May 2026 | S. Karbashewski | Physical Review Letters | Paper
We report observations of an energetic-particle mode (EPM) in a linear plasma device that corresponds to an axial bounce resonance of fast ions sourced from neutral-beam injection (NBI). In our experiment, novel dynamic shaping of a magnetic mirror field reduces the distance …
May 2026 | R.M. Hedlof (SNL) | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
A verification study of a semi-implicit energy-conserving electrostatic particle-in-cell algorithm is presented. The algorithm relaxes the time-step and mesh-size constraints that require resolution of the plasma period and Debye length associated with traditional explicit momentum-conserving particle-in-cell algorithms
May 2026 | D. Kobayashi (Nihon Univ.) | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
The damping process of magnetic turbulence induced by the collisional merging of field-reversed configurations (FRCs) was investigated using the FAT-CM device at Nihon University. Two FRC-like plasmoids collided at super-Alfvénic and supersonic speeds.
February 2026 | S. Kamio | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
Among various advanced fuel cycles, proton-boron-11 (p-11B) fusion has attracted renewed interest as a potentially clean and sustainable fusion energy source.
This aneutronic fusion concept has long been envisioned as an ultimate cleaner fusion reactor scheme…
November 2025 | H. Gota | CWFEST 2025 | Presentation
TAE’s goal: p-11B aneutronic fusion Reactivity of p-11B has been reassessed
– Cross section larger than previously believed.
– Kinetic effects can further increase reactivity
– Net effect leads to ~30% increase of the fusion yield for the same…
November 2025 | T. Matsumoto | 2025 US-Japan FRC Workshop | Presentation
– Two-CT injection was successfully demonstrated
– No disruption due to the injection was observed
– Plasma performance during FRC ramp-up was improved
– Diamagnetism was observed with only CTs and NBIs