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Author(s): Wenxiang Hu, Gabriel Aeppli, Christopher Arrell, Marco Calvi, Sergio Carbajo, Andreas Dax, Yunpei Deng, Philipp Dijkstal, David Dunning, Simon Gerber, Martin Huppert, Stefan Neppl, Sven Reiche, Thomas Schietinger, Neil Thompson, Alexandre Trisorio, Carlo Vicario, Alexander Zholents, and Eduard Prat Mode locking—a laser technique that revolutionized optical physics—has been extended to x rays, producing stable trains of attosecond pulses...

Author(s): X. D. Du, W. W. Heidbrink, Z. Yan, P. H. Diamond, G. R. McKee, L. Schmitz, M. A. Van Zeeland, H. Q. Wang, M. E. Austin, L. Liu, K. J. Callahan, and N. Shi Mitigation and suppression of low-$k$ turbulence are observed during the nonlinear evolution of toroidicity-induced Alfvén eigenmodes (TAEs) in DIII-D experiments. Turbulence mitigation begins when the dominant TAE starts to depart from the typical shear Alfvén wave polarization....

Author(s): Dominic Bernardi, Yajie Yuan, and Alexander Y. Chen Fast magnetosonic waves are one of the two low-frequency plasma modes that can exist in a neutron star magnetosphere. It was recently realized that these waves may become nonlinear within the magnetosphere and steepen into some of the strongest shocks in the universe. These shocks, when in the appro… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 265201] Published Mon Dec 22, 2025

Author(s): David N. Hosking, Ian G. Abel, and Steven C. Cowley We present a solvable scenario for 3D reconnection in a sheared magnetic field. We consider a localized external force that is applied slowly to a flux tube and then maintained, generating an Alfvénic perturbation that spreads along the field lines. Separation of the sheared field lines reduces the … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 255101] Published Thu Dec 18, 2025

Author(s): Trevor A. Bowen, Tamar Ervin, Alfred Mallet, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Nikos Sioulas, Philip A. Isenberg, Stuart D. Bale, Jonathan Squire, Kristopher G. Klein, and Oreste Pezzi Analysis of Parker Solar Probe data identifies stochastic magnetic moment breaking by intermittent structures in imbalanced turbulence as a viable heating mechanism in the sub-Alfvenic solar wind. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 255201] Published Thu Dec 18, 2025

Author(s): Yuki Inada, Tatsutoshi Shioda, Ryosuke Nakamura, Akiko Kumada, Mitsuaki Maeyama, and Ryo Ono The electron density and electric field govern physical and chemical reactions in a secondary streamer discharge under atmospheric-pressure air. We present direct combinational measurements of these essential quantities and demonstrate their consistency by solving the continuity equation for electro… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 245301] Published...

Author(s): Pascal Chabert and Jean-Luc Raimbault Plasma-wall interactions are complex and often determine the overall operating regime of a plasma device. The region bridging the plasma to the wall, where potential and density gradients localize, is called the sheath. Particle-in-cell simulations showed that the sheath may become unstable when sec… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 235302] Published Thu Dec 04, 2025