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October 2010
ISSN 1070-664X
EISSN 1089-7674
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Basic Plasma Phenomena, Waves, Instabilities
Measurements of velocity shear and ion viscosity profile in a magnetohydrodynamic plasma jet
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102101 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3478422
Toroidal universal drift instability: A global gyrokinetic study
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102105 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3490238
Three-dimensional reconnection and relaxation of merging spheromak plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102106 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3492726
Analysis of plasma instabilities and verification of the BOUT code for the Large Plasma Device
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102107 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3500283
Dark-state polariton in magnetized plasma under electromagnetically induced transparency
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102108 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503613
Possible excitation of solitary electron holes in a laboratory plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102113 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3501994
Kinetic theory of electromagnetic plane wave obliquely incident on bounded plasma slab
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102115 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3499664
Nonlinear Phenomena, Turbulence, Transport
Fast magnetic reconnection in three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102302 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3484874
Kinetic driven turbulence: Structure in space and time
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102304 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486537
Gyrokinetic simulations including the centrifugal force in a rotating tokamak plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102305 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491110
Forced turbulence in large-eddy simulation of compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102307 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491835
Averaged variational principle for autoresonant Bernstein–Greene–Kruskal modes
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102308 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3500246
Gyrokinetic study of the role of on electron particle transport in tokamaks
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102309 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503622
Fast and slow magnetosonic waves in two-dimensional spin-1/2 quantum plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102310 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3493632
Compressive and rarefactive solitary waves in nonthermal two-component plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102312 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3494245
Magnetically Confined Plasmas, Heating, Confinement
Impurity dynamics in the presence of transport barriers in tokamaks
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102501 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3481462
Quiet periods in edge turbulence preceding the L-H transition in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
S. J. Zweben; R. J. Maqueda; R. Hager; K. Hallatschek; S. M. Kaye; T. Munsat; F. M. Poli; A. L. Roquemore; Y. Sechrest; D. P. Stotler
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102502 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3476276
Linear gyrokinetic simulation of high- toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes in a burning plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102504 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3490213
Symmetries, weak symmetries, and related solutions of the Grad–Shafranov equation
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102506 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491426
Ideal and resistive edge stability calculations with
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102508 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3492727
Enhancement of cross-field transport into the private region of detached-divertor in Large Helical Device
H. Tanaka; N. Ohno; Y. Tsuji; S. Kajita; S. Masuzaki; M. Kobayashi; T. Morisaki; H. Tsuchiya; A. Komori; the LHD Experimental Group
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102509 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496389
Inertially Confined Plasmas, High Energy Density Plasma Science, Warm Dense Matter
Study of transparent and nontransparent regimes of implosion in star wire arrays
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102702 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3488266
Convergent ablator performance measurements
D. G. Hicks; B. K. Spears; D. G. Braun; R. E. Olson; C. M. Sorce; P. M. Celliers; G. W. Collins; O. L. Landen
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102703 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486536
Design of an ignition target for the laser megajoule, mitigating parametric instabilities
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102704 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3489309
Ionospheric, Solar-System, and Astrophysical Plasmas
Merging of magnetic islands as an efficient accelerator of electrons
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102902 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491123
Perturbation analysis of trapped-particle dynamics in axisymmetric dipole geometry
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102903 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486554
Potential structure around the Cassini spacecraft near the orbit of Enceladus
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102904 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486523
Kinetic theory of electrostatic “bounce” modes in two-dimensional current sheets
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102905 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491423
Scaling the energy conversion rate from magnetic field reconnection to different bodies
Phys. Plasmas 17, 102906 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3504224
Lasers, Particle Beams, Accelerators, Radiation Generation
High-intensity laser-plasma interaction with wedge-shaped-cavity targets
W. Theobald; V. Ovchinnikov; S. Ivancic; B. Eichman; P. M. Nilson; J. A. Delettrez; R. Yan; G. Li; F. J. Marshall; D. D. Meyerhofer; J. F. Myatt; C. Ren; T. C. Sangster; C. Stoeckl; J. D. Zuegel; L. Van Woerkom; R. R. Freeman; K. U. Akli; E. Giraldez; R. B. Stephens
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103101 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3484217
Stable coaxial-waveguide gyrotron backward-wave oscillator with distributed losses
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103102 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486529
The role of hot electron refluxing in laser-generated -alpha sources
P. Neumayer; B. Aurand; M. Basko; B. Ecker; P. Gibbon; D. C. Hochhaus; A. Karmakar; E. Kazakov; T. Kühl; C. Labaune; O. Rosmej; An. Tauschwitz; B. Zielbauer; D. Zimmer
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103103 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486520
On the plume splitting of pulsed laser ablated Fe and Al plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103105 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491410
High quality ion acceleration from a double-layer target dominated by the radiation pressure of a transversely Gaussian laser pulse
Xue-Ren Hong; Bai-Song Xie; Shan Zhang; Hai-Cheng Wu; Aimierding Aimidula; Xue-Yan Zhao; Ming-Ping Liu
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103107 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503604
Overloading effect of energetic electrons in the bubble regime of laser wakefield acceleration
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103108 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3494237
Guiding of intense laser pulse in uniform plasmas and preformed plasma channels
Jingwei Wang; Wei Yu; M. Y. Yu; A. L. Lei; Xin Wang; V. K. Senecha; X. G. Wang; M. Murakami; K. Mima
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103109 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496049
The impact of contaminants on laser-driven light ion acceleration
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103111 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3497002
Generation of high charged energetic electrons by using multiparallel laser pulses
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103113 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3499354
Radiation: Emission, Absorption, Transport
Relativistic expansion of electron-positron-photon plasma droplets and photon emission
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103302 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3499410
Evidence of inverse bremsstrahlung in laser enhanced laser-induced plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103303 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3501995
Low-Temperature Plasmas, Plasma Applications, Plasma Sources, Sheaths
Influence of the transverse dimension on the structure and properties of dc glow discharges
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103502 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486525
Diagnosing on plasma plume from xenon Hall thruster with collisional-radiative model
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103504 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3486530
Gas flow effects on the submicrosecond pulsed atmospheric pressure glow discharges
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103508 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496392
Dusty Plasmas
Measurement of the force on microparticles in a beam of energetic ions and neutral atoms
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103702 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3489795
Charging and dynamics of a dust grain in the wake of another grain in flowing plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103703 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3488252
Kinetic Alfvén wave instability in a Lorentzian dusty magnetoplasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103704 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491336
Higher-order corrections to dust ion-acoustic soliton in a quantum dusty plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103705 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491101
Regimes for experimental tests of kinetic effects in dust acoustic waves
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103707 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491417
Simulation of discharging dust grains by laser excitation of neutral atoms
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103708 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3500290
Effect of strong electrostatic interactions of microparticles on the dust acoustic waves
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103709 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3494210
Dust-ion-acoustic wave oscillation in metallic multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103710 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503623
Dust ion-acoustic solitary and shock waves due to dust charge fluctuation with vortexlike electrons
Phys. Plasmas 17, 103711 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3497273
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Wavelet analyses using parallel computing for plasma turbulence studies
Phys. Plasmas 17, 104503 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3488244
Electromagnetic power loss in open coaxial diodes and the Langmuir–Blodgett law
Phys. Plasmas 17, 104506 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3492744
ERRATA
Erratum: “National Ignition Campaign Hohlraum energetics” [Phys. Plasmas 17, 056304 (2010)]
N. B. Meezan; L. J. Atherton; E. J. Bond; D. A. Callahan; E. L. Dewald; S. Dixit; E. G. Dzenitis; M. J. Edwards; C. A. Haynam; D. E. Hinkel; O. S. Jones; O. Landen; R. A. London; P. A. Michel; J. D. Moody; J. L. Milovich; M. B. Schneider; C. A. Thomas; R. P. J. Town; A. L. Warrick; S. V. Weber; K. Widmann; S. H. Glenzer; L. J. Suter; B. J. MacGowan; J. L. Kline; G. A. Kyrala; A. Nikroo
Phys. Plasmas 17, 109901 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3484873
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.
Weakly nonlinear incompressible Rayleigh–Taylor–Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in plane geometry
Zhen-Qi Zou, Jun-Feng Wu, et al.