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    Nicholas Constantine Christofilos (Greek: Νικόλαος Χριστοφίλου; December 16, 1916 – September 24, 1972) was a Greek physicist. The Christofilos effect...
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  • in the Earth's magnetic field. It was first predicted in 1957 by Nicholas Christofilos, who suggested the effect had defensive potential in a nuclear war...
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    principle independently discovered by Ernest Courant et al. and Nicholas Christofilos allowed the complete separation of the accelerator into components...
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    from the bomb. These auroral effects were partially anticipated by Nicholas Christofilos, a scientist who had earlier worked on the Operation Argus high-altitude...
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    directions. Strong focusing was first conceived by Nicholas Christofilos in 1949 but not published (Christofilos opted instead to patent his idea). In 1952,...
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    The Astron is a type of fusion power device pioneered by Nicholas Christofilos and built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory during the 1960s...
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  • which persisted for four weeks. Kristian Birkeland, Carl Størmer, Nicholas Christofilos, and Enrico Medi had investigated the possibility of trapped charged...
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    events as purely scientific endeavors. The tests were proposed by Nicholas Christofilos in an unpublished paper of what was then the Livermore branch of...
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    but also from heavy ions. The concept goes back to the work of Nicholas Christofilos. Its realization is highly dependent on progress in the development...
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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lists of environmental topics Nicholas Christofilos Aurora § Conjugate auroras Hoerlin, Herman (October 1976). United...
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    formations. The idea was proposed by U.S. Dept. of Defense physicist Nicholas Christofilos in 1959. Although small ground dipoles have been used for years...
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  • Chkareuli – Georgia (born 1940) Ernst Chladni – Germany (1756–1827) Nicholas Christofilos – Greece (1916–1972) Steven Chu – United States (born 1948) Nobel...
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  • like the synchrotron, though this work was preceded by that of Nicholas Christofilos. Courant was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and remained...
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  • Christiansen Christoffel symbol – Elwin Bruno Christoffel Christofilos effect – Nicholas Christofilos Chugaev elimination/reaction, reagent – Lev Aleksandrovich...
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    weapons tests and missile tests to test the Christofilos effect, the theory of nuclear physicist Nicholas Christofilos that the explosion of nuclear weapons...
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    Braun Engineering Liquid rocket motors and rocket development 1963 Nicholas Christofilos Physics Contributions to applied electromagnetism and nuclear physics...
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    April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination Archive - Nicholas Constantine Christofilos". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020....
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    Weiss, Nicholas Christofilos, and Eugene Laurer in front of the Astron (fusion reactor)...
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  • Niccolò Zucchi Nicholas B. Suntzeff Nicholas Callan Nicholas Christofilos Nicholas J. Phillips Nicholas Kemmer Nicholas Kurti Nicholas Metropolis Nick...
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    original idea was attributed to the Greek scientist and engineer Nicholas C. Christofilos who developed the concept of E-layers for the Astron fusion reactor...
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    magnetic fields. FRCs are the evolution of the Greek engineer's Nicholas C. Christofilos original idea of E-layers which he developed for the Astron fusion...
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  • Chang Chellis Chasman Kasturi Lal Chopra Robert Edward Chrien Nicholas C. Christofilos Talbot Albert Chubb Richard S. Claassen Marvin L. Cohen Barnett...
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