On the synergic approach toward the experimental realization of interesting fundamental science within the framework of relativistic flying mirror conceptThe relativistic flying parabolic mirror can provide a higher laser intensity than the intensity a current laser system can reach via the optical-focusing scheme. A weakly-relativistic laser…Tae Moon Jeong, Sergei V. Bulanov, Petr Valenta et al.·Oct 11, 2023SaveLearn
Helically-trapped electron mode in optimized stellaratorGlobal gyrokinetic simulations find a strong helically-trapped electron mode (HTEM) driven by density gradients in the optimized stellarator W7-X fusion experiment. The eigenmode structure localizes…Javier H Nicolau, Xishuo Wei, Pengfei Liu et al.·Oct 10, 2023SaveLearn
Plasma line detected by Voyager 1 in the interstellar medium: Tips and traps for quasi-thermal noise spectroscopyThe quasi-thermal motion of plasma particles produces electrostatic fluctuations, whose voltage power spectrum induced on electric antennas reveals plasma properties. In weakly magnetised plasmas,…N. Meyer-Vernet, A. Lecacheux, M. Moncuquet et al.·Oct 10, 2023SaveLearn
Profiling and variation of laser pulse parameters as a way to preserve the stability of self-injected bunches during excitation of a wakefield in plasmaThe paper considers the excitation of a wakefield in a metal-density plasma using a chain of x-ray laser pulses. The profiling parameters and the necessary parameters of laser pulses for obtaining…D. S. Bondar, V. I. Maslov, I. N. Onishchenko·Oct 10, 2023SaveLearn
Parallel expansion of a fuel pellet plasmoidThe problem of the expansion and assimilation of a cryogenic fuel pellet injected into a hot plasma is considered. Due to the transparency of the plasmoid to ambient particles, it is found that…A. M. Arnold, P. Aleynikov, B. N. Breizman·Oct 9, 2023SaveLearn
Full cycle, self-consistent, two-dimensional analysis of a packed bed DBD reactor for plasma-assisted CO2 splitting: spatiotemporal inhomogeneous, glow to streamer to surface discharge transitionsWe investigate the full-cycle operation of a coaxial Packed Bed Dielectric Barrier Discharge (PB-DBD) reactor operating in pure CO2. The reactor is packed with high permittivity…Konstantinos Kourtzanidis·Oct 9, 2023SaveLearn
Physics-tailored machine learning reveals unexpected physics in dusty plasmasDusty plasma is a mixture of ions, electrons, and macroscopic charged particles that is commonly found in space and planetary environments. The particles interact through Coulomb forces mediated by…Wentao Yu, Eslam Abdelaleem, Ilya Nemenman et al.·Oct 8, 2023SaveLearn
Electrical Characteristics of the GEC Reference Cell with Impedance Matching: A Two-Dimensional PIC/MCC Modeling StudyIn this paper, the electrical characteristics of the Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC) reference cell with impedance matching are investigated through a two-dimensional electrostatic implicit…Zili Chen, Hongyu Wang, Shimin Yu et al.·Oct 8, 2023SaveLearn
Two-stage Crash Process in Resistive Drift Ballooning Mode Driven ELM CrashWe report a two-stage crash process in edge localized mode (ELM) driven by resistive drift-ballooning modes (RDBMs) numerically simulated in a full annular torus domain. In the early nonlinear phase,…Haruki Seto, Xueqiao Xu, Benjamin D. Dudson et al.·Oct 7, 2023SaveLearn
Preservation of 3-2muHe ion polarization after laser-plasma accelerationThe preservation of nuclear spin alignment in plasmas is a prerequisite for important applications, such as energy production through polarized fusion or the acceleration of polarized particle beams.…Chuan Zheng, Pavel Fedorets, Ralf Engels et al.·Oct 6, 2023SaveLearn
Temporal Properties of the Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic TurbulenceThe temporal property of the compressible magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence remains a fundamental unsolved question. Recent studies based on the spatial-temporal analysis in the global frame of…Ka Ho Yuen, Hui Li, Huirong Yan·Oct 5, 2023SaveLearn
Structural transformation of dusty plasma crystal in DC discharge plasma by changing confinement ring biasWe report the experimental study of the structural transition of a stable complex plasma crystal to a solid-liquid phase coexistence by the controlled adjustment of the confinement potential, while…S. Jaiswal, Connor Belt, Anton Kananovich et al.·Oct 5, 2023SaveLearn
Nonextensive Effect on the Lump Soliton Structures in Dusty PlasmaIn this paper, we use a very prominent technique, Hirota Bilinear Method (HBM) to survey the lump structures of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation in the frame of a collisionless magnetized…Prasanta Chatterjee, Uday Narayan Ghosh, Snehalata Nasipuri et al.·Oct 5, 2023SaveLearn
Kinetic Modeling Analysis of Ar Addition to Atmospheric Pressure N2-H2 Plasma for Plasma-Assisted Catalytic Synthesis of NH3Zero-dimensional kinetic modeling of atmospheric pressure Ar-N2-H2 nonthermal plasma was carried out to gain mechanistic insights into ammonia formation during plasma-assisted catalysis of ammonia…Zihan Lin, Shota Abe, Zhe Chen et al.·Oct 5, 2023SaveLearn
Multi-objective Bayesian optimization for design of Pareto-optimal current drive profiles in STEPThe safety factor profile is a key property in determining the stability of tokamak plasmas. To design the safety factor profile in the United Kingdom's proposed Spherical Tokamak for Energy…Theodore Brown, Stephen Marsden, Vignesh Gopakumar et al.·Oct 4, 2023SaveLearn
Multi-physics modeling of non-equilibrium phenomena in inductively coupled plasma discharges: Part II. Multi-temperature approachThis paper provides a comparison between the vibrational-specific state-to-state (StS) model for nitrogen plasma elaborated in Part I of this work and conventional two-temperature (2-T) models for…Sanjeev Kumar, Alessandro Munafo, Sung Min Jo et al.·Oct 4, 2023SaveLearn
Response to "Comment on `Modification of Lie's transform perturbation theory for charged particle motion in a magnetic field'" [Phys. Plasmas 30, 104701 (2023)]Dr. Brizard's comment on my work is based on a conceived procedure that does not come from my work. The defense of his claim that the modification of the so-called standard Lie's transform…Linjin Zheng·Oct 4, 2023SaveLearn
The impact of electron inertia on collisional laser absorption for high energy density plasmasHigh-power lasers are at the forefront of science in many domains. While their fields are still far from reaching the Schwinger limit, they have been used in extreme regimes, to successfully…James R. Young, Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain·Oct 3, 2023SaveLearn
Multi-physics modeling of non-equilibrium phenomena in inductively coupled plasma discharges: Part I. A state-to-state approachThis work presents a vibrational and electronic state-to-state model for nitrogen plasma implemented within a multi-physics modular computational framework to study non-equilibrium effects in…Sanjeev Kumar, Alessandro Munafo, Sung Min Jo et al.·Oct 3, 2023SaveLearn
Nonlocal Contributions to the Turbulent Cascade in Magnetohydrodynamic TurbulenceWe present evidence for nonlocal contributions to the turbulent energy cascade in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) plasmas. Therefore, we revisit a well-known result derived directly from the MHD equations,…Jan Friedrich, Mike Wilbert, Raffaele Marino·Oct 3, 2023SaveLearn
First Principle Description of Plasma Expansion Using the Expanding Box ModelMulti-scale modeling of expanding plasmas is crucial for understanding the dynamics and evolution of various astrophysical plasma systems such as the solar and stellar winds. In this context, the…Sebastian Echeverría-Veas, Pablo S. Moya, Marian Lazar et al.·Oct 3, 2023SaveLearn
Evolution of self-organized structure, the internal transport barrier in the ion-temperature-gradient driven gyrokinetic turbulenceUnderstanding the self-organization of the most promising internal transport barrier in fusion plasmas needs a long-time nonlinear gyrokinetic global simulation. The Neighboring Equilibrium Update…S. Wang, Z. Wang, T. Wu·Oct 2, 2023SaveLearn
Characterizing the Velocity-Space Signature of Electron Landau DampingPlasma turbulence plays a critical role in the transport of energy from large-scale magnetic fields and plasma flows to small scales, where the dissipated turbulent energy ultimately leads to heating…Sarah A. Conley, Gregory G. Howes, Andrew J. McCubbin·Oct 2, 2023SaveLearn
Modeling non-planar coils in a full-scale stellaratorDesign and modeling of a stellarator fusion reactor is a multidisciplinary effort that requires a tight integration between simulation of highly nonlinear multi-physics and representation of…Merle Backmeyer, Nicolo Riva, Mika Lyly et al.·Oct 2, 2023SaveLearn
Shaping of Magnetic Field Coils in Fusion Reactors using Bayesian OptimisationNuclear fusion using magnetic confinement holds promise as a viable method for sustainable energy. However, most fusion devices have been experimental and as we move towards energy reactors, we are…Timothy Nunn, Vignesh Gopakumar, Sebastien Kahn·Oct 2, 2023SaveLearn