{"title":"Rayleigh–Taylor turbulence in strongly coupled dusty plasmas","authors":"Rauoof Wani, Mahendra Verma, Sanat Tiwari","doi":"10.1063/5.0216032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216032","url":null,"abstract":"The turbulence mixing initiated by the Rayleigh–Taylor instability has been reported in a two-dimensional (2D) strongly coupled dusty plasma system using classical molecular dynamics simulation. The entire evolution cycle, including the initial equilibrium, the instability, turbulent mixing, and, finally, a new equilibrium through the thermalization process, has been demonstrated via the respective energy spectra. The fully developed spectrum follows the Bolgiano-Obukho k−11/5 scaling at smaller wavenumbers, a characteristic 2D buoyancy-driven turbulent flow feature. At higher wavenumbers, the energy spectrum E(k)∝k represents the thermalization of the system and is a characteristic feature of 2D Euler turbulence. At longer timescales, the system reflects the Kolmogorov scale of k−3. Moreover, strong coupling slows the turbulent mixing process, though the final state is a complete thermalized system. Our results also help us to understand the thermalization process in Yukawa fluids, other strongly coupled plasma families, and turbulent mixing in low Reynolds number fluids.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ian E. Ochs, Mikhail E. Mlodik, Nathaniel J. Fisch
{"title":"Electron tail suppression and effective collisionality due to synchrotron emission and absorption in mildly relativistic plasmas","authors":"Ian E. Ochs, Mikhail E. Mlodik, Nathaniel J. Fisch","doi":"10.1063/5.0228464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0228464","url":null,"abstract":"Synchrotron radiation losses are a significant cause of concern for high-temperature aneutronic fusion reactions such as proton–Boron 11. The fact that radiation losses occur primarily in the high-energy tail, where the radiation itself has a substantial impact on the electron distribution, necessitates a self-consistent approach to modeling the diffusion and drag induced by synchrotron absorption and emission. Furthermore, an accurate model must account for the fact that the radiation emission spectrum is momentum-dependent, and the plasma opacity is frequency-dependent. Here, we present a simple Fokker–Planck operator, built on a newly solved-for blackbody synchrotron diffusion operator, which captures all relevant features of the synchrotron radiation. Focusing on magnetic mirror fusion plasmas, we show that significant suppression of the electron distribution occurs for relativistic values of the perpendicular electron momentum, which therefore emit much less radiation than predicted under the assumption of a Maxwell–Jüttner distribution.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causal analysis among azimuthal Fourier modes in linear plasma based on multivariate time series models","authors":"F. Miwakeichi, M. Sasaki","doi":"10.1063/5.0223028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0223028","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the causal relationships among azimuthal Fourier modes in linear plasma turbulence using multivariate time series models. We elucidate the dynamics of mode interactions in magnetized plasmas by employing the vector autoregressive model and Granger causality analysis. Our analysis, based on data from the plasma assembly for nonlinear turbulence analysis, reveals significant variations in causality with changing pressure conditions. Modes form weakly coupled clusters at lower pressures, while higher pressures lead to stronger coupling and larger clusters. The impulse response function further provides insights into the temporal propagation and nature of influences between modes. These findings enhance the understanding of spatial pattern formation in magnetized plasmas and offer a quantitative framework for analyzing plasma turbulence dynamics.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"183 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tian Dong, Yong Zhi Zhang, Aihua Liu, Yew Kam Ho, Li Guang Jiao
{"title":"The singlet S-wave resonances of He atom in dense quantum plasmas","authors":"Tian Dong, Yong Zhi Zhang, Aihua Liu, Yew Kam Ho, Li Guang Jiao","doi":"10.1063/5.0217126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0217126","url":null,"abstract":"The singlet S-wave resonances of the He atom embedded in dense quantum plasmas are investigated by applying the complex-coordinate rotation method. The modified Debye–Hückel potential is used to model the effective interactions of the test atom in a dense quantum plasma environment. The explicitly correlated Hylleraas configuration-interaction basis function is employed to take into account the electron correlation effect. The first ten S-wave resonance states of the He atom below the N = 2 thresholds of the He+ ion are calculated, and the resonance energies and widths at a variety of screening parameters are obtained with high accuracy. The plasma screening effect on the expectation values of the radial and angular physical quantities are analyzed for the first time.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Tchórz, T. Chodukowski, M. Rosiński, S. Borodziuk, M. Szymański, R. Dudžák, S. Singh, M. Krupka, T. Burian, A. Marchenko, M. Kustosz, S. Agarwal
{"title":"Proton beams generated via thermonuclear deuterium–deuterium fusion by means of modified cavity pressure acceleration-type targets as a candidate for proton–boron fusion driver","authors":"P. Tchórz, T. Chodukowski, M. Rosiński, S. Borodziuk, M. Szymański, R. Dudžák, S. Singh, M. Krupka, T. Burian, A. Marchenko, M. Kustosz, S. Agarwal","doi":"10.1063/5.0207108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0207108","url":null,"abstract":"In this Letter, we report the possibility of generating intense, highly energetic proton beams using terawatt, sub-nanosecond class laser system by irradiating modified cavity pressure acceleration-type targets. In this approach, the main source of few-mega electron volt protons is thermonuclear deuterium–deuterium reaction; therefore, the energy spectrum of accelerated particles and their number is not as strongly related to the laser intensity (laser pulse energy and pulse duration in particular) as in the case of the most common ion acceleration mechanism, namely, target normal sheath acceleration. Performed Monte Carlo simulations suggest that using mentioned mechanism to generate proton beam might be beneficial and efficient driver for laser induced proton–boron fusion when moderate-to-low laser pulse intensities ( ⩽ 1016W/cm2) and thin, lower than 100 μm boron foils are used as catchers.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Khawar Nadeem, Shaomeng Wang, Atif Jameel, Bilawal Ali, Jibran Latif, Yubin Gong
{"title":"Multipactor analysis of 431 MHz L-shaped inductive output tube cavity","authors":"Muhammad Khawar Nadeem, Shaomeng Wang, Atif Jameel, Bilawal Ali, Jibran Latif, Yubin Gong","doi":"10.1063/5.0217471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0217471","url":null,"abstract":"Gridless inductive output tubes (IOTs) offer compact size and high-power amplification at sub-GHz frequencies. Minimizing cavity dimensions in the interest of compactness leads to smaller gaps, which may cause multipactor discharge under high-power operating conditions. The uncontrolled electron growth resulting from multipactor breakdown can lead to undesired effects including surface damage and system failure. This paper performs a parallel-plate multipactor analysis for a high-Q, L-shaped, aluminum, 431 MHz cavity designed for a gridless IOT to be operated in the MW-power regime. The cavity gap is 27 mm, and diameter is 339 mm. Multipactor susceptibility regions are calculated for non-zero emission energy, half-cycle, and non-half-cycle multipactor using a semi-analytic approach and a standard aluminum secondary electron yield (SEY) curve. The analytical results are validated with particle-in-cell simulation in CST Studio. Simulation results show a voltage range of 6.4–19 kV, compared to the analytically calculated values of 8.2 and 18.3 kV for the lower and upper bounds, respectively. Fluorocarbon coating as a means to reduce secondary electron emission is simulated, which shows 46% reduction in peak particle population with an 11.2 nm PTFE coating, with further reduction as coating thickness increases. The results show that the L-shaped cavity is a suitable choice for this IOT design as it does not exhibit single-surface multipactor and will not develop two-surface multipactor at full-power operation.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Courtois, R. Gisbert, R. Botrel, A. Chaleil, L. Chopineau, S. Debesset, J. Fariaut, O. Henry, L. Le Déroff, B. Loupias, A. Rousseau, G. Soullie, B. Villette
{"title":"Characterization of similar Marshak waves observed at the LMJ","authors":"C. Courtois, R. Gisbert, R. Botrel, A. Chaleil, L. Chopineau, S. Debesset, J. Fariaut, O. Henry, L. Le Déroff, B. Loupias, A. Rousseau, G. Soullie, B. Villette","doi":"10.1063/5.0216671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216671","url":null,"abstract":"We detail results of two experiments performed at the Laser Mégajoule (LMJ) facility aimed at studying similar supersonic Marshak waves propagating in a low-density SiO2 aerogel enclosed in metallic tubes. Similar means here that these two experiments, driven by the same input radiation temperature history, use purposely very different tubes in terms of length (L = 1200 or 2000 μm), diameter (2R = 1000 or 2000 μm), nature of the wall (gold or copper), and aerogel densities (ρ = 30 or 20 mg/cm3), yet the transit time and the radiation temperature of the fronts at the tube exit are the same for both shots. Marshak waves are characterized at the exit using simultaneously for the first time to our knowledge, a one dimensional soft x-ray imager from which the radiation front transit time and curvature are measured and also a broadband x-ray spectrometer to infer its temperature history. These constraining results are then successfully compared to those from simple analytical models [Cohen et al., Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 023007 (2020) and Hurricane et al., Phys. Plasmas 13, 113303 (2006)] and from the three dimensional Lagrangian radiation-hydrodynamics code TROLL to get information on x-ray energy losses. Controlled compensation effects between the length, diameter, and nature of the tubes (governing these losses) are such that the radiation temperature drop along the tubes is eventually the same for these two similar shots.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William E. Lewis, David A. Yager-Elorriaga, Christopher A. Jennings, Jeffrey R. Fein, Gabriel A. Shipley, Andrew Porwitzky, Thomas J. Awe, Matthew R. Gomez, Eric C. Harding, Adam J. Harvey-Thompson, Patrick F. Knapp, Owen M. Mannion, Daniel E. Ruiz, Marc-Andre Schaeuble, Stephen A. Slutz, Matthew R. Weis, Jeffrey Woolstrum, David J. Ampleford, Luke Shulenburger
{"title":"Mining experimental magnetized liner inertial fusion data: Trends in stagnation morphology","authors":"William E. Lewis, David A. Yager-Elorriaga, Christopher A. Jennings, Jeffrey R. Fein, Gabriel A. Shipley, Andrew Porwitzky, Thomas J. Awe, Matthew R. Gomez, Eric C. Harding, Adam J. Harvey-Thompson, Patrick F. Knapp, Owen M. Mannion, Daniel E. Ruiz, Marc-Andre Schaeuble, Stephen A. Slutz, Matthew R. Weis, Jeffrey Woolstrum, David J. Ampleford, Luke Shulenburger","doi":"10.1063/5.0206222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0206222","url":null,"abstract":"In magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF), a cylindrical liner filled with fusion fuel is imploded with the goal of producing a one-dimensional plasma column at thermonuclear conditions. However, structures attributed to three-dimensional effects are observed in self-emission x-ray images. Despite this, the impact of many experimental inputs on the column morphology has not been characterized. We demonstrate the use of a linear regression analysis to explore correlations between morphology and a wide variety of experimental inputs across 57 MagLIF experiments. Results indicate the possibility of several unexplored effects. For example, we demonstrate that increasing the initial magnetic field correlates with improved stability. Although intuitively expected, this has never been quantitatively assessed in integrated MagLIF experiments. We also demonstrate that azimuthal drive asymmetries resulting from the geometry of the “current return can” appear to measurably impact the morphology. In conjunction with several counterintuitive null results, we expect the observed correlations will encourage further experimental, theoretical, and simulation-based studies. Finally, we note that the method used in this work is general and may be applied to explore not only correlations between input conditions and morphology but also with other experimentally measured quantities.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lei Zhang, Lingzhao Ji, Yuexing Zhao, Ruiming Su, Guokai Yi, Yuren Shi
{"title":"Propagation characteristics of obliquely incident terahertz waves in inhomogeneous microplasma","authors":"Lei Zhang, Lingzhao Ji, Yuexing Zhao, Ruiming Su, Guokai Yi, Yuren Shi","doi":"10.1063/5.0216378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216378","url":null,"abstract":"The transmission characteristics of terahertz (THz) waves in a non-uniform microplasma are investigated by using the scattering matrix method. The electron density distribution in microplasma is simulated by Epstein and parabolic models. The effects of physical parameters, such as the incidence angle of THz waves, microplasma size, electron density, and collision frequency, on the propagation of THz waves are numerically analyzed. The results show that lower frequency THz waves are difficult to penetrate the microplasma with high electron density and high collision frequency. The microplasma density distribution, especially the gradient variation of the density in the first layer, has a large effect on the reflection of THz waves. Thus, THz waves can be used to diagnose the physical parameters of microplasmas.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statistical description of interacting multistream quantum systems","authors":"M. Akbari-Moghanjoughi","doi":"10.1063/5.0216478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216478","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, the electrostatically coupled multistream quasiparticle excitations are studied in the framework of the Wigner distribution function. It is remarked that the Wigner distribution of coupled multistream collective quantum excitations satisfies a simple Liouville-like evolution equation from which a generalized distribution function for multistream quasiparticle excitations is deduced. The phase-space structure of collective quantum excitations in counter-stream electron and two-stream electron–positron gas with their evolution is calculated and electron/positron hole formation due to the onset of quantum stream instability is studied in connection with the energy band structure of the multistream quantum system, for the first time. The quantum stream instabilities in symmetric and asymmetric stream systems are studied and compared. It is found that the presence of opposite-charge streams leads to overall stability due to lowering the interaction potential effect. The generalized Wigner theory is also applied to study the electron transport in a one-dimensional periodic lattice using the concept of virtual streams. Current generalized statistical formalism may be used to model different quantum phenomena in the linear excitations limit with collective electrostatic interactions. The applications extend to the stream instability in quantum charge transport in metals, semiconductors, plasmonic devices, phase-space structure of charge carriers in periodic lattices interacting with the external potential of arbitrary shape and the dynamic evolution of dense electron–positron jets in active galactic nuclei or within the extremely dense astrophysical objects.","PeriodicalId":20175,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Plasmas","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}