Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 4, April 2023. The magnetic reconnection experiment has recently seen short wavelength ([math]) lower-hybrid waves near the electron diffusion region in strong guide field reconnection. Based on plasma parameters fr…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 4, April 2023. The novel octahedral spherical hohlraum can provide an ideal and practical approach for the next generation of laser systems to support both direct and indirect drive to achieve predictable and reprod…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. Nanosecond-pulse power has the characteristics of quickly increasing applied power, short pulse width, and considerably high-energy electrons. In this study, we investigated the different air/helium m…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. Magneto-inertial fusion concepts, such as the magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) platform [M. R. Gomez et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 155003 (2014)], constitute an alternative path for achieving…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a magneto-inertial-fusion (MIF) concept, which is presently being studied on the Z pulsed power facility. The MagLIF platform has achieved interesting plas…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a z-pinch magneto-inertial-fusion concept studied at the Z Pulsed Power Facility of Sandia National Laboratories. Two important metrics characterizing curr…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. Laser-driven Hohlraums filled with gas at lower densities (<0.6 mg/cc) have higher efficiency compared to original ≥ 0.96 mg/cc fill because of reduced backscatter losses [Hall et al., Phys. Plasma…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. In this paper, a computational model characterizing the preparation of metallic nanoparticles by electrically exploding wires from the onset of current flowing through the wire to the final moment of …
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. The linear and nonlinear characteristics of the electron cyclotron drift instability (ECDI) have been studied through the particle-in-cell (PIC) and continuum Vlasov simulation methods in connection w…
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 30, Issue 3, March 2023. We characterize the properties of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source plasmas driven by laser wavelengths in the [math] range and laser intensities of [math] W cm−2 for [math]. Detailed numerical s…