Magnetic reconnection

The mysteries of plasma and solar eruptions earn PPPL graduate an astrophysics prize

Clayton Myers, a 2015 graduate of the Program in Plasma Physics in the Princeton Department of Astrophysical Sciences who did his research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has won the 2018 Dissertation Prize awarded by the Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Myers, now a physicist at Sandia National Laboratory, received the award for his work on the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX) at PPPL.

The mysteries of plasma and solar eruptions earn PPPL graduate an astrophysics prize

Clayton Myers, a 2015 graduate of the Program in Plasma Physics in the Princeton Department of Astrophysical Sciences who did his research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has won the 2018 Dissertation Prize awarded by the Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Myers, now a physicist at Sandia National Laboratory, received the award for his work on the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX) at PPPL.

Ten stories in 2017 you may have missed, plus a bonus

New insights into the science of fusion energy and the physics of plasma from researchers at PPPL.

Plasma from lasers can shed light on cosmic rays, solar eruptions

Lasers that generate plasma can provide insight into bursts of subatomic particles that occur in deep space, scientists have found. Such findings could help scientists understand cosmic rays, solar flares and solar eruptions — emissions from the sun that can disrupt cell phone service and knock out power grids on Earth.

Plasma from lasers can shed light on cosmic rays, solar eruptions

Lasers that generate plasma can provide insight into bursts of subatomic particles that occur in deep space, scientists have found. Such findings could help scientists understand cosmic rays, solar flares and solar eruptions — emissions from the sun that can disrupt cell phone service and knock out power grids on Earth.

Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection

Jonathan Ng, a Princeton University graduate student at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has for the first time applied a fluid simulation to the space plasma process behind solar flares northern lights and space storms. The model could lead to improved forecasts of space weather that can shut down cell phone service and damage power grids, as well as to better understanding of the hot, charged plasma gas that fuels fusion reactions.

Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection

New model creates a more detailed picture of the process in space plasmas.

PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselves

Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has for the first time used advanced models to accurately simulate key characteristics of the cyclic behavior of edge-localized modes (ELMs), a particular type of plasma instability. The findings could help physicists more fully comprehend the behavior of plasma, the hot, charged gas that fuels fusion reactions in doughnut-shaped fusion facilities called tokamaks, and more reliably produce plasmas for fusion reactions.

PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselves

PPPL physicist Fatima Ebrahimi has for the first time used advanced models to accurately simulate key characteristics of the cyclic behavior of edge-localized modes (ELMs), a particular type of plasma instability

Scientists create first laboratory generation of high-energy shock waves that accelerate astrophysical particles

Experiment opens the door to studying cosmic shocks in greater detail than is possible with spacecraft.

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Magnetic reconnection

The mysteries of plasma and solar eruptions earn PPPL graduate an astrophysics prize

The mysteries of plasma and solar eruptions earn PPPL graduate an astrophysics prize

Ten stories in 2017 you may have missed, plus a bonus

Plasma from lasers can shed light on cosmic rays, solar eruptions

Plasma from lasers can shed light on cosmic rays, solar eruptions

Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection

Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection

PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselves

PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselves

Scientists create first laboratory generation of high-energy shock waves that accelerate astrophysical particles

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