no code implementations • 23 Feb 2021 • S. Jin, A. H. Reiman, N. J. Fisch
The stabilization of tearing modes with rf waves is subject to a nonlinear effect, termed rf current condensation, that has the potential to greatly enhance and localize current driven within magnetic islands.
Plasma Physics
no code implementations • 11 Dec 2020 • E. Litvinova Mitra, E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, M. E. Mlodik, T. Rubin, N. J. Fisch
A burning fusion plasma has a large inwards flux of fuel and outwards flux of ash.
Plasma Physics
no code implementations • 7 Dec 2020 • V. M. Malkin, N. J. Fisch
For laser pulses of frequencies much greater than the electron plasma frequency, the shifts can also be much greater than the plasma frequency and even nearly double the input laser frequency at still small relativistic electron nonlinearities.
Plasma Physics Pattern Formation and Solitons Fluid Dynamics Optics