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most citedPerspectives on Physics of ExB Discharges Relevant to Plasma Propulsion and Similar Technologies

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physics.plasm-ph2024★ 8 cited

Creating pair plasmas with observable collective effects

Kenan Qu, Sebastian Meuren, Nathaniel J. Fisch

Although existing technology cannot yet directly produce fields at the Schwinger level, experimental facilities can already explore strong-field QED phenomena by taking advantage o…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Guiding center motion for particles in a ponderomotive magnetostatic end plug

T. Rubin, J. M. Rax, N. J. Fisch

The Hamiltonian dynamics of a single particle in a rotating plasma column, interacting with an magnetic multipole is perturbatively solved for up to second order, using the method…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Improved Ion Heating in Fast Ignition by Pulse Shaping

Henry Fetsch, Nathaniel J. Fisch

The fast ignition paradigm for inertial fusion offers increased gain and tolerance of asymmetry by compressing fuel at low entropy and then quickly igniting a small region. Because…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 17 cited

Suppression of Bremsstrahlung losses from relativistic plasma with energy cutoff

Vadim R. Munirov, Nathaniel J. Fisch

We study the effects of redistributing superthermal electrons on Bremsstrahlung radiation from hot relativistic plasma. We consider thermal and nonthermal distribution of electrons…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Fast Correlation Heating in Moderately Coupled Electron-Ion Plasmas

Thomas E. Foster, Henry Fetsch, Nathaniel J. Fisch

If the electrons in a plasma are suddenly heated, the resulting change in Debye shielding causes the ion kinetic energy to quickly increase. For the first time, this correlation he…

physics.plasm-ph2023

The Critical Role of Isopotential Surfaces for Magnetostatic Ponderomotive Forces

Ian E. Ochs, Nathaniel J. Fisch

By producing localized wave regions at the ends of an open-field-line magnetic confinement system, ponderomotive walls can be used to differentially confine different species in th…