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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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February 07 2025
Ashwyn Sam, Prabhat Kumar et al.
We investigate ion acoustic solitary waves (solitons) of varying amplitudes in a one-dimensional plasma using fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations. The initial soliton conditions are based on ...
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January 24 2025
S. R. Hudson, S. Guinchard et al.
Lagrangian variational principles are used to locate the magnetic axis and to determine its sensitivity to variations in the magnetic field. Only the change in the magnetic field on axis is required ...
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January 02 2025
M. Huault, T. Carrière et al.
The majority of studies on laser-driven proton–boron nuclear reaction is based on the measurement of α -particles with solid-state nuclear tracks detector (Cr39). However, Cr39's interpretation ...
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February 10 2025
Y. Nishimura
A numerical approach to the simulation of two- and three-dimensional self-consistent N-body charged-particle dynamics is developed employing analytical solutions, with Kepler's laws of planetary ...
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February 07 2025
Gurudas Ganguli, Chris Crabtree et al.
The generation mechanism for ion acoustic solitons due to speeding orbital debris in warm isothermal ionospheric plasma with the background magnetic field oriented at an arbitrary angle to the debris ...
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February 05 2025
G. E. Kemp, C. B. Yeamans et al.
A multi-laboratory collaborative effort is currently exploring the feasibility of laser direct drive liquid deuterium–tritium (DT) wetted foam inertial confinement fusion concepts being considered ...
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February 13 2025
Qianlei Du, Fuyuan Wu et al.
Toward the application of inertial fusion energy, a comprehensive comparison of different fusion materials was made. Using the upgraded multi-fuel fusion package of the radiation-hydrodynamic code ...
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February 13 2025
A. V. Bashinov, E. S. Efimenko et al.
The interaction of multipetawatt lasers with plasma is a complex multiparameter problem, providing a wide field for fundamental research and opening up great opportunities for creating unique sources ...
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February 13 2025
Yang Zhao, Xiao-Hua Zhou
In recent years, dual-frequency inductively coupled plasma (DF-ICP) has proven to be a reliable technique for enhancing plasma radial uniformity. In this paper, a fluid model is employed to study the ...
Progress toward fusion energy breakeven and gain as measured against the Lawson criterion
Samuel E. Wurzel, Scott C. Hsu
FreeGSNKE: A Python-based dynamic free-boundary toroidal plasma equilibrium solver
N. C. Amorisco, A. Agnello, et al.