RISHABH DATTA

Rishabh Datta is a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a research assistant at MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Rishabh works on high-energy-density pulsed-power driven plasmas. His areas of focus are magnetized shocks and radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection. Click here for Rishabh's CV.

RISHABH DATTA

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Rishabh Datta is a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a research assistant at MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Rishabh works on high-energy-density pulsed-power driven plasmas. His areas of focus are magnetized shocks and radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection. Click here for Rishabh's CV.

Publications

[8] R. Datta , K. Chandler, C. E. Myers, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, C. Aragon, D. J. Ampleford, J. T. Banasek, A. Edens, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, E. C. Harding, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, Q. Looker, S. G. Patel, A. Porwitzky, G. A. Shipley, D. A. Uzdensky, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, J.D. Hare (2024). “Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment.” Physical Review Letters. Editor’s Suggestion.

[7] R. Datta , K. Chandler, C. E. Myers, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, C. Aragon, D. J. Ampleford, J. T. Banasek, A. Edens, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, E. C. Harding, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, Q. Looker, S. G. Patel, A. Porwitzky, G. A. Shipley, D. A. Uzdensky, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, J.D. Hare (2024). “Radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection experiments driven by pulsed power.” Physics of Plasmas. Invited Paper. (In Review).

[6] R. Datta , A. J. Crilly, J. P. Chittenden, S. Chowdhry, K. Chandler, N. Chaturvedi, C. E. Myers, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, D. A. Uzdensky, J. D. Hare (2024). “Simulations of radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection driven by pulsed-power.” Journal of Plasma Physics (Accepted).

[5] Datta, R., Ahmed F., Hare, J.D. (2023) “Machine learning assisted analysis of visible spectroscopy in pulsed-power-driven plasmas.” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.

[4] R. Datta , J. Angel, J. B. Greenly, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, E. S. Lavine, W. M. Potter D. Robinson, T. W. O. Varnish, E. Wong, D. A. Hammer, B. R. Kusse, J. D. Hare. "Plasma flows during the ablation stage of an over-massed pulsed-power-driven exploding planar wire array." Physics of Plasmas 30, no. 9 (2023).

[3] R. Datta , D.R. Russell, I. Tang, T. Clayson, L.G. Suttle, J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, and J.D. Hare. “The Structure of 3-D Collisional Magnetized Bow Shocks in Pulsed-Power-Driven Plasma Flows.” Journal of Plasma Physics 88, no. 6 (2022): 905880604.

[2] R. Datta , D. R. Russell, I. Tang, T. Clayson, L. G. Suttle, J. P. Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, and J. D. Hare. “Time-Resolved Velocity and Ion Sound Speed Measurements from Simultaneous Bow Shock Imaging and Inductive Probe Measurements.” Review of Scientific Instruments 93, no. 10 (2022): 103530.

[1] H. E. Bush, R. Datta , and P. G. Loutzenhiser. "Aluminum-doped strontium ferrites for a two-step solar thermochemical air separation cycle: Thermodynamic characterization and cycle analysis." Solar Energy 188 (2019): 775-786.