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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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  • Dynamical Pathway to Radiative Divertor Driven by Transient X-Point Vortex in Tokamaks

    Author(s): H. Yang, N. Fedorczak, G. Ciraolo, E. Serre, H. Bufferand, L. Fèvre, E. Havlickova, N. Lemoine, N. Rivals, P. Tamain, the WEST team, and the WPTE team Recent X-point radiator (XPR) experiments in L-mode plasmas of the tungsten-W Environment in Steady-state Tokamak (WEST) tokamak show that a stable radiative ring can be sustained above the X point for approximately 70 s, on timescales not limited by intrinsic plasma physics, demonstrating...

  • Superradiant Parametric Mössbauer Radiation Source

    Author(s): Ze-an Peng, Christoph H. Keitel, and Jörg Evers Future applications of the spectrally narrow x-ray resonances in Mössbauer nuclei require x-ray sources with exceptionally high peak and average spectral flux. Here, we introduce a superradiant parametric Mössbauer radiation (SPMR) source, which utilizes the scattering of spatially microstructured e… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 035001] Published Wed Jul 15, 2026

  • First-Principles Explanation of the Drift Configuration Dependence of the Radial Electric Field and High-Confinement Access in Tokamaks

    Author(s): B. J. Frei, R. Bilato, O. Grover, W. Zholobenko, C. Angioni, M. Bergmann, P. Ulbl, F. Jenko, and the ASDEX Upgrade Team The origin of the difference in the high-confinement ($H$-mode) power threshold between favorable and unfavorable drift configurations in tokamaks—experimentally linked to a deeper radial electric field (${E}_{r}$) well in the former—remains unresolved. Using first-principles gyrokinetic simulations… [Phys. Rev...

  • Significance of Microtearing Turbulence in Turbulence-Reduced High-Density-Gradient Plasmas in Wendelstein 7-X

    Author(s): H. Cu-Castillo, A. Bañón Navarro, G. Merlo, F. Reimold, T. Romba, O. Ford, S. Bannmann, L. Vanó, M. Wappl, J. Geiger, A. Goodman, A. Zocco, F. Jenko, and W7-X Team Gyrokinetic simulations of a turbulence-reduced Wendelstein 7-X discharge—characterized by a steep density gradient, moderate temperature gradients, and low plasma beta—show that microtearing mode (MTM) turbulence dominates transport. The simulated heat and particle fluxes...

  • Detecting Solenoidal Plasma Turbulence via Laser Polarization Rotation

    Author(s): Kenan Qu and Nathaniel J. Fisch Recent theoretical studies suggest that solenoidal turbulence can significantly enhance fusion reactivity, yet no standard diagnostic exists to directly measure these solenoidal flows in high-energy-density plasmas, nor to distinguish between solenoidal and compressional turbulence. We propose a met… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 035101] Published Mon Jul 13, 2026

  • First Experimental Demonstration of Beam Storage by a Three-Dimensional Spiral Injection Scheme for Ultracompact Storage Rings

    Author(s): R. Matsushita, H. Iinuma, S. Ohsawa, H. Nakayama, K. Furukawa, S. Ogawa, N. Saito, T. Mibe, and M. A. Rehman Three-dimensional spiral injection enables beam storage in ultracompact rings with nanosecond revolution periods. We report first storage of a $297\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{keV}/c$ electron beam in a 22 cm weak-focusing ring with a 4.7 ns revolution period using a 140 ns kicker pulse. A scintillating-… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137...

  • Experimental Demonstration of Directional and Collimated Electron Acceleration with Hollow Laguerre-Gaussian Lasers

    Author(s): Wenpeng Wang, Zhengxing lv, Fengyu Sun, Zhiyong Shi, Xiaoming Lu, Yi Xu, Jinfeng Li, Rongjie Xu, Zongxin Zhang, Jiayi Qian, Jiacheng Zhu, Xiaoyan Liang, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li, and Zhizhan Xu We report the first experimental demonstration of directional and collimated electron acceleration in the direct laser acceleration regime using a relativistic hollow Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser. Electrons are confined within the hollow field distribution...
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