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We propose a new type of hybrid systems formed by conventional semiconductor nanostructures with the addition of remote insulating layers, where the electron-hole interaction is enhanced by combining quantum and dielectric confinement over…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Goldoni , F. Rossi , E. Molinari

While magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) and inertial confinement fusion (ICF) remain the primary routes toward controlled fusion, progress is still constrained by energy loss, plasma instabilities, and the cost and complexity of large-scale…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Yinjian Zhao , Zhe Liu , Qiang Sun , Qianhong Zhou , Guangrui Sun

A novel magnetic confined fusion scheme for the fusion reactor is proposed in this paper. A simple numerical estimation shows that ignition of D-T plasma can be achieved in tokamak with only OH heating by major and minor radius adiabatic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-06-18 Yuejiang Shi

Recently discovered exotic magnetic configurations, namely magnetic solitons appearing in the presence of bulk or interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction (i-DMI), have excited scientists to explore their potential applications in…

The goal of this paper is to understand from a mathematical point of view the magnetic confinement of plasmas for fusion. Following Fr\'enod and Sonnendr\"ucker \cite{FS2}, we first use two-scale convergence tools to derive a gyrokinetic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-20 Daniel Han-Kwan

Magnetic complex-oxide heterostructures are of keen interest because a wealth of phenomena at the interface of dissimilar materials can give rise to fundamentally new physics and potentially valuable functionalities. Altered magnetization,…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-09-04 Yaohua Liu , Xianglin Ke

The Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment (CMFX) is an axisymmetric magnetic mirror with a central cathode which generates an azimuthal, radially sheared, supersonic \( E \times B \) flow. The induced rotation stabilizes, confines, and heats…

The present paper illustrates the realization of an atom-optomechanical system where an atomic ensemble is confined in a ring optomechanical cavity consisting of a fixed mirror and two movable ones. An analysis of the dynamics and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-28 Oumayma El Bir , Morad El Baz

We propose a magnetic confinement nuclear fusion mechanism for the evolution of a solar flare in solar atmosphere. The mechanism agree with two observed characteristics of explosive flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that have proved…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 Ying-Zhi Zhang

The key result of the present work is the theoretical prediction and observation of the formation of a new type of transport barrier in fusion plasmas, called F-ATB (fast ion-induced anomalous transport barrier). As demonstrated through…

A technique, volumetric power optimization, is presented for enhancing the power output of magnetic confinement fusion devices. Applied to a tokamak, this approach involves shifting the burning plasma region to a larger plasma volume while…

The declared aim of Marvel Fusion is the realization of a reactor based on the aneutronic fusion of proton and boron-11 nuclei in the near future, making use of latest-day laser technology and nano-structured materials. The aim of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-04-12 Karl Lackner

The principle behind magnetic fusion is to confine high temperature plasma inside a device in such a way that the nuclei of deuterium and tritium joining together can release energy. The high temperatures generated needs the plasma to be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-26 Giacomo Albi , Giacomo Dimarco , Federica Ferrarese , Lorenzo Pareschi

The paper presents and experimentally investigates a concept of an efficient radiation trap based on adiabatic photon confinement between curved mirrors. Such a trap is free of restrictions typical to the Fabry-Perot cells, relating to the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-28 S. S. Popov , M. G. Atluhanov , A. V. Burdakov , M. Yu. Ushkova

The relationship between a decaying strong turbulence and the mirror instability in a slowly expanding plasma is investigated using two-dimensional hybrid expanding box simulations. We impose an initial ambient magnetic field perpendicular…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 P. Hellinger , S. Landi , L. Matteini , A. Verdini , L. Franci

This paper presents a theoretical model of plasma equilibrium in the diamagnetic confinement mode in an axisymmetric mirror device with neutral beam injection. The hot ionic component is described within the framework of the kinetic theory,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-02-17 Mikhail S. Khristo , Alexei D. Beklemishev

Although the nuclear fusion process has received a great deal of attention in recent years, the amount of mathematical analysis that supports the stability of the system seems to be relatively insufficient. This paper deals with the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-09 Jin Woo Jang , Robert M. Strain , Tak Kwong Wong

We study a magnetization reversal by an electric current pulse in a superconductor/insulating ferromagnet/superconductor Josephson junction placed on top of a 3D topological insulator. It is demonstrated that such a system is perspective…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-10-21 I. V. Bobkova , A. M. Bobkov , I. R. Rahmonov , A. A. Mazanik , K. Sengupta , Yu. M. Shukrinov

The theory of mirror matter predicts a hidden sector made up of a copy of the Standard Model particles and interactions but with opposite parity. If mirror matter interacts with ordinary matter, there could be experimentally accessible…

Stellarators confine fusion plasmas using three-dimensional magnetic fields composed of nested toroidal magnetic surfaces. In generic stellarators, trapped particles can drift across these surfaces and degrade plasma confinement. Certain…