This challenge may now have been met. Electron cyclotron waves not only provide a useful means of heating an ITER-scale fusion plasma, but are expected to play a key role in controlling ...

Static fields of this order generated in a solid target can be used to accelerate protons and ions, whereas ‘travelling’ electric fields supported by the creation of electron plasma waves by a ...

The PWS was also key to the recent electron-burst discovery. The Plasma Wave Subsystem, included on the Voyager mission at the last minute, has performed admirably for the last 43 years and has ...

Our goal is to study particle beam acceleration in strong plasma waves that are generated by the passage of a dense particle beam ... One result of such favorable scaling could be the dissemination of ...

Understanding chorus waves is vital, as they create fast-moving, highly energetic electrons (known as killer electrons) that can penetrate spacecraft shielding and destroy important systems.

For the first time, researchers observed energy transfer from plasma particles to chorus waves, occurring in areas with low electron density, called electron holes. Evidence of electron cyclotron ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could pose problems for long-distance space travel ...

The paper, "Revealing an Unexpectedly Low Electron Injection Threshold via ... including the interaction of electrons with various plasma waves, transient structures in the foreshock, and Earth's ...

A graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama system, has published a paper in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics that builds on ...

The fusion plasmas are notoriously unstable and prone to eruptions known as Edge Localized Modes (ELMs), which are similar to solar flares. These ELMs, which are magnetohydrodynamic waves (MHD), can ...