Articles

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Energy and Environment Chronology, AIP Conference Proceedings (2011)
 

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Defining a Standard Metric for Electricity Savings (with Jonathan Koomey, Hashem Akbari, Carl Blumstein, Marilyn Brown, Richard Brown, Chris Calwell, Sheryl Carter, Ralph Cavanagh, Audrey Chang, David Claridge, Paul Craig, Rick Diamond, Joseph H. Eto, William Fulkerson, Ashok Gadgil, Howard Geller, José Goldemberg, Chuck Goldman, David B. Goldstein, Steve Greenberg, Jeff Harris, Hal Harvey, Eric Heitz, Eric Hirst, Holmes Hummel, Dan Kammen, Henry Kelly, Skip Laitner, Mark Levine, Amory Lovins, Gil Masters, James E. McMahon, Alan Meier, Michael Messenger, John Millhone, Evan Mills, Steve Nadel, Bruce Nordman, Lynn Price, Joe Romm, Marc Ross, Michael Rufo, Jayant Sathaye, Lee Schipper, Stephen H. Schneider, James L. Sweeney, Malcolm Verdict, Diana Vorsatz, Devra Wang, Carl Weinberg, Richard Wilk, John Wilson, and Ernst Worrell), Environmental Research Letters (2010)

The growing investment by governments and electric utilities in energy efficiency programs highlights the need...

 

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Assessing the Merits of the CTBT, The Nonproliferation Review (2009)

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the nonproliferation regime have been weakened;...

 

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Nuclear Testing And Proliferation – An Inextricable Connection (with Thomas Graham Jr.), Disarmament Diplomacy (2009)
 

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Capabilities of the IMS Seismic Auxiliary Network, CTBTO International Scientific Study Proceedings: Vienna (2009)
 

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CTBT Space-Based Monitoring: Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar and National Technical Means, CTBTO International Scientific Study Proceedings: Vienna (2009)
 

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A Tutorial on the Basic Physics of Climate Change (with Peter V. Schwartz), Physics and Society Newsletter (2008)

In this paper, we have used several basic atmospheric–physics models to show that additional carbon...

 

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A Bribe to Escape Moscow, Physics and Society Newsletter (2008)
 

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Entrance-Into-Force of CTBT, Physics and Society Newsletter (2008)
 

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The CAFE Formula, Physics and Society Newsletter (2007)
 

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Progress in CTBT Monitoring Since its 1999 Senate Defeat, Science & Global Security (2007)

Progress in monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is examined, beginning with the...

 

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Presidential Report to the Congress: Net Benefit Analysis of US/Soviet Arms Control, Science & Global Security (2005)

A net assessment of the benefits/losses of arms control treaties in terms of military significance...

 

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A Secrecy Primer, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (2005)

As more countries acquire the scientific knowledge to build nuclear weapons, the U.S. response should...

 

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Physics and Society Travels with Dave, Physics and Society Newsletter (2004)
 

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Revolving Door Scenario for Congressional Fellows, Physics and Society Newsletter (2004)
 

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Energy Scaling Law for Buildings, Hyperfine Interactions (2003)

This paper is an ode to my friend Hendrik. We collaborated on hyperfine interactions from...

 

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Reviews of Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940 by Stephen Schwartz; and Killing Detente: The Right Attacks the CIA by Anne Cahn, Physics and Society Newsletter (1999)

Science aims to link cause and effect for natural phenomena. Linking cause and effect for...

 

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History of the Forum on Physics and Society, Physics and Society Newsletter (1999)

Physics is a major component of many of society's difficult issues: nuclear arms and their...

 

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How Much Reliability and Yield is Enough for a CTBT?, Physics and Society Newsletter (1998)
 

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Review of The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Physics and Society Newsletter (1998)
 

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Reflections on the GAO Report on the Nuclear Triad, Science & Global Security (1997)

Senate Hearings on the GAO report on the nuclear triad and on the START treaty...

 

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In Search of an IMPROVED Science and Public-Policy Process, Physics and Society Newsletter (1996)
 

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Resource Letter BELFEF-1: Biological Effects of Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, American Journal of Physics (1996)

This Resource Letter provides a guide to the literature on the interaction of extremely low-frequency...

 

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Background Paper on "Power Line Fields and Public Health", Letter to the Panel on Public Affairs, American Physical Society (1996)
 

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The Imprudence of Prudent Avoidance, Physics and Society Newsletter (1995)
 

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Monitoring Nuclear Test Ban Treaties, Physics and Society Newsletter (1995)

With the end of the Cold War, the emphasis on monitoring nuclear weapons tests has...

 

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Infrared Monitoring of Nuclear Power in Space, Science & Global Security (1989)

This paper assesses the level of confidence for monitoring a ban on nuclear power in...

 

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Space Reactor Arms Control: Overview (with Joel R. Primack, Nancy E. Abrams, Steven Aftergood, Daniel O. Hirsch, Robert Mozley, Oleg F. Prilutsky, Stanislav N. Rodionov, and Roald Z. Sagdeev), Science & Global Security (1989)

Unshielded nuclear reactors provide the lightest and most survivable long-lived sources of electric power available...

 

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Testimony on the Verification and Compliance of Nuclear Testing Treaties, Committee On Foreign Relations Of The Untied States Senate (1988)
 

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Science and Society Test X: Energy Conservation, American Journal of Physics (1987)

United States energy consumption has remained essentially constant at about 80 exajoules/year (75 quads/year) since...

 

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Rewarding Scientists Who Pursue and Discuss Physics in the Public Interest (with Barbara Levi), Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society (1986)
 

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Science and Society Test IX: Technical Means of Verification, American Journal of Physics (1986)

Technical means of monitoring are used to verify compliance to arms control treaties. Numerical estimates...

 

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The Cal Poly House Doctor Lab, Energy Auditor & Retrofitter (1986)
 

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Emerging Technologies for Verificatino of Arms Control Treaties, Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society (1985)

Progress in the technical means of monitoring to verify compliance to arms control treaties is...

 

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Emerging Technologies for Verification of Arms Control Treaties, Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society (1985)

Progress in the technical means of monitoring to verify compliance to arms control treaties is...

 

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Advances in Verification Technology, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (1985)

The alleged limits of verification techniques have been used to justify lack of action at...

 

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Science and Society Test VIII: The Arms Race Revisited, American Journal of Physics (1983)

Approximate numerical estimates are developed in order to quantify a variety of aspects of the...

 

Contributions to Books

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US Nuclear Security Cooperation With Russia and Transparency, Transparency in Nuclear Warheads and Materials: The Political and Technical Dimensions (2003)

This chapter reviews the efforts of Russia and the United States to conclude agreements on...

 

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Summing Up: Questions and Answers on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Issues and Answers (1997)

My experiences with the ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Threshold Test Ban...

 

Reports

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The Current Energy Situation: Summary Points (with A. Brecher, A. Fainberg, R. Howes, R. Socolow, D. Bodansky, P. Craig, B. Hammer, S. Smith, and E. Stechel), Panel on Public Affairs Reports (1996)

Energy problems are now being largely ignored, despite their continuing importance. The near-disappearance of energy...

 

Conference Proceedings

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Input to the NAS CTBT Study, National Academy of Sciences (2009)
 

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Physics of Energy Efficient Buildings, AIP Conference Proceedings - Physics of Sustainable Energy: Using Energy Efficiently and Producing It Renewably (2008)

A scaling model shows that that the free temperature offset between inside and outside increases...

 

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A Chronology of Energy Conservation and Production, AIP Conference Proceedings (1985)
 

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Energy Conservation in Large Buildings (with A. Rosenfeld), AIP Conference Proceedings (1985)

As energy prices rise, newly energy aware designers use better tools and technology to create...

 

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Physics of Some Environmental Aspects of Energy, AIP Conference Proceedings (1985)

Approximate numerical estimates are carried out on the following environmental effects from energy production and...

 

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The Feasibility of the X-Ray Laser Pumped With A Nuclear Explosion, Electro-Culture '84 (1984)

Recent reports have indicated that an x-ray laser pumped with a nuclear explosion at a...

 

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A Chronology of the Nuclear Arms Race, Physics, Technology and the Nuclear Arms Race (1983)
 

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Basic Physics of EMP, Beam Weapons, and ABM, Physics, Technology and the Nuclear Arms Race (1983)
 

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Interactive Computer Graphics: The Arms Race, Physics, Technology and the Nuclear Arms Race (1983)