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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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  • Stellarator Coils for Future Fusion Reactors via an Augmented Lagrangian Approach

    Author(s): Pedro F. Gil, Weiping Li, Julianne Stratton, Alan A. Kaptanoglu, and Eve V. Stenson Recasting fusion coil design as a highly nonconvex equality-constrained optimization problem with an augmented Lagrangian method leads to a class of stellarator coils that exhibit enhanced physics performance and meet essential design requirements. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 065101] Published Fri Aug 07, 2026

  • Direct Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients: Evidence for Diffusive Stochastic Heating in Collisionless Plasmas

    Author(s): Tamar Ervin, Trevor A. Bowen, Alfred Mallet, Philip A. Isenberg, Kristopher G. Klein, Stuart D. Bale, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Roberto Livi, Ali Rahmati, and Davin E. Larson Open questions in collisionless plasma dissipation can be addressed using space-based observations in different astrophysical environments, with implications for both astrophysical and laboratory plasma systems. We study a low-$β$, highly imbalanced, sub-Alfvénic...

  • Turbulent Nature of the Quasicontinuous Exhaust Regime for Fusion Plasmas

    Author(s): Kaiyu Zhang, Wladimir Zholobenko, Andreas Stegmeir, Michael Faitsch, Konrad Eder, Christoph Pitzal, Frank Jenko, and ASDEX Upgrade Team Supercomputer simulations reveal how turbulence supports a Goldilocks regime for operating a fusion reactor. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 055102] Published Thu Jul 30, 2026

  • Coherent Attosecond Pulses Generated by a Relativistic Electron Beam Interacting with an Intense Laser at a Grazing Angle

    Author(s): H. Peng, T. W. Huang, C. N. Wu, K. Jiang, R. Li, C. Riconda, S. Weber, and C. T. Zhou The interaction between relativistic electron beams and intense laser fields has been extensively studied for generating high-energy radiation. However, achieving coherent radiation from such interactions needs to precisely control the phase matching of the radiating electrons, which has proven to b… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 055101] Published Tue...

  • Interaction of Strong Electromagnetic Waves with Unmagnetized Pair Plasmas

    Author(s): Navin Sridhar, Emanuele Sobacchi, Lorenzo Sironi, Masanori Iwamoto, Daniel Grošelj, and Brandon K. Russell We investigate analytically and numerically the interaction of strong electromagnetic waves with unmagnetized pair plasmas. We show that the interaction is governed by a single nonlinearity parameter, ${ϵ}_{\mathrm{p}}$, defined as the ratio of the wave strength parameter to the wave frequency in un… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 045102...

  • How Zonal Fields Suppress Reversed Shear Alfvén Eigenmode in Tokamak Plasmas

    Author(s): Ruirui Ma, Pengfei Liu, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca, and Zhiyong Qiu Understanding nonlinear saturation of reversed-shear Alfvén eigenmodes (RSAEs) in tokamaks is crucial for high-performance burning plasmas. Employing both nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations and theoretical analyses, we have discovered the novel result that, with energetic particle dynamics kept linea… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 045101] Published Tue Jul 21, 2026

  • Radiation Reaction Effects on Coherent Emission in Relativistic Magnetized Shocks

    Author(s): Yu Zhang, Yuan-Pei Yang, and Liang-Liang Ji Relativistic magnetized shocks are natural sources of coherent radiation, representing a promising framework for fast radio bursts (FRBs). This Letter explores how the radiation reaction (RR) effect, triggered by high-energy photon emissions during shock radiation, significantly alters particle dyna… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 045201] Published Tue Jul 21, 2026
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