Rachel Young

Physics and Astronomy · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2010

Magnetic confinement fusion research Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Astro and Planetary Science Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Publications

Citations

938

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2010

In context

Among 950 mid career Physics and Astronomy PIs within our index

Citations: 938cohort median 1,187

Publications / year (recent): 2.6cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~11 · 17% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 8 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Overview of T and D–T results in JET with ITER-like wall
Nuclear Fusion · 2024
Creating and studying a scaled interplanetary coronal mass ejection
Physics of Plasmas · 2024
Erratum: “Creating and studying a scaled interplanetary coronal mass ejection” [Phys. Plasmas <b>31</b>, 042901 (2024)]
Physics of Plasmas · 2024
Enabling Discoveries in Heliospheric Science through Laboratory Plasma Experiments
2023
Next Generation Machine to Study Heliophysics in the Laboratory
2023
Disruption prediction with artificial intelligence techniques in tokamak plasmas
Nature Physics · 2022
Experimental observations of detached bow shock formation in the interaction of a laser-produced plasma with a magnetized obstacle
Physics of Plasmas · 2022
Modeling the Thermal Cooling Instability with CRASH
Bulletin of the American Physical Society · 2021
Scaling arguments for a plasma experiment relevant to an interplanetary coronal mass ejection
Physics of Plasmas · 2020
Experimental evidence of detached bow shock formation in the interaction of a laser-produced plasma with a magnetized obstacle [PowerPoint]
2020
Observation of collisionless-to-collisional transition in colliding plasma jets with optical Thomson scattering
Physics of Plasmas · 2019
Building Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments from Laser-Driven Jets
APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts · 2019
Studying Magnetic-Pressure-Driven Bow Shocks at OMEGA
APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts · 2019
Observation of Stagnation in Counter-Streaming Laser-Created Plasmas with Optical Thomson Scattering
Bulletin of the American Physical Society · 2018
Design of a Pulsed-Power Magnetized Plasma Flow Experiment for the Study of Star Formation and Astrophysical Bow Shocks
2018

Publishes in

Nuclear Fusion×5
Physics of Plasmas×5
Bulletin of the American Physical Society×5
APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts×4
Nature Physics×2

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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