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The Plasma Universe

On the occasion of the APS DPP 50th Anniversary Curt Suplee was commissioned to write "The Plasma Universe”. This richly illustrated full color book reveals, for the first time, the exciting world of plasma physics to a non-technical audience. The book describes the important developments of the field of plasma physics during the past 50 years, including biographical information on some of the key contributors to that development. (First published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press and reprinted in 2011.)


The Plasma Universe book has been made freely available for download in PDF form:

The Plasma Universe (PDF - 45.9MB)

                                                                         

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  • Background-Free Intensity Autocorrelation for Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses

    Author(s): Taito Osaka, Shotaro Matsumura, Masafumi Miyake, Yasuhisa Sano, Ichiro Inoue, Yuichi Inubushi, Kensuke Tono, Kenji Tamasaku, and Makina Yabashi An adapted optical technique reveals the temporal structure of ultrafast x-ray pulses by eliminating background light. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 195002] Published Tue May 12, 2026

  • Few-Femtosecond XUV Pulse Pairs with Independently Tunable Topological Properties

    Author(s): Primož Rebernik Ribič and Takashi Tanaka By leveraging a recently developed slippage-compensation scheme in externally seeded free-electron lasers (FELs), we propose a method for generating few-femtosecond extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulse pairs with tunable topological properties and adjustable temporal delay. Simulations show that the topo… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 195001] Published Mon May 11, 2026

  • Experimental Observation of Anomalous Stopping of Mega-ampere Electron Current in Porous Materials

    Author(s): K. Jiang, Z. G. Deng, T. W. Huang, K. J. Luo, P. Chen, M. Y. Yu, L. Xu, S. Li, L. Yang, F. Lu, W. W. Wang, Z. Q. Yuan, H. Peng, R. Li, H. Zhang, S. Z. Wu, H. B. Zhuo, W. Luo, W. M. Zhou, Y. Q. Gu, and C. T. Zhou An intense electron beam is stopped more efficiently by a highly porous material than by a less porous material, suggesting new strategies for controlling beams. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 185102] Published Fri May 08, 2026

  • Evidence of Nonlinear Coupling in the Edge Harmonic Oscillation Sustaining Quiescent High Confinement in a Tokamak Plasma

    Author(s): R. A. Myers, J. S. Sarff, B. E. Chapman, K. J. McCollam, M. D. Pandya, R. Xie, Z. Li, D. L. Brower, J. Chen, X. Chen, and W. X. Ding In a tokamak plasma, we measure nonlinear coupling between harmonics comprising a saturated edge oscillation, as predicted by nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic simulations. The coherent structure formed by this coupling suppresses bursty edge-localized modes that cause energy and particle loss. We also … ...

  • Passive Freeze-Out of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability

    Author(s): J. Strucka, D. M. Sterbentz, B. Lukic, K. Mughal, Y. Yao, K. Marrow, W. J. Schill, C. F. Jekel, D. A. White, N. Asmedianov, R. Grikshtas, O. Belozerov, S. Efimov, J. Skidmore, A. Rack, Ya. E. Krasik, J. L. Belof, J. P. Chittenden, and S. N. Bland The Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) poses a major challenge in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) due to its role in mixing and performance degradation. We report the first experimental...

  • Observation of Secular Growth Dominated Dynamics in X-Ray Driven Foils

    Author(s): Z. Chen et al. Understanding and controlling the seeding of hydrodynamic perturbations are crucial for achieving ignition and high gain in inertial confinement fusion (ICF). In this Letter, we present face-on radiography of planar foil with preimposed sinusoidal ripples, revealing a novel phenomenon that the pertu… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 145103] Published Fri Apr 10, 2026

  • Observation of Radially Emitted Proton Beams from Low-Mass $X$-Pinch Plasmas

    Author(s): D. Klir, V. Munzar, J. Novotny, K. Rezac, A. M. Bedel, N. G. Chalmers, J. M. Chen, J. Cikhardt, B. Cikhardtova, N. M. Jordan, V. Juras, P. Kubes, J. Malir, L. R. Tafoya, K. Turek, D. A. Hammer, and R. D. McBride Experimental demonstration of the radial acceleration of protons in a low-mass hybrid X pinch shows that an X-pinch-driven proton source could be a novel platform to study pulsed-power plasmas. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 145101...
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