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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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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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August 14 2024
J. D. Kilkenny, A. Pak et al.
Well over 100 diagnostics can operate on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) as a result of several decades of development on NIF, and before that on Nova, OMEGA, and earlier LLNL lasers. A subset ...
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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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August 23 2024
S. Kawata
We proposed a dynamic mitigation method for plasma instabilities based on a phase control to mitigate plasma instabilities and to smooth plasma non-uniformities [e.g., Phys. Plasmas, 19 (2012), ...
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September 11 2024
Patrick Fuller, Eun-jin Kim et al.
A stochastic, prey–predator model of the low to high confinement transition is presented. The model concerns the interaction of a turbulent fluctuation amplitude, zonal flow shear, and the ion ...
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September 11 2024
M. Greenwald, U. Shumlak et al.
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September 10 2024
Haoyu Huang, Ke Jin et al.
A magnetohydrodynamic lattice Boltzmann method (MHD-LBM) model for a 2D compressible plasma based on the finite volume scheme is established. The double distribution D2Q17 discrete velocities are ...
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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