Science Highlights
12.06.18Science HighlightThe mechanism responsible for creating intense magnetic fields in laser-driven plasmas also helps tear the fields apart.
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12.06.18Science HighlightA new phenomena forms vortices that trap particles, impeding electron avalanches that harm fusion reactors.
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09.11.18Science HighlightU.S. and Korean scientists show how to find and use beneficial 3-D field perturbations to stabilize dangerous edge-localized modes in plasma.
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08.21.18Science HighlightCharged particles emanating from Jupiter’s magnetosphere are powered up to create the northern and southern lights on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.
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08.21.18Science HighlightIn magnetic confinement fusion devices known as tokamaks, the maximum operational density limits the efficiency and now we know how this limit may be overcome.
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08.21.18Science HighlightEnabling beams to respond to plasma conditions in real time allows scientists to avoid instabilities and raise performance.
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08.21.18Science HighlightNew technique allows the spatiotemporal control of laser intensity, potentially changing the way laser-based accelerators are optimized.
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06.22.18Science HighlightSupercomputer simulations and theoretical analysis shed new light on when and how fast reconnection occurs.
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06.01.18Science HighlightA mysterious mechanism that prevents instabilities may be similar to the process that maintains the Earth's magnetic field.
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06.01.18Science Highlight2-D velocity imaging helps fusion researchers understand the role of ion winds (aka flows) in the boundary of tokamak plasmas.
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