Plasma GraphRAG: Physics-Grounded Parameter Selection for Gyrokinetic SimulationsAccurate parameter selection is fundamental to gyrokinetic plasma simulations, yet current practices rely heavily on manual literature reviews, leading to inefficiencies and inconsistencies. We…Ruichen Zhang, Feda AlMuhisen, Chenguang Wan et al.·Apr 7, 2026SaveLearn
Hydrogen Inventory Simulations for PFCs (HISP)Hydrogen Inventory Simulations for Plasma facing components (HISP) is an open-source simulation tool to model the evolution of hydrogen (H) isotopes inventory in plasma-facing-components (PFCs) of…Kaelyn Dunnell, Adria Lleal, Etienne Augustin Hodille et al.·Apr 6, 2026SaveLearn
Fast Magnetosonic Turbulence in Two-Dimensional Relativistic PlasmasWe present fully kinetic simulations of driven 2D turbulence in a relativistic plasma, designed for the first time to induce a fast magnetosonic cascade. As the driving strength increases, turbulence…Petr Ugarov, Vladimir Zhdankin, Giuseppe Arrò·Apr 5, 2026SaveLearn
Ion-neutral and neutral-neutral scattering in argon at KeV energies and implications for high-aspect-ratio etchingIn this study, we report a physical model and a Monte Carlo simulation scheme developed to predict the angular distributions of energetic argon atoms and ions as an ion beam passes through a…Alexander V. Khrabrov, Igor D. Kaganovich·Apr 5, 2026SaveLearn
Features of spherical torus p 11B burning plasmasA spherical torus (ST) p B11 plasma model that satisfies multi-magnetofluid force balance is developed, which includes small fractions of suprathermal ions with temperatures around 0.5 MeV and…Y. -K. M. Peng, A. Ishida, T. Sun et al.·Apr 5, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum effects in plasmasThe year 2025 had been designated by UNESCO as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. 125 years ago Max Planck's discovery of radiation quanta started the quantum era and 100 years…M. Bonitz, H. Kählert, D. Krimans et al.·Apr 4, 2026SaveLearn
Enhanced electron injection for efficient proton acceleration and neutron production in femtosecond laser-driven nano-structured targetsMicro- or nano-structured targets are advantageous in enhancing and manipulating laser-proton acceleration, due to the increased absorption of laser energy and onset of direct laser acceleration for…Yingzi Dai, Chengyu Qin, Hui Zhang et al.·Apr 4, 2026SaveLearn
Relaxed magnetohydrodynamics with cross-field flowThe phase-space Lagrangian model of Dewar et al. (Phys. Plasmas 27, 062507, 2020) provides a framework for incorporating cross-field flow into relaxed equilibria while retaining ideal…Arash Tavassoli, Stuart R. Hudson, Zhisong Qu et al.·Apr 4, 2026SaveLearn
Resolution-Independent Machine Learning Heat Flux Closure for ICF PlasmasAccurate modeling of heat flux in inertial confinement fusion plasmas requires closures that remain predictive far from local equilibrium and across disparate spatial and temporal resolutions. We…M. Luo, A. R. Bell, F. Miniati et al.·Apr 3, 2026SaveLearn
Finite Ion Temperature Effects on the Merging of Current-Carrying ELM Filaments in the edge region of a tokamakEdge-localized-mode (ELM) filaments are crucial for cross-field transport at the tokamak edge; yet, their dynamics are often analyzed using the cold-ion approximation, despite experimental data…Souvik Mondal, Nirmal Bisai, Abhijit Sen et al.·Apr 3, 2026SaveLearn
Collimation of diamagnetic laser-driven plasma outflows by an ambient magnetic-pressure gradientWe present magnetohydrodynamic simulations of laser driven plasma outflows propagating along an externally applied poloidal magnetic field, designed to mimic coronal open-field plasma jets. Using the…Yigeng Tian, Chung Hei Leung, Arijit Bose et al.·Apr 3, 2026SaveLearn
Self-subsidizing Mercury Remediation with Fusion ReactorsFusion reactors can permanently remediate mercury by using it as a neutron multiplier: each (n,2n) reaction reduces the neutron number towards 197Hg which quickly decays into stable gold,…J. F. Parisi, J. Azad·Apr 3, 2026SaveLearn
Simulations of internal kink modes and sawtooth crashes for SPARC baseline-like scenarios using the M3D-C1 codeA relaxed baseline case, based on the SPARC Primary Reference Discharge (PRD) design point, is used to conduct a thorough investigation for the most unstable low-n MHD instabilities for the first…W. H. Wang, C. Clauser, C. Liu et al.·Apr 2, 2026SaveLearn
Lithium Droplet Transport in Tokamak Edge PlasmasA lithium droplet transport and evaporation model has been developed within the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo code OpenEdge. This model integrates gravity, collisional ion drag,…A. Diaw, J. D. Lore, S. Smolentsev·Apr 2, 2026SaveLearn
The IAEA Fusion Data Lake Project -- Accelerating AI and Big Data Applications through Open Science and FAIR DataAI applications in fusion is a maturing field, playing a key role as surrogate models and digital twins to overcome computational expense limitations and insufficiently characterised phenomena, and…Daljeet Singh Gahle, Matteo Barbarino·Apr 2, 2026SaveLearn
Magnetohydrodynamics in turbulent dynamo regime: the stability problemThis paper investigates stochastic solenoidal magnetohydrodynamics within the field-theoretic Martin-Siggia-Rose-De Dominicis-Janssen formalism, with a specific focus on the stability of the system…Michal Hnatič, Tomáš Lučivjanský, Lukáš Mižišin et al.·Apr 2, 2026SaveLearn
From Galactic Clusters to Plasmas in a Single Monte Carlo: Branching Paths Statistics for Poisson-Vlasov/BoltzmannRecent advances have allowed to tackle path-space probabilistic representations of mesoscopic Boltzmann transport nonlinearly coupled to a sub-model of the force-field by step forward approaches in…Daniel Yaacoub, Stéphane Blanco, Richard Fournier et al.·Apr 1, 2026SaveLearn
Ultrafast Kilowatt-Range Microwave Pulsing for Enhanced CO2 Conversion in Atmospheric-Pressure PlasmasUltrafast microwave power pulsation is demonstrated as an effective strategy to enhance CO2 conversion in atmospheric-pressure plasma reactors. While initial experiments at several hundred watts in a…S. Soldatov, L. Silberer, C. K. Kiefer et al.·Apr 1, 2026SaveLearn
Cyclic reformation of subcritical perpendicular fast magnetosonic shocks due to oblique Whistler wavesThe stability of subcritical perpendicular fast magnetosonic shocks, which are propagating at 1.7 times the fast magnetosonic speed, is investigated using two-dimensional PIC simulations. The plasma,…ME Dieckmann, L Palodhi, M Francois et al.·Apr 1, 2026SaveLearn
Generating intense attosecond pulses and vectorizing polarization states from laser-plasma interactionsVector beams with spatially structured polarization and intertwined spin-orbital angular momentum (SAM-OAM) provide powerful degrees of freedom for tailoring light-matter interactions. While such…Panfei Geng, Yipeng Wu, Zhixin Fan et al.·Apr 1, 2026SaveLearn
A machine learning framework for developing quasilinear saturation rules of turbulent transport from linear gyrokinetic dataA new neural network model for a quasilinear saturation rule has been developed to map linear gyrokinetic data to nonlinear saturated potential magnitudes to predict the total energy and particle…Preeti Sar, Sebastian De Pascuale, Harry Dudding et al.·Apr 1, 2026SaveLearn
Generalized multi-dimensional conservation laws for stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering in a density gradientGeneralized local and multi-dimensional conservation laws of action, energy, momentum, and angular momentum are derived for stimulated Raman (SRS) and Brillouin backscattering (SBS) in a density…Vijay Patel, Sarah Chase, Frank S. Tsung et al.·Mar 31, 2026SaveLearn
Anisotropy-induced Inhomogeneous Melting in Finite Dust ClustersWe present the first experimental evidence of inhomogeneous melting in a finite dusty plasma crystal confined in an anisotropic potential well. By systematically tuning the confinement anisotropy and…Sushree Monalisha Sahu, Hirakjyoti Sarma, Ankit Dhaka et al.·Mar 31, 2026SaveLearn
FDTD Simulation of O-X Mode Conversion Process in Non-uniform Magnetized PlasmaElectron Bernstein Waves (EBWs) are electrostatic waves than can propagate in overdense plasmas without density cutoff, making them suitable for high density plasma heating. Since EBWs cannot be…Chenxu Wang, Ryota Usui, Hiroaki Nakamura et al.·Mar 31, 2026SaveLearn
Evidence for multiple scattering effects in the electron mobility in dense argon gasWe report measurements of the electron drift mobility in dense argon gas over an extended range of densities, temperatures, and electric fields, supplementing our earlier work. The measurements…A. F. Borghesani, P. Lamp·Mar 30, 2026SaveLearn