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November 2010
ISSN 1070-664X
EISSN 1089-7674
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LETTERS
Magnetic vortex growth in the transition layer of a mildly relativistic plasma shock
Phys. Plasmas 17, 110701 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3493627
Signature of a universal statistical description for drift-wave plasma turbulence
Phys. Plasmas 17, 110702 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505824
Generation of 3 GW microwave pulses in X-band from a combination of a relativistic backward-wave oscillator and a helical-waveguide compressor
V. L. Bratman; G. G. Denisov; N. G. Kolganov; S. V. Mishakin; S. V. Samsonov; A. W. Cross; W. He; L. Zhang; M. McStravick; C. G. Whyte; A. R. Young; K. Ronald; C. W. Robertson; A. D. R. Phelps
Phys. Plasmas 17, 110703 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505825
Three-dimensional simulations of the orientation and structure of reconnection X-lines
Phys. Plasmas 17, 110704 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3494218
Current density and plasma displacement near perturbed rational surfaces
Phys. Plasmas 17, 110707 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3507307
ARTICLES
Basic Plasma Phenomena, Waves, Instabilities
Double tearing mode induced by parallel electron viscosity in tokamak plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112102 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503584
Study of high Mach number laser driven blast waves in gases
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112104 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491411
Magnetohydrodynamic instability in plasmas with intrinsic magnetization
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112107 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515898
Waves and negative refraction in magnetized plasma with ferrite grains
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112109 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3506818
Three-dimensional structure of electron density fluctuations in the Hall thruster plasma: mode
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112110 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3499350
Confinement of electron plasma by levitating dipole magnet
H. Saitoh; Z. Yoshida; J. Morikawa; Y. Yano; H. Hayashi; T. Mizushima; Y. Kawai; M. Kobayashi; H. Mikami
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112111 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3514207
Damping of linear waves via ionization and recombination in homogeneous plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112113 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3514166
Alfvén seismic vibrations of crustal solid-state plasma in quaking paramagnetic neutron star
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112114 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3518758
Quasistationary wake plasma wave excited by a comoving charged pulse
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112116 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3521575
Spherical plasma oscillations in a reversed-polarity inertial-electrostatic confinement device
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112117 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3522776
Vlasov equation and collisionless hydrodynamics adapted to curved spacetime
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112118 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3497005
Nonlinear Phenomena, Turbulence, Transport
Energetic consistency and momentum conservation in the gyrokinetic description of tokamak plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112302 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3507920
Residual parallel Reynolds stress due to turbulence intensity gradient in tokamak plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112309 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503624
Resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations of X-line retreat during magnetic reconnection
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112310 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3494570
Arbitrary amplitude kinetic Alfvén solitary waves and double layers in a non-Maxwellian plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112311 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3506820
Electrostatic soliton and double layer structures in unmagnetized degenerate pair plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112312 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515074
Fully electromagnetic gyrokinetic eigenmode analysis of high-beta shaped plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112314 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3495976
Nonlinear quasisteady state benchmark of global gyrokinetic codes
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112321 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3518118
Magnetically Confined Plasmas, Heating, Confinement
UEDGE simulation of edge plasmas in DIII-D double null configurations
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112501 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3499666
Noether derivation of exact conservation laws for dissipationless reduced-fluid models
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112503 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515303
Gyrokinetic particle simulation of beta-induced Alfvén eigenmode
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112505 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3498761
Generalized two-fluid equilibria: Understanding RT-1 experiments and beyond
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112507 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505821
Poloidal rotation and its relation to the potential vorticity flux
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112509 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3490253
Orbit-averaged guiding-center Fokker–Planck operator for numerical applications
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112513 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3519514
Inertially Confined Plasmas, High Energy Density Plasma Science, Warm Dense Matter
Effect of beam premodulation on excitation of surface plasma waves in a magnetized plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112701 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3507293
Hybrid X-pinch with conical electrodes
T. A. Shelkovenko; S. A. Pikuz; A. D. Cahill; P. F. Knapp; D. A. Hammer; D. B. Sinars; I. N. Tilikin; S. N. Mishin
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112707 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3504226
Generation of episodic magnetically driven plasma jets in a radial foil Z-pinch
Francisco Suzuki-Vidal; Sergey V. Lebedev; Simon N. Bland; Gareth N. Hall; George Swadling; Adam J. Harvey-Thompson; Jeremy P. Chittenden; Alberto Marocchino; Andrea Ciardi; Adam Frank; Eric G. Blackman; Simon C. Bott
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112708 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3504221
Ionospheric, Solar-System, and Astrophysical Plasmas
On spontaneous formation of current sheets: Untwisted magnetic fields
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112901 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496379
Experimental evidence of multimaterial jet formation with lasers
Ph. Nicolaï; C. Stenz; V. Tikhonchuk; A. Kasperczuk; T. Pisarczyk; L. Juha; E. Krousky; K. Masek; M. Pfeifer; K. Rohlena; J. Skala; V. Kmetik; J. Ullschmied; M. Kalal; D. Klir; J. Kravarik; P. Kubes; K. Rezac; P. Pisarczyk; E. Tabakhoff
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112903 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3511774
Particle-in-cell simulation of collisionless driven reconnection with open boundaries
Phys. Plasmas 17, 112904 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3510480
Lasers, Particle Beams, Accelerators, Radiation Generation
The generation of azimuthal magnetic field in laser-induced plasma bubbles
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113101 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496047
Dynamical stability of electron trajectories in a free-electron laser with planar wiggler
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113102 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505107
Bubble core field modification by residual electrons inside the bubble
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113103 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3511779
Study of a high-order-mode gyrotron traveling-wave amplifier
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113104 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505945
Single-shot divergence measurements of a laser-generated relativistic electron beam
F. Perez; S. D. Baton; M. Koenig; C. D. Chen; D. Hey; M. H. Key; S. Le Pape; T. Ma; H. S. McLean; A. G. MacPhee; P. K. Patel; Y. Ping; F. N. Beg; D. P. Higginson; C. W. Murphy; H. Sawada; B. Westover; T. Yabuuchi; K. U. Akli; E. Giraldez; M. Hoppe, Jr.; C. Shearer; R. B. Stephens; L. Gremillet; E. Lefebvre; R. R. Freeman; G. E. Kemp; A. G. Krygier; L. D. Van Woerkom; R. Fedosejevs; R. H. Friesen; Y. Y. Tsui; D. Turnbull
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113106 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3514595
Interaction of high contrast laser pulse with foam-attached target
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113107 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3507294
Linear analysis of a rectangular waveguide cyclotron maser with a sheet electron beam
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113110 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3514596
Autofocused, enhanced proton acceleration from a nanometer-scale bulged foil
H. Y. Wang; X. Q. Yan; Y. R. Lu; F. L. Zheng; Z. Y. Guo; W. J. Ma; X. T. He; T. Tajima; D. Habs; J. E. Chen
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113111 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503610
Nonlinear oscillation behavior of a driven gyrotron backward-wave oscillator
Y. S. Yeh; T. H. Chang; C. T. Fan; C. L. Hung; J. N. Jhou; J. M. Huang; J. L. Shiao; Z. Q. Wu; C. C. Chiu
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113112 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3520616
Nonstationary ponderomotive self-focusing of a Gaussian laser pulse in a plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113113 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3518759
Radiation: Emission, Absorption, Transport
Raman amplification in plasma: Wavebreaking and heating effects
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113301 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3492713
Two-tracer spectroscopy diagnostics of temperature profile in the conduction layer of a laser-ablated plastic foil
Jiyan Zhang; Guohong Yang; Xin Hu; Jiamin Yang; Yaonan Ding; Yongkun Ding; Baohan Zhang; Zhijian Zheng; Yan Xu; Jun Yan; Wenbin Pei
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113302 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3495978
Creation of persistent, straight, 2 mm long laser driven channels in underdense plasmas
G. Sarri; K. L. Lancaster; R. Trines; E. L. Clark; S. Hassan; J. Jiang; N. Kageiwa; N. Lopes; R. Ramis; A. Rehman; X. Ribeyre; C. Russo; R. H. H. Scott; T. Tanimoto; M. Temporal; M. Borghesi; J. R. Davies; Z. Najmudin; K. A. Tanaka; M. Tatarakis; P. A. Norreys
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113303 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505305
Linear analysis of a W band groove-loaded folded waveguide traveling wave tube
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113305 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3511773
Low-Temperature Plasmas, Plasma Applications, Plasma Sources, Sheaths
Two-dimensional plasma photonic crystals in dielectric barrier discharge
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113501 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503625
Unexpected transverse velocity component of ions near the exit plane of a Hall thruster
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113502 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3507308
Surface structuring by ultrashort laser pulses: A review of photoionization models
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113504 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3510477
Discharge dynamics of pin-to-plate dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113507 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3514136
Ion acceleration in Ar–Xe and Ar–He plasmas. II. Ion velocity distribution functions
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113509 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505823
Analytical investigation of electrical breakdown properties in a nitrogen- mixture gas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113510 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3501022
Comparison of electrostatic and electromagnetic simulations for very high frequency plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113512 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3519515
Dusty Plasmas
Simulations of one- and two-dimensional complex plasmas using a modular, object-oriented code
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113704 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3501025
Kinetics of complex plasmas having spherical dust particles with a size distribution
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113705 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3494215
Viscoelastic modes in a strongly coupled, cold, magnetized dusty plasma
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113708 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515897
Agglomeration of microparticles in complex plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 17, 113710 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3495979
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Linear theory of large-orbit gyrotron traveling wave amplifiers with misaligned electron beam
Phys. Plasmas 17, 114502 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3511443
An upper bound to time-averaged space-charge limited diode currents
Phys. Plasmas 17, 114503 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503661
Influence of low atomic number plasma component on the formation of laser-produced plasma jets
A. Kasperczuk; T. Pisarczyk; J. Badziak; S. Borodziuk; T. Chodukowski; S. Yu. Gus’kov; N. N. Demchenko; J. Ullschmied; E. Krousky; K. Masek; M. Pfeifer; K. Rohlena; J. Skala; P. Pisarczyk
Phys. Plasmas 17, 114505 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3496046
On the question of hysteresis in Hall magnetohydrodynamic reconnection
Phys. Plasmas 17, 114507 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3518752
COMMENTS
ERRATA
A prospectus on laser-driven inertial fusion as an energy source
Debra A. Callahan
Progress toward fusion energy breakeven and gain as measured against the Lawson criterion
Samuel E. Wurzel, Scott C. Hsu
Weakly nonlinear incompressible Rayleigh–Taylor–Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in plane geometry
Zhen-Qi Zou, Jun-Feng Wu, et al.