3D CO-TALIF distribution above a micro cavity discharge: A systematic approach for plasma catalysisWe investigate a micro cavity plasma array (MCPA) reactor operated at atmospheric pressure, offering excellent diagnostic accessibility and flexible opportunities for catalyst integration.…Henrik van Impel, Oliver Krettek, David Steuer et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Modeling partially-ionized dense plasma using wavepacket molecular dynamicsWe develop a wave packet molecular dynamics framework for modeling the structural properties of partially-ionized dense plasmas, based on a chemical model that explicitly includes bound state…Daniel Plummer, Pontus Svensson, Wiktor Jasniak et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
TGLF-WINN: Data-Efficient Deep Learning Surrogate for Turbulent Transport Modeling in FusionThe Trapped Gyro-Landau Fluid (TGLF) model provides fast, accurate predictions of turbulent transport in tokamaks, but whole device simulations requiring thousands of evaluations remain…Yadi Cao, Futian Zhang, Wesley Liu et al.·May 18, 2026SaveLearn
Comparison of Tomographic Reconstruction Algorithms for Infrared Imaging Video Bolometer Diagnostic in Plasma DevicesInfrared Imaging Video Bolometer (IRVB) measures total radiation power loss from plasma in 2 dimensions through a pinhole camera geometry. Where a free-standing thin metal foil act as a broad band…Vinit Pandya, Santosh P. Pandya, Ansh Patel et al.·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Role of Magnetic Field in the Redistribution of Turbulence from Large-Scale Structures to Small-Scale FluctuationsMagnetized plasmas with equilibrium density gradients support drift-wave turbulence, which is often regulated by self-generated zonal flows. In this work, we experimentally examine the effect of…Tanmay Karmakar, Rosh Roy, Lavkesh Lachhvani et al.·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Exploring the link between coil non-planarity and magnetic surface geometry across a dataset of QI stellaratorsStellarator fusion devices confine plasma by means of complex, non-planar electromagnetic coils. Understanding how the shape of the plasma boundary determines the required complexity of the coil set…Andrea Pavone, Sehyun Kwak, Felix Warmer·May 17, 2026SaveLearn
Energetic particles, Shafranov shift and finite β effects on TAE, KBM and ITG instabilities in global electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulationsBurning plasma is computationally challenging to simulate due to the multi-scale interactions between energetic particles (EPs), Alfven eigenmodes, and microinstabilities that drive turbulence. Many…B. Rofman, G. Di Giannatale, A. Mishchenko et al.·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
Critical velocity-space mode scalings in linear and nonlinear Landau damping for the Vlasov--Poisson systemThe velocity-space resolution required to accurately simulate kinetic phenomena in the 1D-1V Vlasov--Poisson system is generally not known a priori. In this work, we determine the upper bound on the…Noah K. Guberman, J. Coughlin, A. S. Joglekar·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
FIRM3D: Fast ion reduced models in 3DThe dynamics of energetic particle (EP) species, born from fusion reactions or plasma heating schemes, are critical for predicting the behavior of magnetic confinement fusion experiments and future…Elizabeth Paul, Alexey Knyazev, Michael Czekanski et al.·May 16, 2026SaveLearn
Kinetic Simulations of Laser-Driven Compression and Heating of Magnetised Cryogenic Hydrogen Targets using PIConGPUWe present fully kinetic two-dimensional, three-velocity-component (2D3V) PIConGPU simulations of a three-beam direct-drive interaction with a 15 μm solid-density cryogenic hydrogen cylinder,…Filip Optołowicz, Klaus Steiniger, David Blaschke et al.·May 15, 2026SaveLearn
Beyond Maxwell-Boltzmann: Transport in Quasiequilibrium PlasmasSpace plasmas are generally characterized by non-Maxwellian distributions with suprathermal populations, as routinely revealed by in situ observations. Such departures from standard Maxwellian…Kamel Ourabah·May 15, 2026SaveLearn
Advances in laser-assisted nuclear decay and nuclear excitationFrom the synthesis and evolution of the elements to the celestial nuclear processes of stellar explosions and neutron star mergers, nuclear physics is the foundation of our understanding of the…Q. Xiao, J. H. Cheng, Y. Y. Xu et al.·May 15, 2026SaveLearn
Re-acceleration of Energetic Ions via Small-Scale Reconnection in Magnetic Fusion PlasmasWe report the first observation on the EXL-50U spherical torus that energetic particles injected by neutral beam injection (NBI) can be stably accelerated to significantly higher energies - reaching…Cong Zhang, Shaodong Song, Di Luo et al.·May 15, 2026SaveLearn
Delayed current sheet formation due to an external field in pulsed-power-driven reconnection experimentsWe present results from pulsed-power-driven magnetic reconnection experiments, in which we drove two exploding wire arrays in parallel to produce colliding plasma flows with anti-parallel magnetic…T. W. O. Varnish, G. V. Dowhan, M. Chen et al.·May 14, 2026SaveLearn
Axion magnetohydrodynamics and reconnection-driven axion burstsWe formulate axion magnetohydrodynamics beyond the ideal limit, retaining axion inertia and the essential physics of non-ideal plasmas from first principles. In this framework, regions where magnetic…H. Terças·May 14, 2026SaveLearn
Numerical simulations of waves and turbulence in coronal loops: observables and spectraWe investigate numerically the time evolution of velocity and magnetic field fluctuations in a coronal loop, focusing on the dynamics due to both phase mixing and turbulent cascade. The intensity,…Fabio Feraco, Francesco Pucci, Claudio Meringolo et al.·May 14, 2026SaveLearn
High-throughput full-f gyrokinetics of the tokamak boundaryFull-f global gyrokinetic simulations of the plasma boundary have until now required heroic computational efforts and case-by-case expert intervention, precluding systematic parameter scans. Here we…A. C. D. Hoffmann, M. Francisquez, T. N. Bernard et al.·May 14, 2026SaveLearn
A Hybrid Scheme to Achieve Highest Implosion Performance on the OMEGA LaserMerging direct and indirect-drive has long been viewed as an optimal hybrid laser-fusion scheme that combines the uniformity of x rays with the efficiency of direct illumination. We present the first…P. S. Farmakis, L. Ceurvorst, V. Gopalaswamy et al.·May 13, 2026SaveLearn
High-order exponential solver method for particle-in-cell simulations in cylindrical geometryRecent developments in high peak-power table-top laser systems reaching highly relativistic light intensities have led to significant advances in laser-driven particle acceleration schemes (mainly…Szilárd Majorosi, Nasr A. M. Hafz, Zsolt Lécz·May 12, 2026SaveLearn
MPEX AI Digital Twins Milestone ReportThis is the six month progress report to Fusion Energy Science (FES) and the American Science Cloud (AmSC) on the MPEX AI Digtial Twins project that was started in October 2025. There are two…Gary Staebler, Rhea Barnett, Mark Cianciosa et al.·May 12, 2026SaveLearn
Towards Virtual Qualification in Nuclear Fusion: Demonstrating Probabilistic Model Validation on a High Heat Flux ComponentQualification of components operating in future fusion power plants will be heavily reliant on simulations of component behaviour. The lack of representative test environments for many aspects of the…J. T. Horne-Jones, M. Baxter, A. Tayeb et al.·May 12, 2026SaveLearn
Capturing many-body effects in electrical conductivity of warm dense matterConductivity models for warm dense matter inform simulations of planetary structure and fusion experiments. State-of-the-art conductivity calculations based on density functional theory approximate…Brian P. Robinson, Alina Kononov, Lucas J. Stanek et al.·May 11, 2026SaveLearn
Sustained interpenetrating plasma flows for the investigation of late time kinetic instability evolutionSustained collisionless interpenetrating plasma flows have been generated on the OMEGA laser facility to enable direct investigation of nonlinear evolution of fields generated by electromagnetic…G. D. Sutcliffe, N. Vanderloo, C. Bruulsema et al.·May 11, 2026SaveLearn
Incompressible Extended Magnetohydrodynamics Waves: Implications of Electron InertiaThis paper explores plasma wave modes using the extended magnetohydrodynamics (XMHD) model, incorporating Hall drift and electron inertia effects. We utilize the geometric optics ansatz to study…Noura E. Shorba, Abeer A. Mahmoud, Hamdi M. Abdelhamid·May 11, 2026SaveLearn
How Fusion-Born Alpha Particles Suppress Microturbulence in Burning PlasmasA central unresolved question in fusion energy research is whether energetic alpha particles, the primary products of deuterium-tritium fusion reactions, enhance or degrade plasma confinement. In…Alessandro Di Siena, Alejandro Banon Navarro, Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez et al.·May 11, 2026SaveLearn