Physics of Plasmas

Papers
(The TQCC of Physics of Plasmas is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Cross-beam energy transfer in conditions relevant to direct-drive implosions on OMEGA106
Stability of ultra-intense laser pulse propagation in a transversely perturbed plasma channel97
Plasma dynamics of an Al plasma in AlTi or AlAu mixtures heated by the PICO2000 ultra-intense laser pulse81
Three-dimensional crescent-shaped ion velocity distributions created by magnetic reconnection in the presence of a guide field69
Reliable charge measurement from configurational temperature analysis52
Similarity for downscaled kinetic simulations of electrostatic plasmas: Reconciling the large system size with small Debye length46
KrF exciplexes formation in low temperature plasmas created in various gas mixtures44
Dynamics and manipulation of ultrashort laser pulses via plasma shutter42
Single-mode wave decay40
Ion acceleration from the interaction of ultrahigh-intensity laser pulses with near-critical density, nonuniform gas targets39
Effects of electron viscosity on resonant layer responses to non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbations39
Reviewer acknowledgment for 202438
Nonlinear saturation of whistler modes driven by runaway electrons38
Role of initial conditions in plasma-current coupling of gas-puff Z-pinches36
Gyrokinetic simulations of turbulence and zonal flows driven by steep profile gradients using a delta-f approach with an evolving background Maxwellian35
A reduced nonlinear model of synergy between wave-particle and wave-wave interactions35
Density drop at the divertor target in the prototype material plasma exposure eXperiment (Proto-MPEX)35
Theory and simulation of the electrothermal instability in pulsed power electrode plasmas34
A global model and two-dimensional simulation study of a low-pressure inductively coupled CF4 plasma considering non-Maxwellian EEDF33
Simulations of non-integer upconversion in resonant six-wave scattering33
Investigation of MHD instabilities and related dynamic interactions during the major disruption in the HL-2A tokamak33
Long filamentary discharge produced in helium spiral vortex32
Response to “Comment on ‘Modification of Lie's transform perturbation theory for charged particle motion in a magnetic field’” [Phys. Plasmas 30, 104701 (2023)]32
A computationally efficient fluid model for atmospheric pressure plasma jet simulation using a spherical charge approximation32
Study on Townsend first ionization coefficient in a streamer filament of the pulsed electric discharge in water31
Self-consistent formation and steady-state characterization of trapped high-energy electron clouds in the presence of a neutral gas background31
Non-uniformity of the radial electric field for tokamak plasma on the low and the high toroidal magnetic field side30
Method to determine the electron–ion temperature relaxation rate from test particle distributions30
Understanding and controlling capsule symmetry in near vacuum hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility29
Enhanced proton–boron fusion yield with advanced target geometries under direct laser illumination29
The field theory of collective Cherenkov radiation associated with electron beams29
Linear stability of equilibria with magnetic island chains according to a reduced four-field model and to Hall incompressible magnetohydrodynamics29
Influences of spatial structure of plasma shock wave on electromagnetic wave propagation characteristics28
Representation learning algorithms for inferring machine independent latent features in pedestals in JET and AUG28
Generation of bright collimated vortex γ -ray via laser driven cone-fan target28
Constraints of radiation loss on thermonuclear reactor designs based on burning p–11B in a dense plasma focus28
Data-driven linear time advance operators for the acceleration of plasma physics simulation28
Methodology for measuring the energy characteristics of two-electrode gas discharge plasma switches in the picosecond range using the reflectometry method28
Periodic Korteweg–de Vries soliton potentials generate quasisymmetric magnetic field strength in a finite plasma-β equilibrium28
Models for calculation of the sideways force due to the kink modes in tokamaks27
The contribution of femtosecond laser filaments to positive and negative breakdown discharge in a long air gap27
Modeling results on the dust charge distribution in a plasma afterglow27
Internal rotation of ELM filaments on NSTX26
Expansion dynamics of femtosecond laser-induced plasmas: Influence of thermophysical plasma properties26
Kinetic Alfvén waves in the overlap region between the plasmasphere and ring current26
Pre-plasma shaping via picosecond laser contrast: A hybrid simulation study of proton acceleration in TNSA25
Experimental study on influence of temperature on breakdown in a waveguide cavity24
Observation of pedestal quasi-coherent mode in Type-I ELMy H-mode of HL-2A tokamak24
Effect of a magnetic field on plasma arcs at a liquid–air interface24
Threshold target thickness in high-contrast laser-driven ion acceleration24
What drives chorus wave frequency chirping?23
Global energy balance simulations of shattered pellet injection23
The singlet S-wave resonances of He atom in dense quantum plasmas23
On the foundation of the quantum statistics of thermal plasmas from Planck and Unsöld to recent developments23
Energy redistribution under argon dilution in a low-pressure methane RF plasma22
Study on the generation of terahertz waves in collision plasma22
Using tabulated NLTE data for Hohlraum simulations22
Shear-flow driven ion-acoustic instability in a non-thermal magnetoplasma22
Optimization of the compact stellarator with simple coils at finite beta22
Influence of external electromagnetic irradiation on formation and characteristics of a beam–plasma microwave discharge without external magnetic field: Polarization of the optical emission from such 22
Chapman–Enskog derivation of multicomponent Navier–Stokes equations22
Binary phase separation in strongly coupled plasma22
Correlation function metrology for warm dense matter: Recent developments and practical guidelines22
Nonlinear study of transition modes in the chaotic time series obtained in different negative differential resistance regimes21
Erratum: “Exploring ultra-high-intensity wakefields in carbon nanotube arrays: An effective plasma-density approach” [Phys. Plasmas 30, 033105 (2023)]21
Generating collimated high-energy ions by ultra-intense laser pulses interacting with gold cone nanowire target21
Simulation study of coupled two-stream and current filamentation instability excited by accelerator electron beams in plasmas21
Sagdeev potential and kinetic Alfvén solitons for dust acoustic wave in Saturn's magnetosphere21
Publisher's Note: “A new method for solving the linearized 1D Vlasov–Poisson system yielding a new class of solutions” [Phys. Plasmas 31 , 052121 (2024)]21
Plasma bullet splitting behavior of a positive streamer initiated in an atmospheric pressure argon plasma jet20
Axisymmetric gyrokinetic simulation of ASDEX-Upgrade scrape-off layer using a conservative implicit BGK collision operator20
Influence of positive DC bias on discharge regimes in a radio frequency atmospheric pressure plasma jet20
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability driven by asymmetry effects in chaotic magnetic configurations20
Development of a high performance MagLIF target platform using high aspect ratio coated liners and low-mix laser preheat20
Marginal stability of whistler-mode waves in plasma with multiple electron populations20
Maxwell Prize lecture on measuring the phase-space transport of energetic particles in magnetic fusion experiments20
The sound speed of the relativistic free electron gas20
Observation of laser ablation of silicon as a function of pulse length at constant fluence via time-resolved x-ray spectroscopy19
Effects of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability on the material mixing in the double-cone ignition19
Platform for probing radiation transport properties of hydrogen at conditions found in the deep interiors of red dwarfs19
Theory of ion holes in plasmas with flat-topped electron distributions19
The dynamics, mixing, and thermonuclear burn of compressed foams with varied gas fills19
Mass spectrometry of clustered flows during gas ionization by low-temperature plasma in the diffuser part of the nozzle19
A Grad-Shafranov model for compact quasisymmetric stellarators19
Application of mesh refinement to relativistic magnetic reconnection19
Effects of different working parameters on the turbulent drag reduction regulated by annular plasma synthetic jet actuators19
Hydrodynamic instabilities in a highly radiative environment18
Characterization of sub-picosecond laser-produced fast electrons by modeling angularly resolved bremsstrahlung measurements with 3D hybrid particle-in-cell code18
Laser measurements of static and dynamic dipole polarizability for 11 metal atoms using fast exploding wires in vacuum and integrated-phase technique18
Kinetic theory of the cathode sheath in low-voltage beam discharges18
Effects of deuterium-tritium mix on linear growth rates of the magnetoacoustic cyclotron instability in fusion plasmas18
Effect of overlapping laser beams and density scale length in laser-plasma instability experiments on OMEGA EP18
Onset of instability with collapse observed in relatively high density and medium beta regions of LHD18
Investigation of chemical kinetics in plasma-assisted ammonia conversion processes18
Laboratory study of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability at ion kinetic scales18
Integrated modeling of anisotropic neutron yields of classical and spherical tokamaks18
Ion-acoustic solitary waves with trapped ions in plasmas18
Bayesian optimization of laser wakefield acceleration in the self-modulated regime (SM-LWFA) aiming to produce molybdenum-99 via photonuclear reactions18
Influence of different kinetic heating mechanisms on the dynamics of a trapped Brownian particle in a complex plasma17
Numerical study of the suppression of magnetic reconnection onset with injected plasma17
Experimental studies of a novel one-dimensional plasma window17
Charged-particle transport in high energy density plasmas17
Causal analysis among azimuthal Fourier modes in linear plasma based on multivariate time series models17
Head-on collision of large-scale high density plasmas jets: A first-principle kinetic simulation approach17
Plasma dynamics and collisional magnetic presheath structure in unmagnetized divertor plasma in fusion devices17
Some aspects of the plasma potential in 3D simulation of ECRIS operation17
Potential development and electron energy confinement in an expanding magnetic field divertor geometry17
Highly efficient superradiant oscillator with front-extraction output in TE11 mode operating at low magnetic field17
Investigation of collision effects on ion dynamics in the presheath and sheath of weakly collisional and magnetized hydrogen plasmas17
Gyrokinetic simulation of isotope effect on zonal flow response in tokamaks17
Generation of the high power by a coaxial dielectric barrier discharge with a perforated electrode in atmospheric pressure air17
A foreword to the special issue: Proceedings of PLASMA 2023—International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas16
Non-ideal MHD growth of current interchange tearing modes at plasma edge and response to externally-imposed flow16
Target density dependence of plasma parameters and heating mechanisms of porous foams irradiated by a laser-driven hohlraum x-rays source16
Magnetic field evolution and reconnection in low resistivity plasmas16
Electron kinetics near the minimum of Paschen's curves of pulsed breakdown16
Unveiling non-flat profiles within magnetic islands in tokamaks16
Convection in partially ionized plasma in the frame of Hall magnetohydrodynamics: Bénard problem16
Intricate structure of the plasma Rayleigh–Taylor instability in shock tubes16
A theoretical explanation of the density of backstreaming ion beams at oblique collisionless shocks16
On the collisional damping of plasma velocity space instabilities16
Experimental demonstration of interferometric discharge structure identification of atmospheric millimeter-wave discharge at subcritical conditions using 28 GHz gyrotron16
Quantum edge plasmon excitations and electron spill-out effect16
Resonant excitation of whistler wave via Cherenkov emission by sweeping radio frequency heated hot spot across the equatorial electrojet16
Design and analysis of dudded fuel experiments at the National Ignition Facility15
Linear ion-scale microstability analysis of high and low-collisionality NSTX discharges and NSTX-U projections15
Galilean invariance of Hamiltonian guiding center theory15
Bremsstrahlung constraints on proton-boron 11 inertial fusion15
Particle dynamics in dusty plasma: Classical tunneling15
Impact of power flow on Z-pinch loads15
Response to “Comment on ‘Dispersion relation for the dust ionization and dust acoustic waves in the gas discharge complex plasma’” [Phys. Plasmas 29, 114701 (2022)]15
Neural networks as a lossy compression and restart/recovery strategy for high-dimensional plasma simulations15
Two-stream instability with a growth rate insensitive to collisions in a dissipative plasma jet15
Ion heating enhancement in fast ignition through mid-Z doping15
Staged Z-pinch radiation-hydrodynamic simulations on a 20-MA driver15
Statistical analysis of high-frequency whistler waves at Earth's bow shock: Further support for stochastic shock drift acceleration15
An experimental study of the existence regions and non-linear interactions of drift wave and Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities in a linear magnetized plasma15
Parametrization of coefficients for sub-grid modeling of pitch-angle diffusion in global magnetospheric hybrid-Vlasov simulations15
General kinetic ion-induced electron emission model for metallic walls applied to biased Z-pinch electrodes15
Machine-learned trends in mirror configurations in the large plasma device15
Exploring the parameter space of MagLIF implosions using similarity scaling. III. Rise-time scaling15
Self-consistent calculations of the electric charge, ion drag force, and the drift velocity of spherical grains using Langevin dynamics and comparisons against canonical experiments15
The optimized mathematical treatment on the correct cutoff for integrals with the Rutherford scattering cross section15
Unexpected energetic particle observations near the Sun by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter15
Study of radiative shocks using 2D interferometry and XUV spectroscopy15
Quantum computing perspective for electromagnetic wave propagation in cold magnetized plasmas15
Emulation techniques for scenario and classical control design of tokamak plasmas15
High-frequency leaky standing sausage and kink mode waves in magnetic slab15
KdV equation for kinetic Alfvén waves and ionospheric solitons15
ICF target optimization using generative AI15
Evolution of the electron distribution function during gas ionization by a sub-nanosecond microwave pulse of hundreds MW power15
N-body plasma simulation of classical and Bohm diffusion employing Kepler's analytical solutions15
StyleGAN as an AI deconvolution operator for large eddy simulations of turbulent plasma equations in BOUT++15
Self-generated magnetic field in ablative Rayleigh–Taylor instability14
Excitation of ion acoustic collisionless shock by a moving obstacle14
Erratum: “Hamiltonian formulation of X-point collapse in an extended magnetohydrodynamics framework” [Phys. Plasmas 31 , 102104 (2024)]14
Thermodynamic and internal consistency of the relativistic free electron gas14
Self-consistent calculation of the starting pitch factor of TE modes in gyrotron cavities14
Correlation between gamma photon emission and magnetic islands in laser-driven plasma channel14
What are the fastest routes to fusion energy?14
Augmenting machine learning of Grad–Shafranov equilibrium reconstruction with Green's functions14
Collisional space-charge-limited current with monoenergetic velocity: From Child–Langmuir to Mott–Gurney14
Exploration of polar direct drive wetted foam concepts for neutron sources on the National Ignition Facility laser14
Optimizing antihydrogen production via slow plasma merging14
Long-wavelength electromagnetic waves of surface type in circular metal waveguides partially filled by plasma in presence of an axial static magnetic field14
Calculation of tearing mode stability in an inverse aspect-ratio expanded tokamak plasma equilibrium14
Computing the generalized plasma dispersion function for non-Maxwellian plasmas, with applications to Thomson scattering14
Plasma-based experimental investigation of compression corner shock wave/boundary layer interaction control under hypersonic quiet and noise inflow conditions14
Designing a large area field emitter for uniform electron emission14
Verification of a fully kinetic ion model for electromagnetic simulations of high-frequency waves in toroidal geometry14
Matter transport as fundamental property of acoustic solitons in plasma14
Anomalous resistivity and electron heating by lower hybrid drift waves inside reconnecting current sheets14
Drift waves and ion temperature gradient instabilities in the large linear device SPEKTRE14
Excitation of cylindrical and spherical precursor solitons in a flowing dusty plasma: Experimental and simulation studies14
Mechanisms of shape transfer and preheating in indirect-drive double shell collisions14
Reactive molecular dynamics simulations on interaction mechanisms of cold atmospheric plasmas and peptides14
Identification of stimulated Raman side scattering in near-spherical coronal plasmas on OMEGA EP14
Enhancing plasma injection in high-pressure SF6 by a PTFE–Al particle-doped capillary14
Super-Fermi acceleration in multiscale MHD reconnection14
Kinetic theory of nonrelativistic electron beam–inhomogeneous plasma system instability14
Nonlinear evolution, propagation, electron-trapping, and damping effects of ion-acoustic solitons using fully kinetic PIC simulations14
Electron energization and thermal to non-thermal energy partition during earth's magnetotail reconnection14
Self-generated magnetic field in laser plasma with super-Gaussian distributed electrons14
How to evaluate neoclassical transport coefficients by a single δf simulation13
Local momentum balance in electromagnetic gyrokinetic systems13
Limit cycle oscillations in the zonal-flow-catalyzed interactions of ion-temperature-gradient turbulence13
Erratum: Nonequilibrium two-fluid plasmas can generate magnetic fields and flows simultaneously [Phys. Plasmas 17, 092102 (2010)]13
Hilbert expansion based fluid models for kinetic equations describing neutral particles in the plasma edge of a fusion device13
Estimates of global recycling coefficients for LTX-β discharges13
Fostering connection: Principles and practices for well-designed public engagement in physics13
Effects of thermal instability on density limit disruption in J-TEXT13
A dynamo effect of multiple tearing modes on Taylor relaxation13
Confinement controlled dynamical structural rearrangement in a quasi-2D dusty plasma crystal13
Symmetry and structure in the “Generalized Plasma Focus problem”13
The impact of accelerating diode resonances on L-band high-power long-pulse relativistic backward wave oscillator operation13
Collisional-like dissipation in collisionless plasmas13
High-resolution emission spectroscopy of W I lines: Comparing near-threshold sputtering of mono- and polycrystalline tungsten by Ar ions13
Toward electron temperature profiles in hot-dense plasmas from x-ray spectral ensembles13
Alfvén wave generation and electron energization in the KiNET-X sounding rocket mission13
Reversed Cherenkov radiation amplifier with compact structure and high efficiency13
Nonlinear coupling of tearing modes in reversed field pinch plasmas with stepped pressure profiles13
Response to “Comment on ‘ENN's roadmap for proton-boron fusion based on spherical torus’ by Vovkivsky and Chirkov” [Phys. Plasmas 32, 064701 (2025)]13
Reconciling calculations and measurements of inverse bremsstrahlung absorption13
Equilibrium flow-induced bifurcation between quasi-steady and bursty dynamics of ballooning mode turbulence13
Generation of powerful soft x-ray pulses with nanosecond increase of megaampere current through a metal rod13
The effect of pellet injection on turbulent transport in TJ-II13
Multi-pass cell spectral broadening at high pulse energies12
Intermittent discharge in a complex stripe pattern in dielectric barrier discharge12
Electron optics simulation in the overall gyrotron geometry12
Rising dynamics of bubbles generated by femtosecond laser filamentation in water12
Numerical simulations of scrape-off layer plasma turbulence: Role of parallel transport and particle losses12
Experiments and modeling of dust particle heating resulting from changes in polarity switching in the PK-4 microgravity laboratory12
Modulation of electron precipitation regulated by electron injection: PIC simulations12
Investigation of warm dense matter by combining static and dynamic compression12
Hunting for sources of variability in laser-proton acceleration with thin foils12
Investigation on anode modes of vacuum arc under different contact opening speeds12
Experimental research on a novel C-band compact transit-time oscillator with low guiding magnetic field12
Nonlinear dynamics of small-scale Alfvén waves12
Plasma-resonance-assisted filament in a high-pressure microwave discharge12
Linear gyrokinetic theory of two-dimensional ion-temperature-gradient mode in tokamaks12
High-current relativistic plasma maser12
Instability of Langmuir-beam waves: Kappa-distributed electrons12
Global gyrokinetic simulation for toroidal impurity mode turbulence12
Proton acceleration in an overdense hydrogen plasma by intense CO2 laser pulses with nonlinear propagation effects in the underdense pre-plasma12
Density reconstruction in convergent high-energy-density systems using x-ray radiography and Bayesian inference12
A self-consistent electrostatic electrified shallow water model for charged liquid surface dynamics12
Experimental verification of TNSA protons and deuterons in the multi-picosecond moderate intensity regime12
Self-organized magnetic equilibria in tokamak plasmas with very low edge safety factor12
Analysis of three-dimensional time-varying characteristics of subsonic plasma jet12
Generation and enhancement of vortex terahertz radiation through two-color lasers with different modes by Gaussian and Laguerre–Gaussian in a homogeneous plasma12
Isolated circularly polarized attosecond pulse generated by extreme birefringence effect in magnetized plasma12
Parametric evaluation of ion beam properties in the near-field plume of a low-voltage, liquid-fed pulsed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster12
Multi-level noise reduction for 2D backlighting x-ray radiography using Frequency Residual U-Net11
Trapping of waves in a flowing dusty plasma11
Electromagnetic electron Kelvin–Helmholtz instability11
Self-absorption of emission lines in picosecond-laser-produced gold plasmas11
The effect of dust on the propagation of a hydromagnetic solitary wave along the magnetic field in a cold collision-free plasma11
Enhanced extreme ultraviolet conversion efficiency of a 2 μ m laser-driven preformed tin-droplet target using short picosecond pre-pulses11
Condition of predominance of electrostatic forces over gravitational forces in space plasma11
Experimental study of even harmonic multiplication in a relativistic gyrotron11
On the properties of Alfvénic switchbacks in the expanding solar wind: Three-dimensional numerical simulations11
Cold ion crescent echoes in the exhaust of symmetric magnetic reconnection11
Femtosecond laser-induced sub-wavelength plasma inside dielectrics: I. Field enhancement11
Developing characteristics of the positive streamer in water with microsecond pulse voltage11
Simulation of air gap discharge properties and charge evolution law under typical electrode structure11
Physics and applications of dusty plasmas: The Perspectives 202311
A square superlattice pattern formed through complex interactions among volume discharges and surface discharge in dielectric barrier discharge11
Helium and hydrogen gas ionization by a sub-nanosecond high-power microwave pulse11
3D particle-in-cell study of the electron drift instability in a Hall Thruster using unstructured grids11
Dynamic local field correction of the one-component plasma11
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