Impact of ion-beam stopping power on proton-boron fusion yield in the pitcher-catcher scheme driven by ultra-intense laserThe effect of stopping power on proton-boron fusion is investigated for a proton beam propagating through boron plasma. Due to the stopping power, the electron temperature of the boron target rises…J. Y. Hua, X. F. Li, J. X. Wang et al.·Sep 4, 2026·Top 77%SaveLearn
Revisiting kinetic electrostatic electron non-linear (KEEN) waves in the presence of dynamical ionsWe revisit the kinetic electrostatic electron nonlinear (KEEN) waves studied by Afeyan et. al in 2014 using a hybrid flow-mapping strategy that combines the characteristic mapping method (CMM) with…Rostislav-Paul Wilhelm, Philipp Krah, Kai Schneider et al.·Sep 4, 2026·Top 88%SaveLearn
Activated carbon-assisted anionic dye decomposition using a dual-liquid post-double dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactorNon-thermal Plasma (NTP) technology, including the Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) reactor, has emerged as an effective advanced oxidation process (AOP) for treating persistent organic pollutants…Krishna V S, Surya, Mangilal Choudhary·Sep 4, 2026·Top 95%SaveLearn
Assessing the effect of error field penetration during plasma current ramp-up in the DIII-D tokamakThis work provides evidence that established error field penetration threshold scalings remain applicable during plasma current ramp-up. In dedicated DIII-D experiments with imposed n=1…C. F. B. Zimmermann, E. M. Bursch, C. Paz-Soldan et al.·Sep 3, 2026·Top 60%SaveLearn
X-dispersionless solver for electromagnetic and axion fields in a cylindrical particle-in-cell codeWe develop a quasi-cylindrical direction-splitting (QDS) dispersionless Maxwell solver for the open-source EPOCH particle-in-cell framework. The method preserves the exact axial phase velocity for…Xiangyan An, Min Chen, Yipeng Wu et al.·Sep 3, 2026·Top 30%SaveLearn
Formation and interaction of two-dimensional electron-acoustic solitons and breathers in superthermal plasmasThe nonlinear evolution and mutual interaction of two-dimensional electron acoustic (EA) nonlinear structures in superthermal plasma environment are studied. The plasma model consists of inertial…Jayshree Mondal, Prasanta Chatterjee, Biswajit Sahu·Sep 3, 2026·Top 93%SaveLearn
Dependence of self-injected bunch parameters on the plasma density gradient and laser pulse amplitude at LWFA in a conical plasma channelLaser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) is an advanced method of high gradient acceleration of charged particles with wakefield excited in plasma by laser pulse. A distinctive feature of this method is…D. S. Bondar, V. I. Maslov, I. N. Onishchenko·Sep 3, 2026·Top 100%SaveLearn
Minute-Scale High-Fidelity Gyrokinetic Simulations with Portability from Laptop to SupercomputerGlobal gyrokinetic particle simulations remain computationally expensive, as they demand both adequate marker statistics and three-dimensional field solvers. In this work, we present a hybrid…Jian Bao, Huasheng Xie, Ming Yang et al.·Sep 3, 2026·Top 20%SaveLearn
Hall-MHD in driven turbulence FLASH simulationsThe origin of magnetic fields in turbulent astrophysical systems has long been a central problem in plasma astrophysics. Fluctuation dynamos are a class of field amplification mechanisms that occur…A. Mohapatra, E. C. Hansen, A. Reyes et al.·Sep 2, 2026·Top 74%SaveLearn
MGKDB: An IMAS-aligned multicode gyrokinetic simulation database for reproducible fusion turbulence modeling and data-driven analysisExpensive fusion simulations are commonly preserved in code-specific formats that limit discovery, comparison, and reuse. We present the Multiscale GyroKinetic DataBase (MGKDB), an open-source…Craig Michoski, David R. Hatch, Dongyang Kuang et al.·Sep 2, 2026·Top 16%SaveLearn
Global Gyrokinetic Simulations of Electromagnetic Turbulence in STEPThis paper presents gradient-driven global electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations for a conceptual burning flat-top operating point of STEP [1], STEP-EC-HD, and investigates how non-local effects…Daniel Kennedy, Facundo Sheffield, Tobias Görler et al.·Sep 2, 2026SaveLearn
Chirped-Pulse Forward Raman Amplification in Nonuniform PlasmasLight amplification via Raman scattering in plasma has been severely constrained by stringent phase matching conditions and the need for plasma uniformity. To overcome these limitations, we propose a…Zhi-Yu Lei, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Su-Ming Weng et al.·Sep 2, 2026SaveLearn
Instabilities in Cylindrical Geometry Using the Minimalist Approach: Formalism and Rotational InstabilitiesThe minimalist approach for linear stability analysis is applied to fluids and magnetized ideal plasmas in cylindrical geometry. In this approach, the dispersion relation is obtained by integrating a…Nektarios Vlahakis·Sep 2, 2026·Top 40%SaveLearn
A Hybrid Simulation Code for Hall Thrusters and its Sensitivity to Numerical ParametersHybrid methods offer an attractive balance between computational efficiency and physical accuracy, playing an important guiding role in the design and optimization of Hall thrusters. In this work, a…Xingdong Che, Hong Li, Xin Guo et al.·Sep 2, 2026SaveLearn
A novel objective function minimizes resonant trapped energetic particle losses in stellaratorsNear-omnigenous stellarators are susceptible to energetic particle (EP) losses due to resonances between trapped EPs and non-omnigenous perturbations to the magnetic field. Existing bounce-averaged…John Anthony Labbate, Elizabeth J. Paul, Amelia Chambliss·Sep 1, 2026·Top 15%SaveLearn
Revisiting the MRX Electron Current Sheet Width with Semi-Collisional Kinetic Simulations at Hydrogen Mass RatioFor over eighteen years, the electron current sheet measured in the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX) has stood a factor of 2--5 wider than predicted by MRX-like kinetic simulations, and the…Sung Hyun Son, Adam Stanier, William Daughton et al.·Sep 1, 2026·Top 6%SaveLearn
The Fusion Equilibrium Challenge: Inferring Magnetic Geometry Without Magnetic DiagnosticsNext-generation fusion reactor devices such as SPARC, ARC, and CFETR will operate in extreme neutron environments that compromise the magnetic sensors traditionally used to reconstruct plasma…Tapan Ganatma Nakkina, Matthew Waller, Craig Michoski et al.·Sep 1, 2026·Top 4%SaveLearn
Polarized quantum effects in countable signals from intense laser - electron beam interactionsWe investigate the feasibility of precision counting experiments based on laser-electron beam interactions to verify strong-field quantum electrodynamic effects, with particular emphasis on the…Toseo Moritaka, Kensuke Homma, Kazunori Itakura·Sep 1, 2026·Top 39%SaveLearn
A Magnetothermodynamic Theory of Energy Transport In Collisionless PlasmasPresented here is an exploratory conceptual framework with the aim of describing electromagnetic and thermal energy transport and transfer in collisionless plasmas in a coherent way, starting from an…Dominic Payne·Sep 1, 2026·Top 99%SaveLearn
The role of different nonlinearities and potential vorticity conservation in two-dimensional fluid ITG modelsThe nature of turbulent energy cascade of simple two-dimensional fluid models of ion temperature gradient driven turbulence is studied in detail. Notably, it is observed that a minimal two-field…Giridharan Paramasivam, Özgür D. Gürcan·Sep 1, 2026·Top 83%SaveLearn
Dynamic Alignment or Angular Persistence?Dynamic alignment in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence is commonly inferred from the decrease of an amplitude-weighted average of the mutual angle between Elsässer increments toward smaller separations.…Amir Jafari·Sep 1, 2026·Top 3%SaveLearn
Towards Large-Scale Heterogeneous Data Organization for Scientific Foundation Models: A Nuclear Fusion Case StudyTraining effective foundation models requires massive and organized datasets, yet scientific domains such as nuclear fusion present unique challenges due to largely heterogeneous and sparse data.…Nathaniel Chen, Kouroche Bouchiat, Peter Steiner et al.·Aug 31, 2026SaveLearn
Generation of Isolated Collimated Polarized γ-ray Beams via Spatiotemporal Optical Vortex ModulationAttosecond, collimated, bright, polarized γ-ray sources are in high demand across nuclear physics, astrophysics, and high-energy physics. However, realizing attosecond duration, high collimation,…Xinyu Xie, Fengyu Sun, Huai-Hang Song et al.·Aug 30, 2026SaveLearn
Unified Gas-Kinetic Wave-Particle Method for Multiscale Simulation of Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck SystemA unified gas-kinetic wave--particle method with Fokker--Planck collisions (UGKWP-FP) is developed for the Vlasov--Poisson--Fokker--Planck system. The collision operator is modeled by the…Zhigang Pu, Chang Liu, Yixiao Wang et al.·Aug 30, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced Extreme Ultraviolet Emission from Laser-heated Blow-Off Tin PlasmasThis work investigates extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emission at 13.5 nm from laser produced tin plasmas generated using a mass limited laser blow off (LBO) plume.Mathew P. Polek, Towfiq Ahmed, Kiran Linsuain et al.·Aug 28, 2026SaveLearn