Physical Review E (Plasma physics)

Author(s): Guo-Dong Wang, Ke-Wei Tao, Rui Cheng, Wang-Wen Xu, Jun-Yu Dong, Lin-Hua Zhen, Zhao Wang, Ze-Xian Zhou, Lu-Lin Shi, Yu-Peng Chen, Jin-Fu Zhang, Yan-Hong Chen, Xue-Jian Jin, Xiao-Xia Wu, Yu Lei, Yu-Yu Wang, Zhang-Hu Hu, Yan-Shi Zhang, and Jie Yang

In the field of inertial confinement fusion and ion beam-driven high-energy-density physics, the energy deposition along the beam trajectory is a critical physical parameter. Beyond particle collisions, the collective effects of plasma can significantly affect ion transport. The development of two-s…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045219] Published Fri Oct 31, 2025

Author(s): Charles Heaton, Hao Yin, Dimitri Khaghani, Hae Ja Lee, Hannah Poole, Eric Blackman, Nina Boiadjieva, Xiaoqian M. Chen, Celine Crépisson, Gilbert W. Collins, Adrien Descamps, Arianna E. Gleason, Christian Gutt, Alexander N. Petsch, Lisa Randolph, Silke Nelson, Peregrine McGehee, Rajan Plumley, Christopher Spindloe, Thomas Stevens, Charlotte Stuart, Joshua J. Turner, Hussein Aluie, Jessica K. Shang, and Gianluca Gregori

Experimental benchmarking of transport coefficients under extreme conditions is required for validation of differing theoretical models. To date, measurement of transport properties of dynamically compressed samples remains a challenge with only a limited number of studies able to quantify transport…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045218] Published Wed Oct 29, 2025

Author(s): Ali Masoudi, Davoud Iraji, and Chapar Rasouli

Edge localized modes (ELMs) and runaway electrons (REs) pose significant challenges for all tokamak devices. Both phenomena act as potent heat sources, potentially shortening the lifespan of plasma-facing materials (PFMs). These thermal loads can manifest in various detrimental effects, including me…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045217] Published Tue Oct 28, 2025

Author(s): Alejandro Mesa Dame, Hong Qin, Eric Palmerduca, and Yichen Fu

Hall magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) extends ideal MHD by incorporating the Hall effect via the induction equation, making it more accurate for describing plasma behavior at length scales below the ion skin depth. Despite its importance, a comprehensive description of the eigenmodes in HMHD has been lac…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045216] Published Mon Oct 27, 2025

Author(s): Prabhat Singh and Punit Kumar

A theory for Abelian plasma permeated by photons has been developed considering QED generalized in Podolsky electrodynamics framework for consideration of higher order terms in electromagnetic theory. The theory traces out photonic degrees of freedom in plasma and accounts for plasma dynamics mediat…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045215] Published Fri Oct 24, 2025

Author(s): K. L. Baker et al.

A set of experiments in the SQ-n campaign attempts to increase the compression in layered implosions by reducing the design adiabat from 3.0 down to ∼2.6. The experiments utilize nanocrystalline high density carbon ablators driven by a ramped laser pulse drive. Contrary to expectations, the lower de…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045214] Published Thu Oct 23, 2025

Author(s): Shuai Tang, Jiaqi Wang, Jian Liu, Min Jiang, Zhiyi Yin, Shaojie Wang, Dongjian Liu, and Zhiwei Ma

This study investigates the nonlinear evolution of tearing mode instabilities utilizing a quasiparticle framework integrated with spectral methods. By reformulating the resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations via Galerkin spectral decomposition, a direct connection between MHD and quasiparticl…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045212] Published Wed Oct 22, 2025

Author(s): Y. Chen, R. Ou, H. Wang, S. J. Chen, Y. X. Zhong, Y. G. Chen, S. Tan, Y. X. Li, C. Y. Zheng, Z. J. Liu, L. H. Cao, M. M. Zhang, D. P. Feng, W. J. Zuo, and C. Z. Xiao

We investigate laser amplification in e−−μ−−ion plasmas, where negative muons partially replace electrons. Theoretical results reveal a hybrid plasma wave, called μ wave, that exhibits ion-acoustic behavior in long-wavelength regime and Langmuir-like behavior in short-wavelength regime. Besides, the…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045213] Published Wed Oct 22, 2025

Author(s): Bhavesh Ramkorun, Saikat C. Thakur, Ryan B. Comes, and Edward Thomas, Jr.

Carbonaceous dusty nanoparticles spontaneously grow in nonthermal plasmas from a gas mixture of argon and acetylene. These particles levitate and grow within the bulk plasma for a duration known as the growth cycle (Tc), after which they gradually move away. In experiments operating at 500 milliTorr…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045211] Published Tue Oct 21, 2025

Author(s): Arnas Volčokas, Justin Ball, Giovanni Di Giannatale, and Stephan Brunner

Nonlinear local and global gyrokinetic simulations of tokamak plasmas demonstrate that turbulence-generated currents flatten the safety factor profile near low-order rational surfaces when magnetic shear is low, even when the plasma β is small. A large set of flux tube simulations with different saf…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, L043201] Published Fri Oct 17, 2025

Author(s): Djamel Benredjem and Jean-Christophe Pain

This study investigates the ionization and excitation processes induced by electron impact between two configurations or superconfigurations. Rate coefficients are calculated for transition arrays or supertransition arrays rather than level-to-level transitions. Special attention is given to a serie…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045209] Published Wed Oct 15, 2025

Author(s): Wei-Ping Zhang, Fang-Ping Wang, Lan-Xin Shi, and Wen-Shan Duan

The paper addresses the dynamics of solitary waves in binary complex plasmas, focusing on charge diagnostics for dust particles and its relevance for plasma research, space physics, and fusion applications. The paper uses the reductive perturbation method to derive the Korteweg–de Vries equation for…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045210] Published Wed Oct 15, 2025

Author(s): Min-Seok Kim, Jeong-Hyun Lee, Jung-Eun Choi, and Chin-Wook Chung

The effect of the Ramsauer-Townsend effect, a quantum mechanical phenomenon, is investigated by generating an ultralow electron temperature plasma (Te<1 eV) in a weakly magnetized inductively coupled argon plasma using a dc-biased grid. In the ultralow electron energy regime, the Ramsauer-Townsen…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045208] Published Tue Oct 14, 2025

Author(s): Chinmoy Bhattacharjee

I investigate the formation of multiscale magnetic-field structures in a rotating, self-gravitating dusty plasma comprising electrons, ions, and charged dust grains. By incorporating the gravitomagnetic field, arising from mass currents in rotating astrophysical objects, into a three-component fluid…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045206] Published Thu Oct 09, 2025

Author(s): Johannes J. van de Wetering, Justin R. Angus, W. Farmer, V. Geyko, D. Ghosh, D. Grote, C. Weber, and G. Zimmerman

Anomalies observed in the neutron spectral shift of high-yield shots at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) suggest the presence of suprathermal ions [E. P. Hartouni et al., Nat. Phys. 19, 72 (2023)], implying that kinetic effects play a significant role in burning inertial confinement fusion (ICF…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045207] Published Thu Oct 09, 2025

Author(s): Magnus F. Ivarsen, Jean-Pierre St-Maurice, Glenn C. Hussey, Kathryn McWilliams, Yaqi Jin, Devin R. Huyghebaert, Yukinaga Miyashita, and David Sibeck

During the 23 April 2023 geospace storm, we observed chorus-wave-driven, energetic particle precipitation on closed magnetic field lines in the dayside magnetosphere. Simultaneously and in the ionosphere's bottom side, we observed signatures of impact ionization and strong enhancements in the ionosp…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045203] Published Wed Oct 08, 2025

Author(s): Magnus F. Ivarsen, Jean-Pierre St-Maurice, Glenn C. Hussey, Daniel Billet, Devin R. Huyghebaert, Yaqi Jin, Yukinaga Miyashita, Satoshi Kasahara, Kaili Song, P. T. Jayachandran, Shoichiro Yokota, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Atsuki Shinbori, Yoshiya Kasahara, Iku Shinohara, and Ayako Matsuoka

At night in Earth's polar regions, energetic aurorae frequently penetrate into the atmosphere, with the peculiar effect of driving turbulent electrojet currents in the bottomside ionosphere. During the day, however, Earth's plasma environment becomes highly conductive, owing to the constant flux of …

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045204] Published Wed Oct 08, 2025

Author(s): L. Verra, M. Galletti, M. P. Anania, A. Biagioni, M. Carillo, E. Chiadroni, A. Cianchi, G. Costa, L. Crincoli, A. Del Dotto, M. Del Giorno, R. Demitra, G. Di Pirro, A. Giribono, V. Lollo, M. Opromolla, G. Parise, D. Pellegrini, R. Pompili, S. Romeo, G. Silvi, F. Stocchi, F. Villa, and M. Ferrario

Resonances play a crucial role in media sustaining oscillatory phenomena, such as plasmas. We show with experimental results and numerical simulations that the wakefields driven by individual successive bunches in overdense plasma superpose linearly, and that their amplitude increases along the trai…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045205] Published Wed Oct 08, 2025

Author(s): Lipan Qin, Ze Chen, Meiqi Sun, Jin Yan, Yan Tian, Zhongyi Chen, Yan Wang, Xunjie Ma, Xueqing Yan, and Yunliang Wang

A unique coherent bremsstrahlung (CB) regime is proposed for the generation of an isolated half-cycle attosecond pulse (AP), even for the case of a multicycle driving laser pulse, which is realized by the laser pulse interacting with the double-foil target. When the rising edge of the laser pulse in…

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045202] Published Tue Oct 07, 2025

Author(s): N. V. Gerasimenko, F. M. Trukhachev, M. M. Vasiliev, and O. F. Petrov

This work investigates the unidirectional transport of charged particles across magnetic field lines driven by magnetosonic solitons in a collisionless plasma. Within the framework of a magnetohydrodynamic model, numerical solutions as well as analytical expressions for small-amplitude solitons are …

[Phys. Rev. E 112, 045201] Published Fri Oct 03, 2025