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Eugene Oks
Department of Physics
Professor Emeritus

Research Areas: Theoretical Atomic Physics, Astrophysics, Plasma Physics, and Laser Physics

Address: 380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849

Phone: (334) 844-4362

Email: oksevgu@auburn.edu

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Education
Doctor of Sciences (awarded to about top 2% of Ph.D. physicists for developing a new research field of a great practical importance), Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR
1985
Ph.D., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (University), Moscow, USSR
1975
M.S., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (University), Moscow, USSR
1972


Professional Employment
Professor (tenure), Department of Physics, Auburn University
1995 - present
Professor (tenure-track), Department of Physics, Auburn University
1992 - 1995
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
1990 - 1992
Visting Professor, Ruhr-University, Institute for Experimental Physics 5, Bochum, F.R. Germany
1989 -1990
Department Head, Theoretical Physics Department, All-Union Research Center for Study of Surface and Vacuum, Moscow, USSR
1984 - 1988
Senior Research Fellow, All Union Research Center for Study of Surface and Vacuum, Moscow, USSR
1982 - 1984
Senior Research Fellow, All Union Research Center for Study of Surface and Vacuum, Moscow, USSR
1978 - 1982
Research Associate, All Union Research Center for Study of Surface and Vacuum, Moscow, USSR
1975 - 1978


Honors and Awards
Appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the Physical Sciences section of the journal “Foundations”
2021 - present
Appointed to the Editorial Board of the journal “Physics International”
2021 - present
Appointed to the Reviewers Board of the journal “Atoms”
2021 - present
Appointed to the Editorial Boards of the journals “Symmetry”, “Dynamics", and "American Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics"
2020 - present
Appointed to the Editorial Board of the journal "Open Physics"
2014 - present
Appointed to the Editorial Board of the "Open Journal of Microphysics"
2013 - present
Appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of a new international research journal “International Review of Atomic and Molecular Physics”
2009 - present
Appointed by the French Government as a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris-6 (Paris)
Summer 2006 - 2007
Appointed by the French Government as a Visiting Professor at the University of Provence (Marseille),
Summer 2005
Elected as a permanent member of the International Committee of the Zvenigorod Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
2004 - present
Appointed by the French Government as a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris-6 (Paris)
Summer 2004
Appointed by the French Government as a Director of Research at the LULI/Ecole Polytechnique - the top French military research center (Paris)
1999 - 2000, [sabbatical]; Summers of 2001, 2002, 2003
Appointed by the French Government as a Visiting Professor at the University of Provence (Marseille)
Summer 1998
Awarded by the Dean as the best researcher of the College of Sciences and Mathematics
1996
Appointed (for 9 years) to the Editorial Board of the "Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer”
1994 - 2002
Elected as a permanent member of the International Committee of the conference "Spectral Line Shapes”
1994 - present
Awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1988


Professional Activities
See the above Appointments


Research and Teaching Interests

  • Conducted research in 6 areas – ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, and OPTICAL PHYSICS; ASTROPHYSICS; LASER PHYSICS; PLASMA PHYSICS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; FUNDAMENTALS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS - with applications to the following topics:
    • Laser-plasma interactions
    • Dark matter
    • Dark energy
    • Solar physics
    • Binary stars
    • Flare stars
    • White dwarfs
    • Laser fusion/Nuclear stockpile stewardship
    • Magnetic fusion
    • Plasma-based-lasers (infrared, visible, ultraviolet, and x-ray ranges)
    • Plasma sources of incoherent x-ray radiation
    • Technological microwave discharges
  • Founded/co-founded and developed NEW RESEARCH FIELDS:

            * INTRA-STARK SPECTROSCOPY

              (new class of nonlinear optical phenomena in plasmas)

            * MASING WITHOUT INVERSION

              (advanced schemes for generating/amplifying coherent microwave  radiation)

            * QUANTUM CHAOS (nonlinear dynamics in the microscopic world)

  • Made BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERIES in:
    • X-RAY LASERS
    • HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC GENERATION
  • Developed NEW ANALYTICAL METHODS of quantum and celestial mechanics
  • Directed/supported COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS with various experimental and theoretical groups from:
    • USA
    • France
    • Germany
    • Japan
    • United Kingdom
    • Russia
    • Czech Republic
  • Authored/co-authored over 550 PUBLICATIONS, including papers in the leading, high-impact physical journals, such as, for example:
    • Physical Review Letters
    • Astrophysical Journal
    • New Astronomy Reviews
    • Optics Express
    • Physical Review A
    • Physical Review E
    • Spectrochimica Acta B
    • Atoms
    • Symmetry
    • Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
  • Published 11 books as the sole author (see the list below)
  • Published 2 reviews in books (see the list below)


Selected Publications

  1. Oks, E., book “Nonlinear Phenomena in the Radiation from Plasmas”, 2023, IOP Publishing.

  2. Oks, E., book “Recent Advances in Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Exoplanets, Flare Stars, White Dwarfs, and more”, 2023, Nova Publishers

  3. Oks, E., book “The Second Flavor of Hydrogen Atoms – the Leading Candidate for Dark Matter: Theoretical Discovery and the Proofs from Experiments and Astrophysical Observations”, 2022, Eliva Press.

  4. Oks, E., book “Advances in the Physics of Rydberg Atoms and Molecules”, 2021, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK.

  5. Oks, E., book “Simple Atomic and Molecular Systems: New results and Applications”, 2021, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK

  6. Oks, E., review in a book, “Advances in Particle Dark Matter”, in “Advances in Dark Matter Research”, 2021, Series: Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nova Science Publishers, New York, pp. 1-28

  7. Oks, E., book “Advances in X-Ray Spectroscopy of Laser Plasmas”, 2020, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK

  8. Oks, E., book “Analytical Advances in Quantum and Celestial Mechanics: Separating Rapid and Slow Subsystems”, 2020, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK

  9. Oks, E., book “Unexpected Similarities of the Universe with Atomic and Molecular Systems: What a Beautiful World”, 2019, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK.

  10. Oks, E., book “Diagnostics of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas Using Spectral Lineshapes of One-, Two-, and Three-Electron Systems”, 2017, World Scientific, Singapore.

  11. Oks. E., book “Breaking Paradigms in Atomic and Molecular Physics”, 2015, World Scientific, Singapore.

  12. Oks, E., review in a book, “Broadening of Hydrogenic Spectral Lines in Magnetized Plasmas: Diagnostic Applications”, in “Atomic Processes in Basic and Applied Physics”, 2012, Springer Series on Atomic, Optical and Plasma Physics, vol. 68, Springer, New York, pp. 393-432.

  13. Oks, E., book “Stark Broadening of Hydrogen and Hydrogenlike Spectral Lines in Plasmas: The Physical Insight”, 2006, Alpha Science International, Oxford, UK.

  14. Oks, E., book "Plasma Spectroscopy: The Influence of Microwave and Laser Fields", 1995, Springer Series on Atoms and Plasmas, vol. 9, Springer, New York.

  15. Oks, E. “Review of Latest Advances on Dark Matter from the Viewpoint of the Occam Razor Principle”, New Astronomy Reviews 2023, 96, 101673. 

  16. Oks, E. “Galactic Dark Matter Halos Containing HI Regions: a Possible Overestimation of the Column Densities”, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 2023, 23, 035011.

  17. Oks, E. “Flavor Symmetry of Hydrogen Atoms Potentially Affecting the Proton Radius Deduced from the Electron-Hydrogen Scattering”, Symmetry 2023, 15, 1760.

  18. Oks, E. “The Second Flavor of Heavy Ions”, Nuclear Physics A 2023, 1040, 122758.

  19. Oks, E., Angelo, P., Dalimier, E. “Magnetic-Field-Caused Narrowing of Hydrogenic Spectral Lines under a Circularly Polarized Electromagnetic Wave: The Analytical Solution”, Eur. Phys. J. Plus 2023, 138, 884.

  20. Oks, E. “Zero-Energy Bound States of Neutron-Neutron or Neutron-Muon Systems”, Foundations 2023, 3, 65-71.

  21. Oks, E., Dalimier, E., Angelo, P., Sanders, P. “Review of Recent Advances in the Analytical Theory of Stark Broadening of Spectral Lines in Plasmas: Applications to Laboratory Discharges and Astrophysical Plasmas”, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 2023, 2439, 012009.

  22. Oks, E. “Fundamental Concepts Behind the Development of Gamma-Ray, Directed Energy Sources”, Open Journal of Microphysics 2023, 13, 27-35.

  23. Oks, E. “A Possible Explanation of the Proton Radius Puzzle based on the Second Flavor of Muonic Hydrogen Atoms”, Foundations 2022, 2, 912-917.

  24. Oks, E., “Experiments on the Electron Impact Excitation of Hydrogen Molecules Indicate the Presence of the Second Flavor of Hydrogen Atoms”, Foundations 2022, 2, 697.

  25. Oks, E. “Experiments on the Electron Impact Excitation of the 2s and 2p States of Hydrogen Atoms Confirm the Presence of their Second Flavor as the Candidate for Dark Matter”, Foundations 2022, 2, 541.

  26. Oks, E., “Peculiar Features of Molecular Hydrogen Ions Formed by Proton Collisions with Hydrogen Atoms of the Second Flavor”, Foundations 2022, 2, 228

  27. Oks, E., “Distinctive Features of Charge Exchange Involving the Second Flavor of Hydrogen Atoms – the Candidates for Dark Matter”, Physics 2022, 4, 286.

  28. Oks, E. “Lineshape-Based Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas in the Visible, Microwave, and Radio Ranges: a Mini-Review”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2022.

  29. Oks, E., “Relativistic Precession of Elliptical Orbits of a Circumbinary Planet can be Cancelled”, New Astronomy 2022, 95, 101772.

  30. Oks, E., “Possible Observational Evidence of the Existence of a Parallel Universe”, Foundations 2022, 2, 1.

  31. Kryukov, N., and Oks, E. “Review of the Dynamics of Atomic and Molecular Systems of Higher than Geometric Symmetry. Part I: One-Electron Rydberg Quasimolecules”, Dynamics 2022, 2, 73.

  32. Kryukov, N., and Oks, E. “Analytical Results for Classical Axially-Symmetric States of Relativistic Hydrogenic Ions in Collinear Electric and Magnetic Fields of Arbitrary Strengths”, Symmetry 2022, 14, 1515.

  33. Kryukov, N., and Oks, E. “Relativistic Effects for a Hydrogen Rydberg Atom in a High-Frequency Laser Field: Analytical Results”, Foundations 2022, 2, 105.

  34. Kryukov, N., and Oks, E. “Circular Rydberg States of Lithium Atoms or Lithium-like Ions in a High-Frequency Laser Field: the Break of the Algebraic Symmetry”, Physics International 2022, 13, 1.6.

  35. Oks, E., “Brief Review of Recent Advances in Understanding Dark Matter and Dark Energy”, New Astronomy Reviews 2021, 93, 101632.
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1387647321000191?via%3Dihub

  36. Oks, E. “DES Map Shows a Smoother Distribution of Matter than Expected: A Possible Explanation”, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 2021, 10, 241. [Comment:https://www.raa-journal.org/raa/index.php/raa/pages/view/2110_newsandviews]

  37. Oks, E. “Analysis of Experimental Cross-Sections of Charge Exchange between Hydrogen Atoms and Protons Yields another Evidence of the Existence of the Second Flavor of Hydrogen Atom”, Foundations 2021, 1, 265.

  38. Oks, E. “Classical Description of Resonant Charge Exchange Involving the Second Flavor of Hydrogen Atoms”, Atoms 2021, 9, 41.

  39. Oks, E., “Two Flavors of Hydrogen Atoms: a Possible Explanation of Dark Matter”, Atoms 2020, 8, 33.

  40. Oks, E., “Alternative Kind of Hydrogen Atoms as a Possible Explanation of the Latest Puzzling Observation of the 21 cm Radio Line from Early Universe”, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020, 20(7), 109.

  41. Oks, E., “Alternative Way to Detect and Measure Parameters of a Compact Dark Matter Object as a Component of a Binary System”, New Astronomy, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newast.2020.101521

  42. Oks, E. “Orbital Dynamics in the Restricted Three Body Problem: Overview of Recent Analytical Advances Obtained by Separating Rapid and Slow Subsystems in Non-Planar Configurations”, Dynamics 2021, 1, 95-124.

  43. Oks, E. “Role of a Time Delay in the Gravitational Two-Body Problem”, Foundations of Physics 2021, 51, 23.

  44. Oks, E., “Circular Binary Star and an Interstellar Interloper: The Analytical Solution”, New Astronomy, 2021, 84, 101500.

  45. Oks, E., “Analytical Solution for the Three-Dimensional Motion of a Circumbinary Planet Around a Binary Star”, New Astronomy, 2020, 74, 101301.

  46. Oks, E., “Oscillatory-Precessional Motion of a Rydberg Electron Around a Polar Molecule”, Symmetry 2020, 12, 1275.

  47. Oks, E., “Application of the Generalized Hamiltonian Dynamics to Spherical Harmonic Oscillators”, Symmetry 2020, 12(7), 1130.

  48. Oks, E., “On Profiles of Hydrogenic Spectral Lines under Stochastic Electric Fields of Plasma Turbulence: Applications to Diagnostics of the Langmuir Turbulence”, Spectrochimica Acta B, 2020, 167, 105815

  49. Oks, E., “Mini-Review: Hydrogen Atoms in a High-Frequency Laser Field”, Atoms, 2019, 7(3), 83.

  50. Oks, E., “Review of Recent Advances in the Analytical Theory of Stark Broadening of Hydrogenic Spectral Lines in Plasmas: Applications to Laboratory Discharges and Astrophysical Objects”, Atoms, 2018, 6, 50; Erratum, Atoms, 2019, 7, 68.

  51. Oks, E., “Diagnostic of Langmuir Solitons in Plasmas by Using Hydrogenic Spectral Lines”, Atoms, 2019, 7, 25.

  52. Oks, E., Dalimier, E., and Angelo, P., “Effects of Ultraintense Magnetic Fields due to Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions on Langmuir-Wave-Caused Dips in X-ray Spectral Line Profiles”, Spectrochimica Acta B, 2019, 157, 1.

  53. Oks, E., “Center-of-Mass Effects for Hydrogen Atoms in a Nonuniform Electric Field: Applications to Magnetic Fusion, Radiofrequency Discharges, and Flare Stars”, J. Phys. Communications, 2018, 2, 045005

  54. Dalimier, E., and Oks, E., “X-ray Spectroscopy Based Diagnostic of GigaGauss Magnetic Fields during Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions ”, Atoms, 2018, 6, 60.

  55. Oks, E., Dalimier, E., Faenov, A.Ya., Angelo, P., Pikuz, S.A., Tubman, E., Butler, N.M.H., Dance, R.J., Pikuz, T.A., Skobelev, I.Yu., Alkhimova, M.A., Booth, N., Green, J., Gregory, C., Andreev, A., Zhidkov, A., Kodama, R., McKenna, P., and Woolsey, N.,“Using X-ray spectroscopy of relativistic laser plasma interaction to reveal parametric decay instabilities: a modeling tool for astrophysics”, Optics Express, 2017, 25, 1958.

  56. E. Oks, E. Dalimier, A.Ya. Faenov, P. Angelo, S.A. Pikuz, T.A. Pikuz, , I.Yu. Skobelev, S.N. Ryazanzev, P. Durey, L. Doehl, D. Farley, C.D. Baird, K.L. Lancaster, C.D. Murphy, N. Booth, C. Spindloe, P. McKenna, N. Neumann, M. Roth, R. Kodama  and N. Woolsey, “In-Depth Study of Intra-Stark Spectroscopy in the X-Ray Range in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 2017, 50, 245006






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