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December 2012
ISSN 1070-664X
EISSN 1089-7674
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Basic Plasma Phenomena, Waves, Instabilities
Gas breakdown driven by L band short-pulse high-power microwave
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4768220
Global gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of internal kink instabilities
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122104 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769379
Effect of viscosity and shear flow on the nonlinear two fluid interfacial structures
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122105 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769728
Study of second harmonic generation by high power laser beam in magneto plasma
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122106 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4759014
Electron temperature anisotropy instabilities represented by superposition of streams
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122109 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772770
A computational approach to continuum damping of Alfvén waves in two and three-dimensional geometry
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122111 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769115
Group velocity of extraordinary waves in superdense magnetized quantum plasma with spin-1/2 effects
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122114 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773046
The modulational instability in the extended Hasegawa-Mima equation with a finite Larmor radius
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122115 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773050
Development of high-power gyrotrons with gradually tapered cavity
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122116 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773290
Nonlinear Phenomena, Turbulence, Transport
Plasma turbulence driven by transversely large-scale standing shear Alfvén waves
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122303 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769851
Magnetic turbulence suppression by a helical mode in a cylindrical geometry
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122304 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769369
Freely decaying turbulence in two-dimensional electrostatic gyrokinetics
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122305 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769029
Boundary conditions for plasma fluid models at the magnetic presheath entrance
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122307 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771573
Low frequency solitons and double layers in a magnetized plasma with two temperature electrons
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122308 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771574
Magnetically Confined Plasmas, Heating, Confinement
First observation of a new zonal-flow cycle state in the H-mode transport barrier of the experimental advanced superconducting Tokamak
G. S. Xu; H. Q. Wang; B. N. Wan; H. Y. Guo; V. Naulin; P. H. Diamond; G. R. Tynan; M. Xu; N. Yan; W. Zhang; J. F. Chang; L. Wang; R. Chen; S. C. Liu; S. Y. Ding; L. M. Shao; H. Xiong; H. L. Zhao
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122502 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769852
Practical considerations in realizing a magnetic centrifugal mass filter
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771674
Neutral beam heating of a RFP plasma in MST
J. Waksman; J. K. Anderson; M. D. Nornberg; E. Parke; J. A. Reusch; D. Liu; G. Fiksel; V. I. Davydenko; A. A. Ivanov; N. Stupishin; P. P. Deichuli; H. Sakakita
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122505 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772763
Sensitivity of transport and stability to the current profile in steady-state scenario plasmas in DIII-D
F. Turco; C. T. Holcomb; J. R. Ferron; T. C. Luce; P. A. Politzer; J. M. Park; A. E. White; D. P. Brennan; A. D. Turnbull; J. M. Hanson; M. Okabayashi; Y. In
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772765
Current ramp-up with lower hybrid current drive in EAST
B. J. Ding; M. H. Li; N. J. Fisch; H. Qin; J. G. Li; J. R. Wilson; E. H. Kong; L. Zhang; W. Wei; Y. C. Li; M. Wang; H. D. Xu; X. Z. Gong; B. Shen; F. K. Liu; J. F. Shan; EAST Team
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122507 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773049
Fluid equations in the presence of electron cyclotron current drive
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122508 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773211
Nonlinear stability of magnetic islands in a rotating helical plasma
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773041
Stationary density profiles in the Alcator C-mod tokamak
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122511 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773215
Inertially Confined Plasmas, High Energy Density Plasma Science, Warm Dense Matter
Shock waves in a Z-pinch and the formation of high energy density plasma
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769264
Implosion dynamics measurements at the National Ignition Facility
D. G. Hicks; N. B. Meezan; E. L. Dewald; A. J. Mackinnon; R. E. Olson; D. A. Callahan; T. Döppner; L. R. Benedetti; D. K. Bradley; P. M. Celliers; D. S. Clark; P. Di Nicola; S. N. Dixit; E. G. Dzenitis; J. E. Eggert; D. R. Farley; J. A. Frenje; S. M. Glenn; S. H. Glenzer; A. V. Hamza; R. F. Heeter; J. P. Holder; N. Izumi; D. H. Kalantar; S. F. Khan; J. L. Kline; J. J. Kroll; G. A. Kyrala; T. Ma; A. G. MacPhee; J. M. McNaney; J. D. Moody; M. J. Moran; B. R. Nathan; A. Nikroo; Y. P. Opachich; R. D. Petrasso; R. R. Prasad; J. E. Ralph; H. F. Robey; H. G. Rinderknecht; J. R. Rygg; J. D. Salmonson; M. B. Schneider; N. Simanovskaia; B. K. Spears; R. Tommasini; K. Widmann; A. B. Zylstra; G. W. Collins; O. L. Landen; J. D. Kilkenny; W. W. Hsing; B. J. MacGowan; L. J. Atherton; M. J. Edwards
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122702 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769268
Observations of multimode perturbation decay at non-accelerating, soft x-ray driven ablation fronts
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122703 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771680
Ablation driven by hot electrons generated during the ignitor laser pulse in shock ignition
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122705 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771593
Characteristics of implosion and radiation for aluminum planar wire array z-pinch at 1.5 MA
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122707 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773048
Evidence for ultra-fast heating in intense-laser irradiated reduced-mass targets
P. Neumayer; B. Aurand; R. A. Costa Fraga; B. Ecker; R. E. Grisenti; A. Gumberidze; D. C. Hochhaus; A. Kalinin; M. C. Kaluza; T. Kühl; J. Polz; R. Reuschl; T. Stöhlker; D. Winters; N. Winters; Z. Yin
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122708 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772773
Observations of non-collective x-ray scattering in warm dense carbon plasma
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122709 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773197
Shock model description of the interaction radiation pulse in nested wire array z-pinches
D. J. Ampleford; C. A. Jennings; S. V. Lebedev; S. N. Bland; M. E. Cuneo; D. B. Sinars; S. C. Bott; G. N. Hall; F. Suzuki-Vidal; J. B. A. Palmer; J. P. Chittenden
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122711 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771673
Asymmetric directly driven capsule implosions: Modeling and experiments—A requirement for the National Ignition Facility
J. A. Cobble; T. J. Murphy; M. J. Schmitt; P. A. Bradley; N. S. Krashenninikova; K. A. Obrey; S. C. Hsu; I. L. Tregillis; G. R. Magelssen; F. J. Wysocki; S. H. Batha
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122713 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773289
Ionospheric, Solar-System, and Astrophysical Plasmas
Non-diffusive resonant acceleration of electrons in the radiation belts
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122901 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769726
Electron acceleration by Z-mode waves associated with cyclotron maser instability
Phys. Plasmas 19, 122902 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772059
Lasers, Particle Beams, Accelerators, Radiation Generation
Self-proton/ion radiography of laser-produced proton/ion beam from thin foil targets
Y. Paudel; N. Renard-Le Galloudec; Ph. Nicolai; E. d'Humieres; A. Ya. Faenov; V. L. Kantsyrev; A. S. Safronova; I. Shrestha; G. C. Osborne; V. V. Shlyaptseva; Y. Sentoku
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123101 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769380
Experimental study from linear to chaotic regimes on a terahertz-frequency gyrotron oscillator
S. Alberti; J.-Ph. Ansermet; K. A. Avramides; F. Braunmueller; P. Cuanillon; J. Dubray; D. Fasel; J.-Ph. Hogge; A. Macor; E. de Rijk; M. da Silva; M. Q. Tran; T. M. Tran; Q. Vuillemin
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123102 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769033
Radiation: Emission, Absorption, Transport
Low-Temperature Plasmas, Plasma Applications, Plasma Sources, Sheaths
Physical mechanism and numerical simulation of the inception of the lightning upward leader
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123501 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769378
Rotational and vibrational temperatures in a hydrogen discharge with a magnetic X-point
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123503 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769853
Analysis of microwave leaky modes propagating through laser plasma filaments column waveguide
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123504 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771595
Direct measurements of the ionization profile in krypton helicon plasmas
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123506 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772060
Time evolution of nanosecond runaway discharges in air and helium at atmospheric pressure
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123507 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772774
Sub-microsecond pulsed atmospheric glow discharges with and without dielectric barrier
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123508 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772780
Formation of surface nano-structures by plasma expansion induced by highly charged ions
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123510 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772777
Radial behavior of the pulsed dielectric-barrier discharge in atmospheric helium
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123511 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773044
Investigation of post-discharge processes in nitrogen at low pressure
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123512 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773026
Instability, collapse, and oscillation of sheaths caused by secondary electron emission
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123513 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773195
Experimental characterization of railgun-driven supersonic plasma jets motivated by high energy density physics applications
S. C. Hsu; E. C. Merritt; A. L. Moser; T. J. Awe; S. J. E. Brockington; J. S. Davis; C. S. Adams; A. Case; J. T. Cassibry; J. P. Dunn; M. A. Gilmore; A. G. Lynn; S. J. Messer; F. D. Witherspoon
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123514 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773320
Scaling law for direct current field emission-driven microscale gas breakdown
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123515 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773399
X-ray emission from a nanosecond-pulse discharge in an inhomogeneous electric field at atmospheric pressure
Cheng Zhang (章程); Tao Shao (邵涛); Victor Tarasenko; Hao Ma (马浩); Chengyan Ren (任成燕); Igor D. Kostyrya; Dongdong Zhang (张东东); Ping Yan (严萍)
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123516 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773439
Negative ion rich plasmas in continuous and pulsed wave modes in a minimum-B magnetic field
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123517 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773463
Dusty Plasmas
Arbitrary amplitude dust ion acoustic solitary waves in a magnetized suprathermal dusty plasma
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123701 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4769850
Alfvén waves in dusty plasmas with plasma particles described by anisotropic kappa distributions
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123705 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4772771
Effect of polarization force on the Mach cones in a complex plasma
Phys. Plasmas 19, 123707 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773194