Department Publications

2020s

2025

41. Starship Super Heavy acoustics: Comparing launch noise from Flights 5 and 6

    Kent L. Gee, Noah L. Pulsipher^‡, Makayle S. Kellison^‡, Grant W. Hart, Logan T. Mathews^†, and Mark C. Anderson^†

    JASA Express Letters 5 (2), 023602 (2025).
    
42. Using photographs to verify the nature of Mach wave radiation from a Falcon 9 rocket plume

    Grant W. Hart, Kent L. Gee, Eric G. Hintz, Nathan F. Carlston^‡, Giovanna G. Nuccitelli^‡, and Trevor Mahlmann

    186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 2024). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 54 (1), 040012 (2025).
    

2024

39. Starship super heavy acoustics: Far-field noise measurements during launch and the first-ever booster catch

    Kent L. Gee, Noah L. Pulsipher^‡, Makayle S. Kellison^‡, Logan T. Mathews^†, Mark C. Anderson^†, and Grant W. Hart

    JASA Express Letters 4 (11), 113601 (2024).
    
40. Aeroacoustic Analysis of NASA’s Space Launch System Artemis-I Mission

    Makayle S. Kellison, Kent L. Gee, Whitney L. Coyle, Mark C. Anderson^†, Logan T. Mathews^†, and Grant W. Hart

    30th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, (Rome, Italy, June 2024).
    
41. Launch Vehicle Noise and Australian Spaceports

    Kent L. Gee, Bradley W. McLaughlin^‡, Logan T. Mathews^†, Daniel Edgington-Mitchell, Grant W. Hart, and Mark C. Anderson^†

    185th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Sydney, Australia, December 2023). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 52 (1), 040002 (2024).
    

2023

36. Overview and spectral analysis of the Falcon-9 SARah-1 launch and reentry sonic boom

    Jeffrey Taggart Durrant^‡, Mark C. Anderson^†, Michael S. Bassett^‡, Kent L. Gee, Grant W. Hart, Richard H. Batelaan, David C. Lawrence, and Lucas K. Hall

    184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Chicago, IL, May 2023). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 51 (1), 040006 (2023).
    
37. Community-based noise measurements of the Artemis-I mission

    Makayle S. Kellison, Kent L. Gee, Carson F. Cunningham^‡, Whitney L. Coyle, Thomas R. Moore, and Grant W. Hart

    184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Chicago, IL, May 2023). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 51 (1), 040004 (2023).
    
38. Acoustical measurement and analysis of an Atlas V launch

    Carson Cunningham^‡, Mark C. Anderson^†, Levi T. Moats^‡, Kent L. Gee, Grant W. Hart, and Lucas K. Hall

    182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Denver, CO, May 2022). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 46 (1), 045005 (2023).
    
39. Corrected frequency-dependent directivity indices for large solid rocket motors

    Grant W. Hart, Kent L. Gee, and Mylan R. Cook^†

    184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Chicago, IL, May 2023). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 51 (1), 040007 (2023).
    
40. Correcting for ground reflections when measuring overall sound power level and acoustic radiation efficiency of rocket launches

    Grant W. Hart and Kent L. Gee

    183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Nashville, TN, December 2022). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 50 (1), 040004 (2023).
    
41. Space Launch System acoustics: Far-field noise measurements of the Artemis-I launch

    Kent L. Gee, Grant W. Hart, Carson F. Cunningham^‡, Mark C. Anderson^‡, Michael S. Bassett^‡, Logan T. Mathews^‡, J. Taggart Durrant^‡, Levi T. Moats^‡, … (3 other authors)

    JASA Express Letters 3 (2), 023601 (2023).
    

2022

30. Analysis of nonlinear acoustic propagation from an Atlas V launch vehicle

    Mark C. Anderson^‡, Kent L. Gee, Carson F. Cunningham^‡, and Grant W. Hart

    Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics, (Gyeongju, Korea, October 2022).
    
31. Initial comparison of a Falcon-9 reentry sonic boom with other launch-related noise

    Jeffrey Taggart Durrant^‡, Mark C. Anderson^†, Kent L. Gee, Logan T. Mathews^†, and Grant W. Hart

    Proc. Meet. Acoust. 46 (1), (2022).
    
32. Saturn-V sound levels: A letter to the Redditor

    Kent L. Gee, Logan T. Mathews^‡, Mark C. Anderson^‡, and Grant W. Hart

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 152 (2), 1068-1073 (2022).
    
33. Methods and results of acoustical measurements made of a Delta IV Heavy launch

    Grant W. Hart, Logan T. Mathews^†, Mark C. Anderson^†, J. Taggart Durrant^‡, Michael S. Bassett^‡, Samuel A. Olausson^‡, Griffin Houston^‡, and Kent L. Gee

    181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, (Seattle, WA, November 2021). Proc. Meet. Acoust. 45 (1), 040003 (2022).
    

2021

26. Peak directivity analysis of far-field acoustical measurements during three GEM 63 static firings

    Michael S. Bassett^‡, Kent L. Gee, Grant W. Hart, Logan T. Mathews^‡, Reese D. Rasband^†, and Daniel J. Novakovich^‡

    Proc. Meet. Acoust. 39, 040004 (2021).
    
27. Characterization of Falcon 9 launch vehicle noise from far-field measurements

    Logan T. Mathews^‡, Kent L. Gee, and Grant W. Hart

    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 150 (1), 620-633 (2021).
    

2020

24. Comparative analysis of noise from three Falcon 9 launches

    Logan T. Mathews^‡, Kent L. Gee, Grant W. Hart, Reese D. Rasband^†, Daniel J. Novakovich^‡, Francisco I. Irarrazabal^†, Aaron B. Vaughn^†, and Pauline Nelson^‡

    J. Acoust. Soc. Korea 39 (4), 322-330 (2020).
    

2010s

2013

23. Properties of axisymmetric Bernstein modes in an infinite-length non-neutral plasma

    Grant W. Hart and Ross L. Spencer

    Phys. Plasmas 20 (10), 102101 (2013).
    

2010

22. Peak Coalescence, Spontaneous Loss of Coherence, and Quantification of the Relative Abundances of Two Species in the Plasma Regime: Particle-In-Cell Modeling of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

    M. Takeshi Nakata^†, Grant W. Hart, and Bryan G. Peterson

    J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 21 (10), 1712-1719 (2010).
    
23. An interchangeable-cathode vacuum arc plasma source

    David K. Olson^†, Bryan G. Peterson, and Grant W. Hart

    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81 (1), 013507 (2010).
    
24. Proposed Measurement of the Half-Life of Ionized Beryllium-7

    Bryan G. Peterson, M. Takeshi Nakata^†, Mark A. Hutchison^†, Grant W. Hart, and Ross L. Spencer

    J. Utah Acad. Sci. 86, 181-195 (2010).
    

2000s

2006

19. Finding the radial parallel temperature profile in a non-neutral plasma using equilibrium calculations on experimental data

    G. W. Hart and B. G. Peterson

    Phys. Plasmas 13 (2), 022101 (2006).
    

2003

18. Observation of and model for nonlinear mode conversion in a non-neutral plasma

    Grant W. Hart, Ross L. Spencer, and Bryan G. Peterson

    Phys. Plasmas 10 (7), 2738-2747 (2003).
    

2002

17. Interacting solitons in a nonneutral plasma

    Grant W. Hart and Bryan G. Peterson

    AIP Conf. Proc. 606, 341 (2002).
    
18. Using the plasma noise spectrum to measure the parallel temperature in a nonneutral plasma

    M. Takeshi Nakata^†, Grant W. Hart, and Bryan G. Peterson

    AIP Conf. Proc. 606, 271 (2002).
    

1990s

1999

15. A pedagogical note on the relativistic velocity addition formula

    William E. Dibble, Grant W. Hart, and Harold T. Stokes

    Phys. Teach. 37 (6), 369 (1999).
    
16. Experimental observations of nonlinear effects in waves in a nonneutral plasma

    Grant W. Hart, Ross L. Spencer, and Bryan G. Peterson

    Proceedings of Non-neutral plasma physics III, (August 1999, Princeton, NJ). AIP Conf. Proc. 498, 182-191 (1999).
    
17. Formation of a 7Be plasma

    Bryan G. Peterson and Grant W. Hart

    AIP Conf. Proc. 498, 457 (1999).
    

1995

12. A capillary discharge as a potential x-ray laser driver

    B. G. Peterson, E. P. Ivanova, R. L. Spencer, G. W. Hart, J. Lin^†, T. T. Stark, A. M. Panin, and L. V. Knight

    Soft X-Rays in the 21st Century, (February 1993, Provo, UT). J. X-ray Sci. Technol. 5 (1), 43-51 (1995).
    

1993

11. Precision spectroscopy using the lamb dip in a pure ion plasma

    P. N. Barnes^† and G. W. Hart

    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 64 (2), 579-580 (1993).
    

1992

10. Linear-theory of nonneutral plasma equilibrium in a tilted magnetic-field

    R. L. Spencer and G. W. Hart

    Phys. Fluids B 4 (11), 3507-3512 (1992).
    

1991

9. The effect of a tilted magnetic-field on the equilibrium of a pure electron-plasma

   Grant W. Hart

   Phys. Fluids B 3 (11), 2987-2993 (1991).
   

1980s

1986

8. Study of the effects of photoelectron statistics on thomson scattering data

   G. W. Hart, F. M. Levinton, and D. H. McNeill

   Rev. Sci. Instrum. 57 (9), 2218-2220 (1986).
   
9. Verification of the taylor (minimum energy) state in a spheromak

   G. W. Hart, A. Janos, D. D. Meyerhofer, and M. Yamada

   Phys. Fluids 29 (6), 1994-1997 (1986).
   

1985

6. Relaxation of spheromak plasmas toward a minimum-energy state and global magnetic fluctuations

   A. Janos, G. W. Hart, and M. Yamada

   Phys. Rev. Lett. 55 (26), 2868-2871 (1985).
   
7. Global magnetic fluctuations in spheromak plasmas and relaxation toward a minimum-energy state

   A. Janos, G. W. Hart, C. H. Nam, and M. Yamada

   Phys. Fluids 28 (12), 3667-3675 (1985).
   

1983

4. Experimental spheromak mhd stability studies

   G. C. Goldenbaum, H. Bruhns, C. Chin-Fatt, Y. P. Chong, A. W. DeSilva, H. R. Griem, G. W. Hart, … (4 other authors)

   Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res 207 (1-2), 129-133 (1983).
   
5. Finite pressure-gradient influences on ideal spheromak equilibrium

   G. W. Hart, C. Chin-Fatt, A. W. DeSilva, G. C. Goldenbaum, R. Hess, and R. S. Shaw

   Phys. Rev. Lett. 51 (17), 1558-1561 (1983).
   
6. Experimental studies of spheromak formation

   H. Bruhns, C. Chin-Fatt, Y. P. Chong, A. W. DeSilva, G. C. Goldenbaum, H. R. Griem, G. W. Hart, … (3 other authors)

   Phys. Fluids 26 (6), 1616-1625 (1983).
   

1980

1. Formation of a spheromak plasma configuration

   G. C. Goldenbaum, J. H. Irby, Y. P. Chong, and G. W. Hart

   Phys. Rev. Lett. 44 (6), 393-396 (1980).
   

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^†Graduate Student Author