The magnetic plasma accelerator functions between two electrodes, where charged particles are propelled by a high electric voltage. When high voltage is applied, it generates a current that ...

2023) Their plasma wakefield acceleration system construction is described in an open access 2023 paper by Hongyang Deng et al., which covers the fabrication of the capillaries that contain the ...

Scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have achieved a significant milestone in laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) technology. They have generated fast, bright proton beams by using the ...

According to the researchers, these high-energy electrons were generated by a complex interplay of multiple acceleration mechanisms, including the interactions with various plasma waves and with ...

According to the Russian news outlet Izvestia, this innovative propulsion system uses a plasma accelerator to drastically cut down space travel time. "A plasma rocket motor is a type of electric ...

An international team of researchers used multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei to study how black holes ...

Research in plasma physics is extraordinarily broad, encompassing basic physics of plasmas, fusion sciences, space and astrophysics, beam and accelerator physics, laser-matter interactions, and ...

My research is in plasma and accelerator physics, especially as analyzed by nonlinear dynamics and advanced computational methods (massively parallel, object oriented). I'm working on applications to ...

observe are near 5.5 Re, and generally lie outside the region of high-density cold plasma, as required for efficient acceleration. The latest observations 7 indicate that we should adopt a new ...

like injecting energy into plasma to trigger fusion," said Dr. Nicholas Dover, a research fellow at Imperial College London's Department of Physics and the John Adams Institute for Accelerator ...