The replication of astrophysical flows in the laboratory is critical for isolating particular
phenomena and dynamics that appear in complex, highly-coupled natural systems. In …

Coaxial plasma accelerators are electromagnetic acceleration devices that employ a self-
induced Lorentz force to produce collimated plasma jets with velocities~ 50 km s− 1. The …

We present a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical simulation to study the physical
mechanisms underlying plasma acceleration in a coaxial plasma gun. Coaxial plasma …

Recent experiments by Loebner et al.[IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 44, 1534 (2016)] studied the
effect of a hypervelocity jet emanating from a coaxial plasma accelerator incident on target …

The manner in which magnetized plasma jets evolve remains key to better understanding
the behavior of hydromagnetic systems and providing new insights into how they can be …

In this work, new scaling laws of the time growth rate γ of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability with
the plasma resistivity η, kinematic viscosity ν, and electron number density ne are derived. A …

Deposition of plasma energy during off-normal fusion reactor operational events delivers a
transient heat flux of up to 100 MJ/m 2 to the plasma-facing materials (PFMs). Understanding …

The axial characteristics of a current sheet in a parallel-plate electromagnetic plasma
accelerator operated in gas-prefilled mode are reported. The accelerator is powered by a …

Degradation of first wall materials due to plasma disturbances severely limit both the lifetime
and longevity of fusion reactors. Among the various kinds of disturbances, type I edge …

We aim to characterize ABEP performance by investigating loss terms related to particle
excitations. An air chemistry performance model is introduced to calculate reaction loss …