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Physics of Plasmas, published by AIP Publishing in cooperation with the APS Division of Plasma Physics, is committed to the publication of original research in all areas of experimental, computational, and theoretical plasma physics. Physics of Plasmas publishes in-depth review manuscripts, forward-looking perspectives, Tutorials on active topics, and Special Topics highlighting new developments. Every year a special issue publishes the invited and review papers from the most recent meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics.
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Featured Articles
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September 17 2024
Mordecai D. Rosen
This paper reviews the many twists and turns in the long journey that culminated in ignition in late 2022 using the laser heated indirect-drive approach to imploding DT filled targets at the National ...
Research Article
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September 06 2024
S. Vincena, S. K. P. Tripathi et al.
Results from a laboratory experiment are presented in which, for the first time, a shear Alfvén wave is launched using an antenna in a current-carrying plasma column that is tailored to be either ...
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August 30 2024
Yi-Min Huang, Amitava Bhattacharjee
Plasmoid instability accelerates reconnection in collisional plasmas by transforming a laminar reconnection layer into numerous plasmoids connected by secondary current sheets in two dimensions (2D) ...
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September 17 2024
Jim A. Gaffney, Kelli Humbird et al.
Recent advances in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), including ignition and energy gain, are enabled by a close coupling between experiments and high-fidelity ...
Letter
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September 03 2024
Swadesh M. Mahajan, Prerana Sharma et al.
It is demonstrated through a succinct derivation as to how the linear waves in Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) constitute a fundamental departure from the standard MHD waves. Apart from modifying ...
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August 23 2024
I. V. Timofeev, V. A. Kurshakov et al.
High-beta plasma equilibria are realized in a number of physical systems, from planetary magnetospheres, sunspots, and magnetic holes to fusion laboratory experiments. When plasma pressure becomes ...
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September 17 2024
D. D.-M. Ho, P. A. Amendt et al.
Frustraums have a higher laser-to-capsule x-ray radiation coupling efficiency and can accommodate a large capsule, thus potentially generating a higher yield with less laser energy than cylindrical ...
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September 17 2024
Jim A. Gaffney, Kelli Humbird et al.
Recent advances in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), including ignition and energy gain, are enabled by a close coupling between experiments and high-fidelity ...
Review Article
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September 17 2024
Mordecai D. Rosen
This paper reviews the many twists and turns in the long journey that culminated in ignition in late 2022 using the laser heated indirect-drive approach to imploding DT filled targets at the National ...
Progress toward fusion energy breakeven and gain as measured against the Lawson criterion
Samuel E. Wurzel, Scott C. Hsu
The crucial role of diagnostics in achieving ignition on the National Ignition Facility (NIF)
J. D. Kilkenny, A. Pak, et al.
Development of steady-state fusion reactor by Helical Fusion
J. Miyazawa, T. Goto
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