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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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  • Control of Nonlinear Compton Scattering in a Squeezed Vacuum

    Author(s): Antonino Di Piazza and Kenan Qu Electromagnetic radiation by accelerated charges is a fundamental process in physics. Here, we introduce a quantum-optical framework for controlling the emission of radiation of an electron in an intense laser field via squeezed vacuum states. By engineering the quantum fluctuations of the emission … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 085001] Published Tue Feb 24, 2026

  • Angular Momentum Dynamics of Vortex Particles in Accelerators

    Author(s): D. Karlovets, D. Grosman, and I. Pavlov While conventional experiments typically employ plane-wave states of particles with definite momenta, vortex states represent cylindrical waves carrying an orbital angular momentum (OAM) projection along the propagation direction. This projection can be arbitrarily large, granting charged particles … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 085002] Published Tue Feb 24, 2026

  • Laboratory Observation of Transition from Collisional Slow to Collisionless Fast Reconnection

    Author(s): Peiyun Shi, Jongsoo Yoo, Hantao Ji, Sayak Bose, and Masaaki Yamada Temporal transition of an externally driven antiparallel asymmetric magnetic reconnection from collisional slow to collisionless fast regime is observed in a laboratory plasma for the first time. This transition is initiated when the two-fluid Hall effect begins to dominate over collisional effects … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 085101] Published Tue Feb 24, 2026

  • Ion Mix Can Invert Centrifugal Confinement

    Author(s): E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, and N. J. Fisch Centrifugal plasma traps, in which plasma is confined partly by centrifugal forces, represent a possible path to fusion energy production. In centrifugal plasma traps, electric fields naturally arise in the direction parallel to the magnetic field in order to ensure quasineutrality. These electric f… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 085102] Published Tue Feb 24, 2026

  • Demonstration of a Novel Phase-Space Painting Method in a Coupled Lattice to Mitigate Space Charge in High-Intensity Hadron Beams

    Author(s): Nicholas J. Evans, Austin Hoover, Timofey Gorlov, and Vasiliy Morozov Multiturn charge-exchange injection is the primary method of creating high-intensity hadron beams in circular accelerators, and phase space painting during injection enables tailoring of the accumulated phase space distribution. A technique we call eigenpainting allows injection of particles into a … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 075002] Published Fri Feb 20, 2026

  • Transit-Time Oscillations in Nanoscale Vacuum Diode with a Pure Resistive Load

    Author(s): Bjartthór Steinn Alexandersson, Kristinn Torfason, Andrei Manolescu, and Ágúst Valfells We examine the Ramo current in a nanoscale planar vacuum diode undergoing field emission in the presence of a DC voltage supply and an external resistor. We describe a simple mechanism for generating persistent current oscillations in the diode due to the voltage drop across the external resistor (b… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 075003] Published Fri...

  • Fast Turbulence Phase Transition in a Flux-Driven Global Edge-SOL Simulation of a Tokamak Plasma

    Author(s): Wladimir Zholobenko, Frank Jenko, Kaiyu Zhang, Philipp Ulbl, Konrad Eder, Andreas Stegmeir, Clemente Angioni, and Peter Manz A global, confinement-time-long, flux-driven turbulence simulation of the tokamak plasma edge region subject to a power ramp reproduces an abrupt turbulence transition. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 075101] Published Thu Feb 19, 2026
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