Promoting heterogeneous catalysis beyond catalyst design

MJ Hülsey, CW Lim, N Yan - Chemical science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the indisputable success of conventional approaches to manipulate the
performance of heterogeneous catalysts by tuning the composition and structure of active …

On the study of hydrodynamic instabilities in the presence of background magnetic fields in high-energy-density plasmas

MJE Manuel, B Khiar, G Rigon, B Albertazzi… - Matter and Radiation …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Blast-wave-driven hydrodynamic instabilities are studied in the presence of a background B-
field through experiments and simulations in the high-energy-density (HED) physics regime …

Pulsed magnetic fields of over 100 T produced by relativistic intensity laser pulse irradiating no-hole capacitor-coil target

W Wang, L Shan, F Zhang, Z Yuan, D Liu, C Tian… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A relativistic intensity laser pulse with energy from 25 to 130 J was used to produce strong
magnetic fields in interactions with the designed no-hole capacitor-coil target. The magnetic …

Rayleigh-Taylor instability in magnetohydrodynamics with finite resistivity in a horizontal magnetic field

YB Sun, JN Gou, CY Cao, C Wang, RH Zeng - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
Recent studies have revealed the significant influence of finite resistivity on high-energy-
density plasmas, contrary to the previous findings of Jukes [J. Fluid Mech. 16, 177 (1963) …

[HTML][HTML] Design of a high energy density experiment to measure the suppression of hydrodynamic instability in an applied magnetic field

Z Barbeau, K Raman, M Manuel, S Nagel… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A transverse magnetic field can suppress the hydrodynamic instability growth of an unstable
plasma interface. This effect, of interest to inertial confinement fusion and astrophysics, has …

Electron acceleration at oblique angles via stimulated Raman scattering at laser irradiance

A Higginson, S Zhang, M Bailly-Grandvaux… - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
The generation of hot, directional electrons via laser-driven stimulated Raman scattering
(SRS) is a topic of great importance in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) schemes. Little …

Variational formulation of plasma dynamics

GO Ludwig - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Hamilton's principle is applied to obtain the equations of motion for fully relativistic collision-
free plasma. The variational treatment is presented in both the Eulerian and Lagrangian …