Department Publications

2020s

2025

73. Experimental and computational study of phase space dynamics in strongly coupled plasmas with steep density gradients

    Scott Bergeson, Matthew Schlitters^‡, Matthew Miller^‡, Ben Farley^†, Devin Sieverts^‡, Michael S. Murillo, and Jeffrey R. Haack

    Phys. Plasmas 32 (3), 032104 (2025).
    

2024

72. Comment on “Ultracold plasma expansion in quadrupole magnetic field”

    Matthew Schlitters^‡, Matthew Miller^‡, Ben Farley^‡, and Scott D. Bergeson

    Phys. Rev. E 110 (2), 027201 (2024).
    
73. Preliminary study of plasma modes and electron-ion collisions in partially magnetized strongly coupled plasmas

    Chanhyun Pak^†, Virginia Billings^‡, Matthew Schlitters^‡, Scott D. Bergeson, and Michael S. Murillo

    Phys. Rev. E 109 (1), 015201 (2024).
    

2022

70. Improved ionization potential of calcium using frequency-comb-based Rydberg spectroscopy

    Chanhyun Pak^†, Matthew J. Schlitters^‡, and Scott D. Bergeson

    Phys. Rev. A 106 (6), 062818 (2022).
    
71. Ultracold neutral plasma expansion in a strong uniform magnetic field

    R. Tucker Sprenkle^†, S. D. Bergeson, Luciano G. Silvestri, and Michael S. Murillo

    Phys. Rev. E 104 (4), 045201 (2022).
    
72. Temperature relaxation in strongly-coupled binary ionic mixtures

    R. Tucker Sprenkle^†, L. G. Silvestri, M. S. Murillo, and S. D. Bergeson

    Nat. Commun. 31, 15 (2022).
    

2021

67. Relaxation of strongly coupled binary ionic mixtures in the coupled mode regime

    Luciano G. Silvestri, R. Tucker Sprenkle^†, Scott D. Bergeson, and Michael M. Murillo

    Phys. Plasmas 28 (6), 062302 (2021).
    
68. Transport in non-ideal, multi-species plasmas

    Liam G. Stanton, Scott D. Bergeson, and Michael S. Murillo

    Phys. Plasmas 28 (5), 050401 (2021).
    

2020

65. CMOS-coupled NaI scintillation detector for gamma decay measurements

    Scott D. Bergeson, Michael J. Ware, and Jeremy Hawk

    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 91, 033320 (2020).
    

2010s

2019

64. Exploring the crossover between high-energy-density plasma and ultracold neutral plasma physics

    Scott D. Bergeson, Scott D. Baalrud, C. Leland Ellison, Edward Grant, Frank R. Graziani, Thomas C. Killian, … (3 other authors)

    Phys. Plasmas 26 (10), 100501 (2019).
    
65. Ion friction at small values of the Coulomb logarithm

    Tucker Sprenkle^†, Adam Dodson^‡, Quinton McKnight^‡, Ross Spencer, Scott Bergeson, Abdourahmane Diaw, and Michael S. Murillo

    Phys. Rev. E 99 (5), 053206 (2019).
    
66. Really cool neutral plasmas

    Scott Bergeson

    Science 363 (6422), 33-34 (2019).
    

2018

61. 2.7 years of beta-decay-rate ratio measurements in a controlled environment

    Q. McKnight^‡, S. D. Bergeson, J. Peatross, and M. J. Ware

    Appl. Radiat. Isot. 142, 113-119 (2018).
    
62. Comment on “Laser cooling of ¹⁷³Yb for isotope separation and precision hyperfine spectroscopy”

    Quinton McKnight^‡, Adam Dodson^‡, Tucker Sprenkle^†, Tyler Bennett^‡, and Scott Bergeson

    Phys. Rev. A 97 (1), 016501 (2018).
    

2017

59. Precision long-term measurements of beta-decay-rate ratios in a controlled environment

    S. D. Bergeson, J. B. Peatross, and M. J. Ware

    Phys. Lett. B 767, 171-176 (2017).
    

2016

58. Measurement of the Yb I ¹S₀-¹P₁ transition frequency at 399 nm using an optical frequency comb

    Michaela Kleinert, M. E. Gold Dahl^‡, and Scott Bergeson

    Phys. Rev. A 94 (5), 052511 (2016).
    

2015

57. Strongly-coupled plasmas formed from laser-heated solids

    M. Lyon^†, S. D. Bergeson, G. Hart, and M. S. Murillo

    Sci. Rep. 5, 15693 (2015).
    
58. Instrument for precision long-term β-decay rate measurements

    M. J. Ware, S. D. Bergeson, J. E. Ellsworth, M. Groesbeck^‡, J. E. Hansen^‡, D. Pace^‡, and J. Peatross

    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86 (7), 073505 (2015).
    
59. Ultracold Neutral Plasmas Well into the Strongly Coupled Regime

    M.S. Murillo and S.D. Bergeson

    Adv. At. Mol. Opt. Phy. 64, 223-271 (2015).
    
60. A neutral strongly coupled laser-produced plasma by strong-field ionization in a gas jet

    S. D. Bergeson, M. Lyon^†, J. B. Peatross, N. Harrison^‡, D. Crunkleton^‡, J. Wilson^‡, S. Rupper^‡, … (2 other authors)

    Non-Neutral Plasma Physics IX (Takamatsu, Japan, December 2014). AIP Conf. Proc. 1668, 040001 (2015).
    
61. Towards Stronger Coulomb Coupling in an Ultracold Neutral Plasma

    M. Lyon^† and S. D. Bergeson

    Contrib. Plasma Phys. 55, 399-406 (2015).
    
62. Using higher ionization states to increase Coulomb coupling in an ultracold neutral plasma

    M. Lyon^†, S. D. Bergeson, A. Diaw, and M. S. Murillo

    Phys. Rev. E 91 (3), 033101 (2015).
    

2014

51. Precision spectroscopy using partially stabilized frequency comb

    M. Lyon^† and S. Bergeson

    Appl. Optics 53 (23), 5163-5168 (2014).
    

2013

50. Versatile Rb vapor cells with long lifetimes

    John F. Hulbert^†, Matthieu Giraud-Carrier^†, Tom Wall^†, Aaron R. Hawkins, Scott Bergeson, Jennifer Black, and Holger Schmidt

    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 31 (3), 033001 (2013).
    
51. Limit of strong ion coupling due to electron shielding

    M. Lyon^†, S. D. Bergeson, and M. S. Murillo

    Phys. Rev. E 87 (3), 033101 (2013).
    

2012

48. Evaluation of space charge effects in the second vacuum stage of a commercial inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer by planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging

    Alisa J. Edmund^†, Scott D. Bergeson, Mary Lyon^†, Nicholas Taylor, Iouri Kalinitchenko, and Paul B. Farnsworth

    Spectroc. Acta Pt. B 76, 109-118 (2012).
    
49. "Ultracold" Neutral Plasmas at Room Temperature

    N. Heilmann^†, J. B. Peatross, and S. D. Bergeson

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (3), 035002 (2012).
    
50. Physical Science Foundations

    Scott Bergeson, Juliana Boerio-Goates, Michael D. Joner, Bart J. Kowalis, M. Jeanette Lawler, J. Ward Moody, … R. Steven Turley, Eric Hirschmann, and B. Kent Harrison (2 other authors)

    BYU Academic Publishing; 4th edition (2012)
    

2011

45. The influence of electron screening on disorder-induced heating

    M. Lyon^† and S. D. Bergeson

    J. Phys. B 44 (18), 184014 (2011).
    
46. Comments on "Intensity noise of an injection-locked Ti:sapphire laser: analysis of the phase-noise-to-amplitude-noise conversion"

    Daniel A. Thrasher^‡, Matthew Burbidge^‡, Miriam N. Conde^‡, and Scott D. Bergeson

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28 (6), 1553-1555 (2011).
    
47. Density and temperature scaling of disorder-induced heating in ultracold plasmas

    S. D. Bergeson, A. Denning^†, M. Lyon^†, and F. Robicheaux

    Phys. Rev. A 83 (2), 023409 (2011).
    

2000s

2009

42. Measurement and simulation of laser-induced fluorescence from nonequilibrium ultracold neutral plasmas

    A. Denning^†, S. D. Bergeson, and F. Robicheaux

    Phys. Rev. A 80 (3), 033415 (2009).
    
43. Comment on "Generation of cold low divergent atomic beam of indium by laser ablation" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 113302 (2005)]

    A. Denning^†, A. Booth^‡, S. Lee^‡, M. Amonson^‡, and S. D. Bergeson

    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80 (4), 047101 (2009).
    

2008

40. Recombination fluorescence in ultracold neutral plasmas

    S. D. Bergeson and F. Robicheaux

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (7), 073202 (2008).
    
41. Resonance Raman measurements of carotenoids using light-emitting diodes

    N. Jay Eyring^†, Scott D. Bergeson, Justin B. Peatross, Fohn F. Fralick, Douglas N. Stevenson, and Scott B. Ferguson

    J. Biomed. Opt. 13 (4), 044026 (2008).
    
42. Divided shifted Raman spectroscopy for carotenoid detection

    S. D. Bergeson, J. B. Peatross, N. J. Eyring^†, J. F. Fralick, and S. B. Ferguson

    Proc. SPIE 6853, 68530A (2008).
    

2007

37. Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of the 6s–8s transition in cesium

    P. Fendel, S. D. Bergeson, Th. Udem, and T. W. Hänsch

    Opt. Lett. 32 (6), 701-703 (2007).
    

2006

36. Fourier spectroscopy of ultrashort laser pulses

    J. Peatross and S. D. Bergeson

    Am. J. Phys. 74 (9), 842-845 (2006).
    
37. Compact solid-state laser source for 1S-2S spectroscopy in atomic hydrogen

    N. Kolachevsky, J. Alnis, S. D. Bergeson, and T. W. Hansch

    Phys. Rev. A 73 (2), 021801 (2006).
    

2005

34. Fluorescence measurements of expanding strongly coupled neutral plasmas

    E. A. Cummings^†, J. E. Daily^†, D. S. Durfee, and S. D. Bergeson

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (23), 235001 (2005).
    
35. Ultracold neutral plasma expansion in two dimensions

    E. A. Cummings^†, J. E. Daily^†, D. S. Durfee, and S. D. Bergeson

    Phys. Plasmas 12 (12), 123501 (2005).
    
36. Self-referenced prism deflection measurement schemes with microradian precision

    Rebecca Olson^‡, Justin Paul^†, Scott Bergeson, and Dallin S. Durfee

    Appl. Optics 44 (22), 4639-4647 (2005).
    
37. Absolute soft x-ray calibration of laser produced plasmas using a focusing crystal von Hamos spectrometer

    T. Weeks^‡, M. Harrison^‡, M. Johnson^‡, A. P. Shevelko, J. Ellsworth, S. Bergeson, M. Asplund, and L. V. Knight

    Proc. SPIE 5918, 59180R (2005).
    
38. Two-photon photoionization of the Ca 4s3d (1)D(2) level in an optical dipole trap

    J. E. Daily^†, R. Gommers^‡, E. A. Cummings^†, D. S. Durfee, and S. D. Bergeson

    Phys. Rev. A 71 (4), 043406 (2005).
    

2004

29. Increasing the output of a Littman-type baser by use of an intracavity Faraday rotator

    Rebecca Merrill^‡, Rebecca Olson^‡, Scott Bergeson, and Dallin S. Durfee

    Appl. Optics 43 (19), 3910-3914 (2004).
    

2003

28. Ultracold neutral plasmas: recent experiments and new prospects

    T. C. Killian, V. S. Ashoka, P. Gupta, S. Laha, S. B. Nagel, C. E. Simien, … and S. D. Bergeson (2 other authors)

    J. Phys. A 36 (22), 6077-6085 (2003).
    
29. Neutral-plasma oscillations at zero temperature

    S. D. Bergeson and R. L. Spencer

    Phys. Rev. E 67 (2), 026414 (2003).
    
30. Ultracold plasmas and Rydberg gases

    Scott Bergeson and Thomas Killian

    Phys. World 16 (2), 37-41 (2003).
    

2002

25. Demonstration of a 1-W injection-locked continuous-wave titanium : sapphire laser

    Elizabeth A. Cummings^†, Malcolm S. Hicken^†, and Scott D. Bergeson

    Appl. Optics 41 (36), 7583-7587 (2002).
    

2001

24. Two-photon absorption in potassium niobate

    A. D. Ludlow^‡, H. M. Nelson, and S. D. Bergeson

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 18 (12), 1813-1820 (2001).
    
25. Exploring closed-loop feedback control using experiments in optics

    K. A. Jensen^‡, R. J. Larson^‡, S. D. Bergeson, and E. F. McCormack

    arXiv:physics/0106091 [physics.ed-ph], (2001).
    
26. Formation of Rydberg atoms in an expanding ultracold neutral plasma

    T. C. Killian, M. J. Lim, S. Kulin, R. Dumke, S. D. Bergeson, and S. L. Rolston

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (17), 3759-3762 (2001).
    

2000

21. Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy in the vacuum ultraviolet: helium 1(1)S-2(1)S transition

    S. D. Bergeson, K. G. H. Baldwin, T. B. Lucatorto, T. J. McIlrath, C. H. Cheng, and E. E. Eyler

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17 (9), 1599-1606 (2000).
    
22. Plasma oscillations and expansion of an ultracold neutral plasma

    S. Kulin, T. C. Killian, S. D. Bergeson, and S. L. Rolston

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2), 318-321 (2000).
    

1990s

1999

19. Creation of an ultracold neutral plasma

    T. C. Killian, S. Kulin, S. D. Bergeson, L. A. Orozco, C. Orzel, and S. L. Rolston

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 (23), 4776-4779 (1999).
    
20. VUV f-Values of astrophysical Interest from High Sensitivity Absorption Spectroscopy on Atomic Ions

    J. E. Lawler, S. D. Bergeson, J. A. Fechak, and K. L. Mullman

    Phys. Scr. T83, 11-18 (1999).
    
21. Precision Spectroscopy in He as a Test of QED

    S. D. Bergeson, A Balakrishnan, K. G. H. Baldwin, T. B. Lucatorto, J. P. Marangos, T. J. McIlrath, … (7 other authors)

    Phys. Scr. T83, 76-82 (1999).
    

1998

16. Time-resolved studies of ultracold ionizing collisions

    C. Orzel, S. D. Bergeson, S. Kulin, and S. L. Rolston

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (23), 5093-5096 (1998).
    
17. Measurement of the He ground state lamb shift via the two-photon 1(1)S-2(1)S transition

    S. D. Bergeson, A. Balakrishnan, K. G. H. Baldwin, T. B. Lucatorto, J. P. Marangos, T. J. McIlrath, … (7 other authors)

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (16), 3475-3478 (1998).
    

1996

14. Branching fractions and oscillator strengths for Fe II transitions from the 3d(6)((5)d)4p subconfiguration

    S. D. Bergeson, K. L. Mullman, M. E. Wickliffe, J. E. Lawler, U. Litzen, and S. Johansson

    Astrophys. J. 464 (2), 1044-1049 (1996).
    
15. High-sensitivity absorption spectroscopy in Fe II

    S. D. Bergeson, K. L. Mullman, and J. E. Lawler

    Astrophys. J. 464 (2), 1050-1053 (1996).
    

1995

12. UV/VUV high sensitivity absorption spectroscopy for diagnosing lighting and processing plasmas and for basic data

    J. E. Lawler, M. A. Childs, K. L. Menningen, L. W. Anderson, S. D. Bergeson, and K. L. Mullman

    AIP Conf. Proc. 363, 1-11 (1995).
    
13. Radiative lifetimes in Co I

    D. E. Nitz, S. D. Bergeson, and J. E. Lawler

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12 (3), 377-383 (1995).
    
14. Xenon 147-nm resonance f-value and trapped decay-rates

    H. M. Anderson, S. D. Bergeson, D. A. Doughty, and J. E. Lawler

    Phys. Rev. A 51 (1), 211-217 (1995).
    

1994

9. Oscillator strengths for Fe II transitions at 224.918 and 226.008 nanometers

   S. D. Bergeson, K. L. Mullman, and J. E. Lawler

   Astrophys. J. 435 (2), L157-L159 (1994).
   

1993

8. Transition probabilities for the 3s² 3p(²P⁰)-3s3p²(⁴P) intersystem lines of Si II

   Anthony G. Calamai, Peter L. Smith, and S. D. Bergeson

   Astrophys. J. 415 (1), L59-L62 (1993).
   
9. Oscillator strengths of the Si II 181 nanometer resonance multiplet

   S. D. Bergeson and J. E. Lawler

   Astrophys. J. 414 (2), L137-L140 (1993).
   
10. Ti-ii transition probabilities and radiative lifetimes in TI and the solar titanium abundance

    A. Bizzarri, M. C. E. Huber, A. Noels, N. Grevesse, S. D. Bergeson, P. Tsekeris, and J. E. Lawler

    Astron. Astrophys. 273 (2), 707-718 (1993).
    
11. Radiative lifetimes, branching rations, and absolute transition probabilities in CR II and Zn II

    S. D. Bergeson and J. E. Lawler

    Astrophys. J. 408 (1), 382-388 (1993).
    
12. Radiative lifetimes in Ni I

    S. D. Bergeson and J. E. Lawler

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10 (5), 794-798 (1993).
    
13. Advanced experimental techniques for measuring oscillator strengths of vacuum ultraviolet lines

    J. E. Lawler, S. D. Bergeson, and R. C. Wamsley

    Phys. Scr. T47, 29-35 (1993).
    

1990

2. Searching for momentum enhancement in hypervelocity impacts

   G. L. Stradling, G. C. Idzorek, P. W. Keaton, J. K. Studebaker, A. A. Hopkins Blossom, M. T. Collopy, H. L. Curling, and S. D. Bergeson^‡

   Int. J. Impact Engng. 10 (1), 555-570 (1990).
   
3. A hypervelocity - microparticle - impacts laboratory with 100-km/s projectiles

   P. W. Keaton, G. C. Idzorek, L. J. Rowton, J. D. Seagrave, G. L. Stradling, S. D. Bergeson^‡, … (4 other authors)

   Int. J. Impact Engng. 10 (1), 295-308 (1990).
   

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