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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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  • Proposal to Use Laser-Accelerated Electrons to Probe the Axion-Electron Coupling

    Author(s): Georgios Vacalis, Atsushi Higuchi, Robert Bingham, and Gianluca Gregori The axion is a hypothetical particle associated with a possible solution to the strong CP problem and is a leading candidate for dark matter. In this Letter we investigate the emission of axions by accelerated electrons. We find the emission probability and energy within the WKB approximation for an… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 195003] Published Thu Nov 06, 2025

  • Beam Realignment with Emittance Preservation in a Plasma Wakefield-Accelerator Stage

    Author(s): Lance Hildebrand, Yujian Zhao, Weiming An, Fei Li, Qianqian Su, Xinlu Xu, Chan Joshi, and Warren B. Mori Plasma-based acceleration linear collider designs consist of many plasma stages where a drive beam drives a wake that accelerates a witness beam. Misalignment between the drive and witness beams can lead to the hosing instability, large emittance growth, and difficulty colliding beams at the final f… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 195002...

  • Laser-Modulation-Driven X-Ray Pulse Shaping in Regenerative Amplifier Free-Electron Lasers

    Author(s): Zhen Zhang, Jingyi Tang, Erik Hemsing, and Zhirong Huang In this Letter, we present a robust method for generating custom-shaped, coherent hard x-ray pulses in regenerative amplifier free-electron lasers (RAFELs) using laser-induced energy modulation of the electron beam. A temporally shaped optical modulation imprints an optical-wavelength energy pattern… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 195001] Published Tue Nov 04, 2025

  • Dynamics of Fractal Ice Grains in Cryogenic Plasmas

    Author(s): André Nicolov, Seth Pree, and Paul M. Bellan Ice grains formed in a cryogenically cooled plasma exhibit fractal morphologies that drive distinct collective dynamics. By measuring and quantifying the dynamics of these grains in a plasma afterglow, we observe a new fundamental dynamical regime induced by fractal scalings of ice mass and collisio… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 195301] Published Mon Nov 03, 2025

  • Data-Driven Construction of a Generalized Kinetic Collision Operator from Molecular Dynamics

    Author(s): Yue Zhao, Joshua Burby, Andrew Christlieb, and Huan Lei We introduce a data-driven approach to learn generalized collision operators from molecular dynamics. Unlike conventional models (e.g., Landau), the present operator takes a symmetry-breaking form that depends not only on the relative velocity but also on the average velocity of the collision pair, … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 185101] Published Tue Oct 28, 2025

  • Free Energy Source of the Mirror Instability: Nonresonant Particles

    Author(s): Xudong Guo, Jinsong Zhao, Kristopher G. Klein, and Huasheng Xie The mirror instability is a fundamental phenomenon in plasma physics. Given the historical discussion regarding the role of resonant particles in driving this instability—which is at odds with its presence in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models that only describe fluid plasma behavior—we seek to clarif… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 185201] Published Mon Oct 27, 2025

  • Pump with Broadband Probe Experiments for Single-Shot Measurements of Plasma Conditions and Crossed-Beam Energy Transfer

    Author(s): A. Longman, R. Muir, D. E. Mittelberger, E. S. Grace, C. Goyon, G. F. Swadling, G. E. Kemp, T. Chapman, S. Maricle, N. Vanartsdalen, A. Linder, T. Dumbacher, K. Zoromski, B. C. Stuart, F. Albert, J. E. Heebner, and P. Michel A novel technique for measuring plasma conditions using monochromatic pump-broadband-probe laser interactions has been experimentally demonstrated. Originally proposed in Ludwig et al. [Phys. Plasmas 26, 113108...
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