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DR. BEN SZAPIRO
THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH
SEWANEE, TN 37383

E-MAIL: BSZAPIRO@SEWANEE.EDU
PHONE: (615) 598-1858
FAX: (615) 598-1145

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Dr. Benito T. Szapiro

Professor of Physics

Education

Ph.D. 1985__ University of Buenos Aires, R. Argentina; Physics,
"Thick shell targets for inertial confinement fusion"

M. S. 1980__ University of Buenos Aires, R. Argentina; Physics,
"Electron beam controlled CO2 laser amplifiers"

Academic Positions Held

 

2007-present : Professor, The Department of Physics, The University of the South, Tennessee.

2001-2007 : Associate Professor, The Department of Physics, The University of the South, Tennessee.

1994-2000 : Assistant Professor, The Department of Physics, The University of the South, Tennessee.

1986-1993 : Research Associate, Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University.

1983-1986 : Assistant Professor, The Department of Physics, C. University of Buenos Aires, R. Argentina.

Academic Awards

1980-1985: Fellowship, National Research Council, R. Argentina.

1986-1989 : Fellowship, University of Buenos Aires., R. Argentina.

Some Representative Publications

 

Simple Pendulum Lab with a Twist

B. Szapiro, The Physics Teacher, 40 (3), 2002

Discharge-pumped soft X-ray laser in neon-like argon

J.J. Rocca, F.G. Tomasel, M.C. Marconi, V.N. Shlyaptsev, J.L.A. Chilla, B.T. Szapiro, G. Giudice, Phys. Plasmas 2 (6), 1995

Realization of a compact discharge -pumped soft X-ray laser

J.J. Rocca, F. Tomasel , B. Szapiro, et al., Invited Paper, Conference on Laser and Electrooptics, CLEO-QELS '95, Baltimore, 1995.

Modeling of fast capillary discharges for collisionally excited soft X-ray lasers; comparison with experiments

V.N. Schlyaptsev, A.V. Gerusov, A.V. Vinogradov, J.J. Rocca, D. Cortazar, F. Tomasel , and B. Szapiro,, SPIE Proceedings, Ultrashort wavelength lasers II", Vol. 2012, San Diego, 1993.

Fast discharge excitation of hot capillary plasmas for soft X-ray amplification

J.J. Rocca, D. Cortazar, B. Szapiro, K. Floyd , and F. Tomasel , Phys. Rev. E 47, May 1993.

Electron yield of glow discharge cathode materials under helium ion bombardment

B. Szapiro, .J.J Rocca, and Prabhuram T, , J. Appl. Phys. 65 (9), 3713, 1989.

High current density hollow cathode electron beam source

J.J. Rocca, B. Szapiro, and T. Verhey, Appl. Phys. Lett. 50 (19) , 1334, 1987.

Study of Intense Electron Beams Produced by High Voltage Pulsed Glow Discharges

H.F. Ranea Sandoval, N. Reesor, B. Szapiro, C. Murray, and .J.J. Rocca, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. PS-15, 4, 361, 1987.

 

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LASERS AND PLASMAS
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