Physics of Plasmas

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Defining Plasma Dose for Potential Future Cancer Treatments

Article: On the dose of plasma medicine: Plasma-activated medium (PAM) and its effect on cell viability DOI: 10.1063/5.0089357 WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 – Chinese researchers may have […]

Modeling Earth’s Magnetosphere in the Laboratory

Article: Laser-driven, ion-scale magnetospheres in laboratory plasmas. I. Experimental platform and first results DOI: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0084353 WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 – A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, […]

Cosmic Rays May Be Key to Understanding Galactic Dynamics

Link to article: The cosmic-ray-driven streaming instability in astrophysical and space plasmas DOI: 10.1063/5.0013662 WASHINGTON, August 24, 2021 — Cosmic rays are charged subnuclear particles that move […]

Next-Gen Laser Facilities Look to Usher in New Era of Relativistic Plasmas Research

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2020 — The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses […]

Laser-Produced Uranium Plasma Evolves into More Complex Species

Link to article: Plume dynamics and gas-phase molecular formation in transient laser-produced uranium plasmas DOI: 10.1063/1.5087704 WASHINGTON, D.C., August 23, 2019 — When energy is added to […]

Exploding Electrical Wires Underwater to Understand Shock Waves

Link to article: Evolution of a shock wave generated by underwater electrical explosion of a single wire DOI: 10.1063/1.5092321 WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2019 — If you’re […]

Intense Microwave Pulse Ionizes Its Own Channel Through Plasma

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 9, 2018 — Breakthrough new research shows that ionization-induced self-channeling of a microwave beam can be achieved at a significantly lower power of the […]

Separating the Sound from the Noise in Hot Plasma Fusion

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2018 — In the search for abundant clean energy, scientists around the globe look to fusion power, where isotopes of hydrogen combine to […]

Researchers Unravel the Path of Electrical Discharges on Scales that are Phenomenally Small and Fleetingly Brief, Shedding Light on Future Innovations

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 21, 2018 — Innovations in microscale electronics, medicine, combustion and scores of other technologies depend on understanding and predicting the behavior of electricity on […]