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Author(s): John M. Mehlhaff, Alexander Y. Chen, Martin Luepker, and Yajie Yuan The first fully kinetic collisionless model of a rotating plasma accreting into a black hole reveals the role of pair creation and the plasma loading of the jet funnel. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 155201] Published Mon Oct 05, 2026

Author(s): Kavin Tangtartharakul, Alexey Arefiev, and Maxim Lyutikov In contrast to relativistically induced transparency in electron-ion plasmas, where nonlinear electromagnetic waves render initially opaque plasmas transparent, we show using kinetic simulations that such waves can instead make initially transparent pair plasmas fully reflective. The difference is m… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 145201] Published Mon Sep 28, 2026

Author(s): F. M. Jiang, X. F. Li, Y. S. Zeng, Y. F. Bai, C. P. Liu, J. X. Li, Y. Tian, and R. X. Li Manipulating the spin of ultrarelativistic charged particle beams is a cornerstone of high-energy physics, yet its practical implementation has been limited by intrinsic energy dependence and a lack of universality across particle species. Here, we introduce the concept of a “unipolar surface wave s… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 125001] Published Tue...

Author(s): Eduard Prat, Christopher Arrell, Marco Calvi, Nicole Hiller, Pavle Juranić, Christoph Kittel, Sven Reiche, Thomas Schietinger, Didier Voulot, and Tobias Weilbach X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) enable the exploration of matter with atomic-scale spatiotemporal resolution. Generating radiation wavelengths below one angstrom is critical for applications such as crystallography and Mössbauer studies. Until now, achieving the subangstrom...

Author(s): Kazem Ardaneh, Remi Meyer, Mostafa Hassan, Remo Giust, Chen Xie, Benoit Morel, Ismail Ouadghiri-Idrissi, Luca Furfaro, Luc Froehly, Arnaud Couairon, Guy Bonnaud, and Francois Courvoisier The generation of energetic and dense plasmas by femtosecond laser pulses within the bulk of solids can pave the way to study warm dense matter, shocks, extreme UV radiation, or the synthesis of new material phases. However, this has remained elusive...

Author(s): Luis F. Delgado-Aparicio, Masayuki Ono, and Jonathan E. Menard A generalized ignition-accessibility framework is developed that unifies Lawson power balance, Cordey accessibility, the marginal ignition ridge, ignition entry points, and Mills thermal-runaway dynamics into a single self-consistent description of reactor-relevant burning plasmas. The 0D analysis r… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 115102] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Author(s): S. Mestici, M. Berretti, F. Berrilli, and R. Benzi The statistical properties of solar flare occurrence are critical for understanding coronal energy release, yet the nature of their underlying dynamics remains heavily debated. Analyzing over two decades of soft x-ray observations from a comprehensive geostationary operational environmental satellit… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 115201] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026