等离子体物理
A random number generator for the Kappa velocity distribution in particle simulations is proposed. Approximating the cumulative distribution function with the q-exponential function, an inverse transform procedure is constructed. The…
When restricted to magnetic flux tubes, the gyrokinetic theory of microturbulence gives the same radial transport for ions and electrons. But, exact magnetic surfaces do not exist in the presence of what is called electrostatic…
This investigation deals with enhanced plasma wakefield amplitude generated using two co-propagating laser pulses in homogeneous plasma. The configuration consists of a seed pulse followed by a trailing pulse, both linearly polarized and…
We report on the experimental observation of electron heating in electron-only magnetic reconnection in laser-driven laboratory mini-magnetospheres on the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at the University of California, Los Angeles. In this…
Finite-temperature effects in magnetized electron plasmas create a new Weyl-point degeneracy between the warm Langmuir and right-circularly polarized waves. The associated topological charge at this warm Weyl point is found to be 1, which,…
Electron transpiration cooling (ETC) can reduce aerothermal loads on sharp hypersonic leading edges, but its performance is governed by whether thermionically emitted electrons escape the hot surface or return as cathode-directed backflow.…
This paper introduces the MAESTRO workflow, that enables the coupling of the PORTALS framework [P. Rodriguez-Fernandez et al, Nucl. Fusion 2024] with external solvers for the plasma equilibrium, pedestal physics, divertor constraints and…
Bridging the spatiotemporal scales of magnetic seed field generation and subsequent dynamo amplification in the weakly collisional intracluster medium presents an extreme numerical challenge. We perform collisionless turbulence simulations…
Shock solutions for multi-temperature Euler equations are inherently ambiguous due to the loss of microscopic physical detail during model reduction and occurrence of non-conservative terms. This paper presents a detailed analytical study…
Particle-mesh methods, such as the particle-in-cell (PIC) method, cannot retain exact pairwise interaction at sub-cell scales. For dense nonneutral relativistic electron bunches, this makes it difficult to accurately capture the…
In this work we derive a reduced one-fluid plasma model from the relativistic Vlasov--Boltzmann--Maxwell system using a moment hierarchy reduction combined with strong-guide-field anisotropic ordering. The unresolved higher-moment sector of…
The Diagnostic Neutral Beam Injector (DNBI) of the RFX-mod2 experiment (Consorzio RFX, Padova) is expected to provide novel and significant information about the Reversed Field Pinch confinement of fusion plasmas. The present DNBI, built by…
In an experiment performed in November 2022 at the petawatt (PW) laser facility at Vega III located in Salamanca-Spain, we have studied the successful production of several radioisotopes using protons accelerated by the Target Normal Sheath…
We present laboratory results on energy partitioning from supercritical, magnetized collisionless shock experiments ($\rm{M_A} \sim 8$, $\rm{M_{ms}}\sim 4$). We report the first observation of fully-developed laboratory shocks that evolve…
The accurate determination of electron properties is fundamental to low-temperature plasma simulations, necessitating precise solutions to the spatially inhomogeneous electron Boltzmann equation (EBE). This work explores the use of…
Turbulence in the solar wind is characterized by Alfv\'enic fluctuations that exhibit spherical polarization, a geometric condition resulting in the nearly constant magnitude of the magnetic field. This property persists even during the…
In thermonuclear plasmas, plasma ions undergoing nuclear reactions emit gamma-rays with energies in the MeV range. Their spectroscopy can convey much plasma information, such as the DT fusion power, the spatial and velocity distributions of…
We report experimental observations of a controlled transition from a zonal-flow (ZF) dominated regime to a coexistence regime of ZFs and streamers, and finally to a streamer-dominated state in a linear magnetized plasma column. The…
Yinsen is a high-temperature-superconducting (HTS) tokamak reactor concept for off-grid applications such as maritime propulsion, remote power, and industrial energy. Rather than pursuing grid-scale power density, the design is anchored to…
This manuscript provides a detailed and extended analysis of the breakeven conditions for nuclear fusion based on beam-target interactions, distinct from conventional plasma-based approaches. Building on the energy-based criterion…