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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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  • Passive Freeze-Out of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability

    Author(s): J. Strucka, D. M. Sterbentz, B. Lukic, K. Mughal, Y. Yao, K. Marrow, W. J. Schill, C. F. Jekel, D. A. White, N. Asmedianov, R. Grikshtas, O. Belozerov, S. Efimov, J. Skidmore, A. Rack, Ya. E. Krasik, J. L. Belof, J. P. Chittenden, and S. N. Bland The Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) poses a major challenge in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) due to its role in mixing and performance degradation. We report the first experimental...

  • Observation of Secular Growth Dominated Dynamics in X-Ray Driven Foils

    Author(s): Z. Chen et al. Understanding and controlling the seeding of hydrodynamic perturbations are crucial for achieving ignition and high gain in inertial confinement fusion (ICF). In this Letter, we present face-on radiography of planar foil with preimposed sinusoidal ripples, revealing a novel phenomenon that the pertu… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 145103] Published Fri Apr 10, 2026

  • Observation of Radially Emitted Proton Beams from Low-Mass $X$-Pinch Plasmas

    Author(s): D. Klir, V. Munzar, J. Novotny, K. Rezac, A. M. Bedel, N. G. Chalmers, J. M. Chen, J. Cikhardt, B. Cikhardtova, N. M. Jordan, V. Juras, P. Kubes, J. Malir, L. R. Tafoya, K. Turek, D. A. Hammer, and R. D. McBride Experimental demonstration of the radial acceleration of protons in a low-mass hybrid X pinch shows that an X-pinch-driven proton source could be a novel platform to study pulsed-power plasmas. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 145101...

  • Dynamic Focusing to Suppress Emittance Transfer in Crab-Crossing Flat Beam Collisions

    Author(s): Derong Xu, J. Scott Berg, Michael M. Blaskiewicz, Yue Hao, Yun Luo, Christoph Montag, Sergei Nagaitsev, Boris Podobedov, Vadim Ptitsyn, Ferdinand Willeke, and Binping Xiao Flat hadron beam collisions, though expected to enhance peak luminosity by about an order of magnitude, have not yet been demonstrated. We identify a new mechanism in which the hourglass-induced synchrobetatron resonance, when coupled to unavoidable machine fluctuations...

  • Thomson Scattering with Gain

    Author(s): D. Turnbull, A. L. Milder, R. K. Follett, J. Katz, and D. H. Froula Thomson-scattering signals can be significantly modified by convective gains associated with the stimulated Raman scattering and stimulated Brillouin scattering instabilities as the scattered light traverses the probe beam. Gain results in amplification and narrowing of the redshifted (i.e., Stokes)… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 135101] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

  • Measurement of the Alfvén Wave Parametric Decay Instability Growth Rate

    Author(s): S. Dorfman, F. Li, X. Fu, S. Vincena, P. Pribyl, and T. A. Carter The growth rate of the Alfvén wave parametric decay instability, a process that contributes to energy transfer in plasmas, provides a new benchmark for space plasma models of space weather disturbances. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 135201] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

  • Turbulence-Driven Edge-Localized-Mode-Free High-Confinement Mode with Divertor Detachment in a Metal-Wall Tokamak

    Author(s): G. S. Xu et al. We report the first demonstration of a minute-scale, edge-localized-mode-free high-confinement plasma regime compatible with divertor partial detachment and enhanced pedestal performance in a metal-wall tokamak, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak. This regime is enabled by a newly ide… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 125101] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026
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