3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Kinetic Optimization of Magnetic Mirror Confinement: Beyond Classical Loss-Cone Theory
Lukas Einkemmer, Martin Guerra, Qin Li +1
Magnetic mirrors are among the conceptually simplest plasma confinement configurations and remain promising candidates for thermonuclear fusion. Their design requires shaping an ex…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Control of kinetic plasma instabilities by laser fields
Nicolas Crouseilles, Lukas Einkemmer, Qin Li +2
We study the possibility of controlling kinetic plasma instabilities by using lasers to apply external electromagnetic fields. We derive the dispersion relation for the correspondi…
math.NA2025
What metric to optimize for suppressing instability in a Vlasov-Poisson system?
Martin Guerra, Qin Li, Yukun Yue +1
Stabilizing plasma dynamics is a central challenge in magnetic confinement fusion. A common approach is to introduce external electric fields to suppress instabilities in the plasm…