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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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  • Effects of Colliding Laser Pulses Polarization on ${e}^{−}{e}^{+}$ Cascade Development in Extreme Focusing

    Author(s): M. Jirka and S. V. Bulanov The onset and development of electron-positron cascade in a standing wave formed by multiple colliding laser pulses requires tight focusing in order to achieve the maximum laser intensity. There, steep spatiotemporal gradients in the laser intensity expel seed particles from the high-intensity regio… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 125001] Published Wed Sep 18, 2024

  • Power-Law Scaling Relating the Average Charge State and Kinetic Energy in Expanding Laser-Driven Plasmas

    Author(s): J. Sheil, L. Poirier, A. C. Lassise, D. J. Hemminga, S. Schouwenaars, N. Braaksma, A. Frenzel, R. Hoekstra, and O. O. Versolato A universal power-law scaling $\overline{z}∝{E}^{0.4}$ in the correlation between the average ion charge state $\overline{z}$ and kinetic energy $E$ in expanding laser-driven tin plasmas is identified. Universality here refers to an insensitivity to all experimental conditions: target geometry, expa… [Phys...

  • Charging and Mobilization of Dust Particles on a Surface in Plasma

    Author(s): José H. Pagán Muñoz, Xu Wang, Mihály Horányi, Vladimir Kvon, Luuk Heijmans, Manis Chaudhuri, Mark van de Kerkhof, Andrei M. Yakunin, Pavel Krainov, and Dmitry Astakhov We present first experimental results showing that single dust particles on a dielectric surface are mobilized and lofted due to exposure to an electron beam or ultraviolet radiation. It is shown that secondary electrons and/or photoelectrons emitted from a substrate...

  • Reduction or Enhancement of Stellarator Turbulence by Impurities

    Author(s): J. M. García-Regaña, I. Calvo, F. I. Parra, and H. Thienpondt A systematic study of the impact of impurities on the turbulent heat fluxes is presented for the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) and, for comparison, the Large Helical Device and ITER. By means of nonlinear multispecies gyrokinetic simulations, it is shown that impurities, depending on the sign o… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 105101] Published Fri Sep 06, 2024

  • Noncapillary Wave Dynamics due to Interfacial Coupling with Plasma Patterns at a Liquid Surface

    Author(s): Oles Dubrovski, Jinyu Yang, Felipe Veloso, David B. Go, Hsueh-Chia Chang, and Paul Rumbach Experimentally observed plasma-liquid interface pattern oscillations are caused by resonances with capillary waves and represent a new class of liquid surface waves, whose behavior is unaffected by surface tension and dictated entirely by electrohydrodynamic interactions. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 105301] Published Thu Sep 05, 2024

  • Persistent Hot-Spot Mix in Cryogenic Direct-Drive Fusion Experiments

    Author(s): R. C. Shah et al. We show that an x-ray emission signature associated with acceleration phase mass injection [R. C. Shah et al., Phys. Rev. E 103, 023201 (2021) ] correlates with poor experimental hot-spot convergence and a reduced neutron production relative to expectations. It is shown that with increased target mas… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 095101] Published Tue Aug 27, 2024

  • Pareto Optimization and Tuning of a Laser Wakefield Accelerator

    Author(s): F. Irshad, C. Eberle, F. M. Foerster, K. v. Grafenstein, F. Haberstroh, E. Travac, N. Weisse, S. Karsch, and A. Döpp Optimization of accelerator performance parameters is limited by numerous trade-offs, and finding the appropriate balance between optimization goals for an unknown system is challenging to achieve. Here, we show that multiobjective Bayesian optimization can map the solution space of a laser wakefiel… [Phys. Rev. Lett...
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