A Shortcut to Statistically Steady-State Turbulence with Flow MatchingMany nonlinear physical systems exhibit an initial transient phase in which perturbations grow before nonlinear interactions lead to a statistically steady state. While this saturated regime is of…Gianluca Galletti, Gerald Gutenbrunner, William Hornsby et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
Single-Shot High-Energy Muon and Particle Radiography with a Multi-GeV Laser-Wakefield-Accelerator-Driven SourceWe report the first demonstration of single-shot particle radiography using a 1-10 GeV laser-wakefield-generated beam of muons, pions, and neutrons. The test objects were imaged ~15 m from the beam…Kaixin Zhu, G. Jackson Williams, Roberto Versaci et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
A new model for runaway electron transport based on chaotic Hamiltonian systemsThe transport of runaway electrons (RE) in ergodic magnetic geometries is an area of active study. Computing the transport from the direct simulation of particle trajectories is computationally…Dániel Jánosi, Anikó Horváth, Hannes Bergström et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
On the transition to large fluxes and access to second stability in gyrokinetic simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in STEPThis work investigates the nonlinear transition to large heat fluxes observed in local gyrokinetic simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in STEP. Using the stress-balance framework of Zhang et…Daniel Kennedy, Yujia Zhang, Toby Adkins et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
First reduced model for integrated computations of helicon wave heating and current drive in magnetic fusion plasmasFast predictive modelling of radio-frequency heating and current drive is important for integrated tokamak scenario design, yet kinetic calculations of helicon-wave absorption remain too…Zi-Chen Kan, Lei Chang, Zhen-Yu Wang et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
Impact of Residual Angular Chirp in a Petawatt-class Laser System on Laser-driven Proton AccelerationLaser-driven proton acceleration has attracted considerable interest owing to its appealing potential in versatile applications including cancer therapy. Proton energies depend critically on the…Qingfan Wu, Minjian Wu, Jiarui Zhao et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
Radiation reaction measurements via single-shot energy-loss determination in high-intensity laser-electron collisionsEffects of radiation reaction are considered a key factor for lasers-plasma-interactions at ultra-high intensities, and gaining precise understanding of these phenomena will be crucical for…Philipp Sikorski, Daniel Seipt·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
Full-Path Nonlinear Modeling of Microwave Power Transmission Through Ionospheric Plasma for Space Solar Power StationSpace Solar Power Station (SSPS) concepts rely on gigawatt-class microwave beams to carry orbital solar energy through the ionosphere, where the beam and the plasma form a coupled nonlinear system:…Pengan Guo, Lei Chang, Yuhan Chen et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlinear Tearing Modes in Current-Vortex SheetsThe linear and nonlinear development of instabilities and Alfvén resonances in a plane current-vortex sheet is presented here for sheared equilibrium profiles $By0 =…D. Urbanski, F. L. Waelbroeck, A. Tenerani·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
A Collocated Boris Integrator in Flux Coordinates: Balancing Accuracy, Conservation, Cost and RobustnessWhen the guiding-center description fails and the full gyromotion must be resolved for energetic particles in complex configurations like stellarators, charged-particle integrators must be formulated…Mingyuan Li, Chang Liu·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
Collisionless Phase Mixing Mimics Diffusive Transport in Radiation Belt ObservationsSince the dawn of the space age, observations of energetic particles in planetary radiation belts have been interpreted within a diffusive transport framework, even though the dominant processes that…Adnane Osmane, Xin An, Anton Artemyev et al.·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
A laser plasma soliton fusion schemeWe introduce a novel and generic fusion scheme enabled by laser-plasma solitons, which promises to overcome several fundamental obstructions to reaching the breakeven condition. To demonstrate that,…Pisin Chen, Yung-Kun Liu, Gerard Mourou·Jul 14, 2026SaveLearn
Automated Outlier-Robust Bayesian Profile Fitting for Magnetically Confined Plasmas with Modified Tanh Profiles and Good-and-Bad Gaussian Mixture LikelihoodsWe present an outlier-robust Bayesian approach for automated kinetic profile fitting in magnetically confined plasmas with the modified tanh (mtanh) parametrisation and demonstrate its implementation…Jaewook Kim, Jekil Lee, Laurent Jung et al.·Jul 13, 2026SaveLearn
Zonal-flow generation and saturation of electromagnetic ion-scale turbulence in tokamaksLocal flux-tube gyrokinetic simulations of ion-scale turbulence in tokamak plasmas at finite plasma beta are conducted to investigate the generation of zonal flows via turbulent stresses. A parameter…Y. Zhang, T. Adkins, M. Barnes et al.·Jul 13, 2026SaveLearn
Collisionless whistler heat-flux instability in ultra-high-β plasmasKinetic instabilities, notably the whistler heat-flux instability (WHFI), are known to suppress thermal transport significantly in the moderate- to high-β plasmas relevant to many astrophysical…Rhisiart Davies, Prakriti Pal Choudhury, Archie F. A. Bott·Jul 13, 2026SaveLearn
VSC: A Zero-Dimensional Fusion Design Platform for Multiple Magnetic ConfigurationsThe VeloAlpha System Code (VSC) is a computational framework for zero-dimensional fusion power-balance studies across five magnetic-confinement configurations: tokamaks, magnetic mirrors,…Zekun Wang, Huasheng Xie, Feng Zhang et al.·Jul 13, 2026SaveLearn
Development and validation of a local neoclassical transport module in NLT with applications to EAST-relevant impurity transport and trapped-electron-mode stabilityA local neoclassical transport module has been developed and validated in the semi-Lagrangian gyrokinetic code NLT for multi-species collisional plasmas. The module incorporates a linearized…Dandan Liao, Lei Ye, Guoxu Wang et al.·Jul 13, 2026SaveLearn
Efficient hot electron generation via low-coherence lasersHot electrons generated in laser-produced plasmas are a central focus in inertial confinement fusion, laboratory astrophysics, and high-energy-density physics. These electrons originate from…Huiya Liu, Yao Zhao, Ning Kang et al.·Jul 13, 2026SaveLearn
Integrated full pulse modeling for pellet injection in tokamaks: HPI2 model improvement and validation in WESTReliable modeling and control of core density is essential for reactor-relevant magnetic confinement fusion operation, motivating cryogenic pellet injection as a primary fueling actuator and the need…A. Panera Alvarez, F. Koechl, J. Artaud et al.·Jul 13, 2026SaveLearn
Electrohydrodynamic wind generation in planar DBDs: role of electrode symmetry and geometryThis study experimentally and numerically investigates the electrohydrodynamic (EHD) interaction produced by a surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) plasma actuator at atmospheric pressure. The…Farshad Sohbatzadeh, Saeed Ranjbar Malekshah, Hamed Soltani Ahmadi et al.·Jul 12, 2026SaveLearn
Divergence Without Transition in Adiabatic Theory: Exact Cancellation in Reflectionless PotentialsAdiabatic invariants play a central role in plasma physics, from magnetic moment and bounce action to wave action in slowly varying media. Their perturbative constructions are often asymptotic, and…Amitava Bhattacharjee·Jul 11, 2026SaveLearn
Non-thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Combined with Benzoyl Peroxide to Enhance the Inhibition of BacteriaThis study aims to verify whether combining non-thermal equilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma with benzoyl peroxide (BPO) can enhance the inhibition of bacteria. This work involves not only…Tzu-Hsuan Chen, Chao-Yu Chen, Yuan-Min Lin et al.·Jul 11, 2026SaveLearn
Anisotropy and intermittency in drift-wave turbulence with zonal flows: a two-dimensional continuous wavelet analysisWe examine anisotropy and spatial intermittency at small scales in drift-wave turbulence with zonal flows. We use a two-dimensional directional continuous wavelet transform, which allows simultaneous…Katsunori Yoshimatsu, Zetao Lin, Hideaki Miura et al.·Jul 11, 2026SaveLearn
3D Plasma plume characterization of an electrodeless thruster cluster in magnetic arch configurationClustering electrodeless plasma thrusters in pairs with opposing magnetic polarities offers an easy means to scale-up the propulsion system of future missions, and also, to mutually cancel their…Sacha A. Huot, Marco Riccardo Inchingolo, Jaume Navarro-Cavallé et al.·Jul 10, 2026SaveLearn
On the generation of astrophysically-relevant intermittent magnetic turbulence in the laboratoryIntermittent magnetic turbulence, namely the presence of non-ordered and clusterized fields, is a ubiquitous phenomenon in space and astrophysical plasmas. It is currently understood that it plays a…Itamar Cohen, Weipeng Yao, Archie F. A. Bott et al.·Jul 10, 2026SaveLearn