Sparse identification of effective microparticle interaction potential in dusty plasma from simulation dataIdentification of the particle interaction potential is a challenging and important task in dusty plasma, colloids, and smart materials as it allows the characterization of structure formation and…Zachary Brooks Howe, Lorin Swint Matthews, Truell Hyde et al.·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlinear generation of global zonal structures in gyrokinetic simulations of TCV and ASDEX Upgrade magnetic configurationsIn tokamaks, turbulence is responsible not only for the anomalous transport of heat and particles from the core to the edge, which reduces heating efficiency, but also for the generation of zonal…I. Novikau, A. Biancalani, A. Bottino et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Spherical compression of an applied magnetic field in inertial confinement fusionApplying an external magnetic field to laser-driven inertial confinement fusion implosions is a promising approach for enhancing fusion yield. The field is compressed with the plasma, producing a…R. Spiers, A. Bose, C. A. Frank et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
MMS Observations of Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence and Steep Kinetic-Range Spectra in the Outer Plasma Sheet Boundary LayerEnergy dissipation and particle acceleration in the collisionless magnetotail plasma remain incompletely understood. We report observations of Kinetic Alfvén Wave (KAW) turbulence and parallel…Mani K Chettri, Rupak Mukherjee, Hemam D. Singh·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Effect of front surface engineering on high energy electron, X-ray and heavy ion generation from Relativistic laser interaction with thick high-Z targetsRelativistic lasers on solid targets generate hot electrons, and other secondary particles. These particles can be used for radiography, cancer therapy, or isochoric heating. A lower density or…J. Twardowski, C. Kuz, A. S. Bogale et al.·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Gyrofluid Magnetic Reconnection Beyond the δ F ApproximationMagnetic reconnection in a two-dimensional system is studied employing a novel Full-F gyrofluid model with arbitrary- wavelength polarization. In strongly magnetized plasmas, the long wavelength…F. F. Locker, M. Rinner, M. Held et al.·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Plasma Screening Effects in Stark Broadening: A Fully Relativistic Close-Coupling ApproachStark broadening of spectral lines in plasmas is a cornerstone of opacity modeling and plasma diagnostics, with critical implications for controlled fusion and astrophysics. Despite recent advances…Chao Wu, Yong Wu, Yu Hao Zhu et al.·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Neural operator transformers capture bifurcating drift wave turbulence in fusion plasma simulationsSelf-consistent modeling of turbulence-driven transport is critical for optimizing confinement in magnetically confined fusion plasmas, such as in tokamaks and stellarators. In particular, capturing…Johannes J. van de Wetering, Ben Zhu·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Probing vacuum birefringence in an Ultrastrong Laser Field via High-energy Gamma-ray PolarimetryVacuum birefringence (VB), a fundamental prediction of nonlinear quantum electrodynamics (QED), has eluded direct laboratory detection due to its extreme weakness. We propose a compact,…Da-Lin Wang, Xian-Zhang Wu, Rui-Qi Qin et al.·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Reproducing anomalous transport coefficients from electro-static tokamak edge turbulent dynamicsTurbulent transport near the X-point of a large tokamak is examined using local, gradient-driven simulations that determine the saturated plasma profiles. The distribution of a representative set of…Fabio Moretti, Francesco Cianfrani, Nakia Carlevaro et al.·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Hollow toroidal rotation profiles in strongly electron heated H-mode plasmas in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamakThis work investigates toroidal momentum transport in type-I ELMy H-mode plasmas in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak, focusing on the formation of hollow rotation profiles under strong electron cyclotron…C. F. B. Zimmermann, R. M. McDermott, C. Angioni et al.·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
The self-generation of core fields and electron scattering in flux ropes during magnetic reconnectionTwo-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations with a realistic mass ratio reveal the generation mechanisms of the out-of-plane magnetic field in magnetic islands/flux ropes during magnetic…Hanqing Ma, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Electric current dynamics in the stellarator coil winding surface modelIn stellarator design, the coil winding surfaces ⊂ R3 support current distributions j that shape the magnetic field. This work provides a theoretical framework explaining the…Wadim Gerner, Anouk Nicolopoulos-Salle, Diego Pereira Botelho·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Effects of neoclassical toroidal viscosity on plasma flow evolution in the presence of resonant magnetic perturbation in a tokamakEffects of neoclassical toroidal viscosity (NTV) on plasma flow evolution in the presence of resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) in a tokamak have been evaluated using a cylindrical theory model.…Fangyuan Ma, Ping Zhu, Jiaxing Liu·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Thermal modeling of runaway electron induced damage in the SPARC tokamakThe integrity of plasma-facing components (PFCs) in tokamaks is critically challenged by transient events such as runaway electron (RE) impacts. We report the first systematic analysis of the thermal…T. Rizzi, K. Paschalidis, S. Ratynskaia et al.·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Loading of Relativistic Maxwellian-type Distributions RevisitedA simple numerical method for loading of a relativistic Maxwellian-type distribution is proposed based on inverse transform sampling. The relativistic Maxwellian energy distribution is introduced as…Takayuki Umeda·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Effect of magnetic drift on the stability structure of the ambipolar conditionIn non-axisymmetric plasmas, the ambipolar condition may have multiple roots. In such cases, the evolution of the ambipolar electric field can be described by the dynamics in a bistable potential,…Keiji Fujita, Shinsuke Satake·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Cavitons Associated with Ion-Acoustic-Like Waves in Foreshock TransientsForeshock transients upstream of the Earth's bow shock, such as foreshock bubbles and hot flow anomalies, are often characterized by reduced-density cores and strong plasma fluctuations. These…Runyi Liu, Terry Liu, Xin An et al.·Mar 3, 2026SaveLearn
On shear Alfv\'en wave-induced energetic ion transport in optimized stellaratorsIn this work, we investigate prompt ion drift orbit losses caused by shear Alfv\'en waves (SAW) in quasi-symmetric (QS) and quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators optimized for equilibrium confinement of…A. R. Knyazev, A. Lachmann, A. G. Goodman et al.·Mar 3, 2026SaveLearn
Energization of Proton via Beam-Driven Ion Bernstein Waves in p11B PlasmasEnergizing background ions plays a pivotal role in all forms of thermal nuclear fusion, as it can increase the fusion reaction rate without affecting the overall mechanical equilibrium. This is…Yangchun Liu, Hairong Huang, Dong Wu et al.·Mar 3, 2026SaveLearn
PanoMHD: Multimodal Modelling of Plasma Dynamics towards Tokamak ControlModelling the dynamics of complex physical systems is a fundamental challenge, particularly where nonlinear dynamics and multi-scale interactions render traditional simulations computationally…Hyeongjun Noh, Chweeho Heo, Xiaotian Gao et al.·Mar 3, 2026SaveLearn
Forced Reconnection in Voigt-Regularized MHDForced reconnection in Voigt-regularized MHD is investigated in the Hahm-Kulsrud-Taylor problem. It is shown that Voigt regularization introduces an early linear phase of reconnection that partially…Andrew Brown, Yi-Min Huang, Amitava Bhattacharjee·Mar 2, 2026SaveLearn
Comment on "Impact of particle number and cell-size in fully implicit charge- and energy-conserving particle-in-cell schemes" by N. Savard et al., Phys. Plasmas 32, 073903 (2025)We take issue with the conclusions in the recent publication by Savard et al. In the study, the authors implement a fully nonlinear charge- and energy-conserving implicit particle-in-cell method…Luis Chacon, Guangye Chen, Lee Ricketson·Mar 2, 2026SaveLearn
Atmospheric-Pressure Ar/Air Plasma Jet-Induced Degradation of Azo Dyes in Aqueous Solutions: Kinetic and Mechanistic InsightsAtmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasmas are promising platforms for advanced oxidation in water treatment, yet quantitative coupling between reactive species delivery, solution chemistry, and…Mohammed Shihab, Alaa El-Ashry, Seham A. Ibrahim et al.·Mar 2, 2026SaveLearn
Rugged magneto-hydrodynamic invariants in weakly collisional plasma turbulence: Two-dimensional hybrid simulation resultsAims. We investigated plasma turbulence in the context of solar wind. We concentrated on properties of ideal second-order magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) and Hall MHD invariants. Methods. We studied the…Petr Hellinger, Victor Montagud-Camps·Mar 1, 2026SaveLearn