August 2026 | D.A. Endrizzi (UW-Madison) | Journal of Plasmas Physics | Paper
How do collisionless shocks generate the dissipation necessary to satisfy mass, momentum and energy continuity? For perpendicular shocks, ion reflection and
gyration back to the layer are responsible for dissipation beyond…
July 2026 | B.J. Sporer | Journal of Plasmas Physics | Paper
The magnetic confinement topologies potentially capable of macro-stability with core plasma pressure greatly exceeding the vacuum magnetic field pressure (or ‘β → ∞’) are discussed.
July 2026 | S. Ishiwata (Nihon Univ.) | Journal of Plasmas Physics | Paper
Collisional merging experiments on field-reversed configurations (FRCs) in the FRC amplification via translation–collisional merging (FAT-CM) device have suggested that the mirror magnetic field strength influences the final merged plasma state.
June 2026 | C.K. Lau | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
The recently developed AAA (“adaptive Antoulas–Anderson,” pronounced as “triple-A”) algorithm, which rapidly produces an accurate rational approximation, is an extremely effective numerical technique for the plasma physics community….
February 2026 | Y. Shimabukuro | Plasma Sources Science and Technology | Paper
To realize future long-lifetime negative hydrogen ion sources, two approaches were investigated using a compact coaxial ECR plasma source: direct negative DC biasing and a microwave plasma cathode (MPC) configuration. In noble gases such as argon, …
June 2026 | A. Smolyakov (Univ. of Saskatchewan) | Journal of Plasmas Physics | Paper
Axisymmetric cylindrical configurations of the magnetic field are used to confine and guide plasmas in fusion and electric propulsion devices, where plasma equilibria are established as a balance between plasma pressure, magnetic stress (pressure) …