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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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October 02 2024
K. Maekaku, H. Sugama et al.
A one-dimensional Vlasov–Poisson system is considered to elucidate how the information entropies of the probability distribution functions of the electron position and velocity variables evolve in ...
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September 24 2024
E. V. Belova, E. D. Fredrickson et al.
A set of nonlinear simulations has been performed in order to study the nonlinear evolution of unstable global Alfvén eigenmodes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U). Results ...
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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 ...
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October 08 2024
N. F. Beier, V. Senthilkumaran et al.
Betatron radiation produced from a laser-wakefield accelerator is a broadband, hard x-ray (>1 keV) source that has been used in a variety of applications in medicine, engineering, and fundamental ...
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October 07 2024
Hanqing Ma, J. F. Drake et al.
The consequences of a 90° barrier in the scattering of energetic electrons by whistler waves are explored with self-consistent two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. In the presence of a 90° ...
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October 02 2024
E.-H. Kim, M. Ono et al.
Helicon waves are thought to be promising in various tokamaks, such as DIII-D, because they can penetrate reactor-grade high-density cores and drive the off-axis current with higher efficiency. In ...
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October 08 2024
Jiayin Li, Minkwan Kim
The spatial–temporal discharge behavior of an AC argon plasma jet tilted at non-perpendicular incidence angles (60°, 45°, and 30°) interacting with an ungrounded metal, water, and glass plate placed ...
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October 08 2024
N. F. Beier, V. Senthilkumaran et al.
Betatron radiation produced from a laser-wakefield accelerator is a broadband, hard x-ray (>1 keV) source that has been used in a variety of applications in medicine, engineering, and fundamental ...
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October 08 2024
Xiaozhi Shen, Mengle Su et al.
Based on plasma physics methods, the relationship among the channel current (i), core channel radius ( r c c ), and other related parameters including electrical conductivity ( ...
Nonlinear simulations of GAEs in NSTX-U
E. V. Belova, E. D. Fredrickson, et al.
Artificial correlation heating in PIC simulations
M. D. Acciarri, C. Moore, et al.
The long road to ignition: An eyewitness account
Mordecai D. Rosen
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