow discharge,” Plasma Res. Express, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 025014–12, Jun. 2019, doi: 10.1088/2516-1067/ab1f30.

Earlier papers:

  • T. Hall, E. Thomas Jr, K. Avinash, R. Merlino, and M. Rosenberg, “Methods for the characterization of imposed, ordered structures in MDPX,” Phys. Plasmas 25, 103702 (2018). [Featured as the Cover Article in October, 2018 issue of Physics of Plasmas]
  • S. Jaiswal, T. Hall, S. LeBlanc, R. Mukherjee, and E. Thomas, “Effect of magnetic field on the phase transition in a dusty plasma,” Phys. Plasmas 24, 113703 (2017). [Selected as highlighted article – AIP Scilight]
  • M. Puttscher, A. Melzer, U. Konopka, S. LeBlanc, B. Lynch, and E. Thomas, Jr., Vertical oscillations of dust particles in a strongly magnetized plasma sheath induced by horizontal laser manipulation, Physics. Plasmas, 24, 013701 (2017) [First collaborative paper from MDPX project]
  • E. Thomas Jr, U. Konopka, R. L. Merlino, and M. Rosenberg, Initial measurements of two- and three-dimensional ordering, waves, and plasma filamentation in the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment, Phys. Plasmas 23, 055701 (2016). [Selected as a Featured Article for the August, 2016 issue] 
  • B. Lynch, U. Konopka, and E. Thomas, Real-Time Particle Tracking in Complex Plasmas,  IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 44, 553–557 (2016).
  • T. H. Hall and E. Thomas, A Study of Ion Drag for Ground and Microgravity Dusty Plasma Experiments, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 44, 463–468 (2016). [Selected as a Featured Article for the April, 2016 issue]
  • I. Arnold, E. Thomas, S. D. Loch, S. Abdel-Naby, and C. P. Ballance, The dielectronic recombination of Ar+ – Ar4+, J. Phys B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 48, 175005 (2015).

  • A. M. DuBois, E. Thomas, W. E. Amatucci, and G. Ganguli, Plasma Response to a Varying Degree of Stress, Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 145002 (2013).
  • R. Fisher, K. Avinash, E. Thomas, R. Merlino, and V. Gupta, Thermal energy density of dust in dusty plasmas: Experiment and theory, Phys. Rev. E, 88, 031101 (2013).

  • E. Thomas, Jr., R. L. Merlino, and M. Rosenberg, Magnetized dusty plasmas:  the next frontier for complex plasma research, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 54, 124034 (2012).    
  • Jeremiah Williams, Edward Thomas, Jr., Lenaic Couëdel, Alexei Ivlev, Sergey Zhdanov, Vladimir Nosenko, Hubertus Thomas, and Gregor Morfill, Kinetics of the melting front in two-dimensional plasma crystals: Complementary analysis with the particle image and particle tracking velocimetries, Phys. Rev. E, 86, 046401 (2012).  
      
  • A. C. Eadon, E. Tejero, A. DuBois, and E. Thomas, Jr., Upgrades to the Auburn Linear Experiment for Instability Studies, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 063511 (2011).
  • E. M. Tejero, W. E. Amatucci, G. Ganguli, C. D. Cothran, C. Crabtree, and E. Thomas, Jr., Spontaneous Electromagnetic Emission from a Strongly Localized Plasma Flow, Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 185001 (2011).

  • Edward Thomas, Jr., Dust clouds in dc-generated dusty plasmas: transport, waves, and three-dimensional effects, Contr. Plasma Phys., 49, 316 (2009) [Review article].