Thermal plasmas

P Fauchais, A Vardelle - IEEE Transactions on plasma science, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although many thermal plasma processes have been developed for industrial applications,
the wide acceptance as a manufacturing technology is prevented due to economical and …

Nuclear photonics: results and prospects

VG Nedorezov, SG Rykovanov, AB Savel'ev - Physics-Uspekhi, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the modern state of research in a new scientific field that has emerged recently:
nuclear photonics. The name is primarily associated with the development of new …

Towards pair production in the non-perturbative regime

FC Salgado, K Grafenstein, A Golub… - New Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The interaction of light with the quantum-vacuum is predicted to give rise to some of the most
fundamental and exotic processes in modern physics, which remain untested in the …

The source of volume beam-plasma formations based on a high-current non-self-sustained glow discharge with a large hollow cathode

VV Denisov, YH Akhmadeev, NN Koval… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The paper considers a plasma source based on a low-pressure (≈ 1 Pa) high-current (up to
450 A) non-self-sustained glow discharge with a hollow cathode of volume≈ 0.2 m 3. The …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing Learning of the Grad-Shafranov Equation through Scientific Literature: Part 1 of a Physics Education Series

A Ojeda-Gonzalez, L Santos, V De La Luz… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
This article provides a comprehensive review of relevant studies in the fields of plasma
physics, electromagnetism, and space physics. The aim is to demonstrate how the study of …

Electron heating by Debye-scale turbulence in guide-field reconnection

YV Khotyaintsev, DB Graham, K Steinvall, L Alm… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We report electrostatic Debye-scale turbulence developing within the diffusion region of
asymmetric magnetopause reconnection with a moderate guide field using observations by …

The role of hot electron refluxing in laser-generated K-alpha sources

P Neumayer, B Aurand, M Basko, B Ecker… - Physics of …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
A study of the contribution of refluxing electrons in the production of K-alpha radiation from
high-intensity laser irradiated thin targets has been performed. Thin copper foils both …

Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster for small satellite propulsion

M Keidar - 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The George Washington University (GWU) has developed a CubeSat-class thruster called
the Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster (μ CAT). The μCAT is a high Isp (2000-3500s), solid metal …

Effects of shear flow and transverse magnetic field on Richtmyer–Meshkov instability

J Cao, Z Wu, H Ren, D Li - Physics of Plasmas, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The effects of shear flow and transverse magnetic field on Richtmyer–Meshkov instability are
examined and the expression of the interface perturbation is obtained by analytically solving …

Trapping, compression, and acceleration of an electron bunch in the nonlinear laser wakefield

AG Khachatryan - Physical Review E, 2002 - APS
A scheme of laser wakefield acceleration, when a relatively rare and long bunch of
nonrelativistic or weakly relativistic electrons is initially in front of the laser pulse, is …