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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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  • How the Oblique Drift Instability Alters Solar Wind Heating and Constrains the Distribution of Solar Wind Observations

    Author(s): Mihailo M. Martinović, Kristopher G. Klein, Leon Ofman, Yogesh, Gregory G. Howes, Jaye L. Verniero, Peter H. Yoon, Daniel Verscharen, and Benjamin L. Alterman Ion-driven plasma instability thresholds, derived from linear theory, constrain the distribution of solar observations in parameter space, defining boundaries of stable plasma parameters. Excursions beyond these thresholds result in the emission of energy, transferred from particles...

  • Momentum-Resolved X-Ray Thomson Scattering Benchmark of Electronic-Response Models in Warm Dense Aluminium

    Author(s): Dmitrii S. Bespalov et al. The robust diagnosis of conditions generated in warm dense matter experiments remains a persistent challenge. Here, we describe the measurement of shock-compressed aluminium at 50 GPa with angle-resolved femtosecond x-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) over a wide range of scattering wave vectors at the … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 245102] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

  • Laser-Plasma Based Seeded Free Electron Laser in the High-Gain Regime

    Author(s): Marie Labat, Susanne Schöbel, Amin Ghaith, Franziska Marie Herrmann, Maxwell LaBerge, Eléonore Roussel, Ulrich Schramm, Patrick Ufer, Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, and Arie Irman The realization of compact laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) driven free electron lasers (FELs) has been attempted for nearly two decades, yet, difficult to overcome electron beam quality and stability issues prevented FEL lasing until recently. LPA based FEL is now...

  • Ablating Pellets for Areal Density Symmetry Control in Indirectly Driven Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Designs

    Author(s): O. A. Hurricane, D. J. Strozzi, S. A. Maclaren, and C. Weber Asymmetry of the compressed fusion fuel configuration, as characterized by a variation in areal density, in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions is a known performance limitation. While ignition has been achieved on the National Ignition Facility (NIF), implosion symmetry was not perfect, an… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 245101] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

  • Benchmark Calculations of Charge State Distributions and Radiative Properties of Gold Plasmas in ICF Hohlraums

    Author(s): Yongjun Li, Cheng Gao, Yong Hou, Fengtao Jin, Jiaolong Zeng, and Jianmin Yuan Accurate ionization balance of gold plasmas in nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium is essential for understanding the physics involved in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) hohlraums, where the persistent “drive deficit” issue may stem from an overestimation of the emission and absorption opacity of g… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 225101] Published Wed Jun 03,...

  • Generalized Scaling of Focal Temperature in Converging Shock Waves

    Author(s): Sourabh Bhardwaj, Nicholas Apazidis, and Michael Liverts A scaling framework unifying the markedly different and independently studied cylindrical and spherical shock convergence is presented. For ionizing argon, we show that the focal temperature becomes invariant to shock symmetry and initial shock conditions when scaled by the prefocus shock Mach numbe… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 215101] Published Thu May 28, 2026

  • Fast-Ion Axial Bounce Resonance in a Linear Magnetic Fusion Device

    Author(s): S. Karbashewski, E. M. Granstedt, S. Kamio, M. Onofri, T. DeHaas, Y. Fujiwara, R. E. Groenewald, and A. Veksler A new energetic-particle mode exhibits similarities to drift–bounce resonances in Earth’s magnetosphere and has been observed in a field-reversed plasma configuration using the NORM fusion device. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 205101] Published Fri May 22, 2026
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