John H. Malmberg
John Holmes Malmberg | |
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| Born | July 5, 1927 |
| Died | November 17, 1992 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Illinois State University (B.S.) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (M.S., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Single-component and non-neutral plasma research, Penning–Malmberg trap, collisionless damping of plasma waves, plasma wave echo |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plasma physics |
| Institutions | General Atomics, University of California, San Diego |
John Holmes Malmberg (July 5, 1927 – November 17, 1992) was an American plasma physicist and a professor at the University of California, San Diego. He was known for making the first experimental measurements of Landau damping of plasma waves in 1964, as well as for his research on non-neutral plasmas and the development of the Penning–Malmberg trap.
In 1985, Malmberg won the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for his experimental work on wave-particle interactions in neutral plasmas and his studies on pure electron plasmas. He was later co-awarded the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research in 1991 for his contribution to research on non-neutral plasmas.