MFE: Self-Organised Plasmas and Magnetic Mirrors

ORAL · JO05 · ID: 3571163

Presentations

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    Publication: E. Gudinetsky, T. Miller, I. Be'ery, and I. Barth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155101 (2025).

    Presenters

    • Ido Barth

      • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Authors

    • Ido Barth

      • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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    Publication: U.S. Patent Number 11,744,002, System of Converging Plasma Pistons. Issued 29 August 2023
    Patent pending U.S. 2024/0015876 A1, System of Converging Plasma Pistons
    One scientific paper is in the process of being written

    Presenters

    • James J Connell

      • University of New Hampshire

    Authors

    • James J Connell

      • University of New Hampshire

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    Publication: [1] E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, and N. J. Fisch, Wave-Supported Hybrid Beam-Thermal pB11 Fusion, Phys. Plasma 29, 110701 (2022).

    [2] I. E. Ochs et al., Improving the Feasibility of Economical Proton-Boron 11 Fusion via Alpha Channeling with a Hybrid Fast and Thermal Proton Scheme, Phys. Rev. E 106 055215 (2022).

    [3] E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, and N. J. Fisch, Massive, Long-Lived Electrostatic Potentials in a Rotating Mirror Plasma, Nature Communications 15, 4302 (May, 2024).

    [4] I. E. Ochs, E. J. Kolmes, and N. J. Fisch, Preventing ash from poisoning proton–boron 11 fusion plasmas, Physics of Plasmas 32, 052506 (2025).

    [5] T. Rubin and N. J. Fisch, Ponderomotive barriers in rotating mirror devices using static fields, Physics of Plasmas 32, 062104 (2025).

    [6] E.J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, and N. J. Fisch. Ion Mix Can Invert Centrifugal Traps, arXiv:2504.18634, submitted to Physical Review Letters (2025).

    [7] M. E. Mlodik , E. J. Kolmes, and N. J. Fisch, Drift-energy replacement effect in multi-ion magnetized plasma, Physical Review Letters 134, 205101 (2025).

    [8] J.-M. Rax, E. J. Kolmes, and N. J. Fisch, Efficiency and Physical Limitations of Adiabatic Direct Energy Conversion in Axisymmetric Fields, PRX Energy 4, 013007 (2025).

    [9] M. E. Mlodik, V. R. Munirov, T. Rubin, and N. J. Fisch, Sensitivity of synchrotron radiation to the superthermal electron population in mildly relativistic plasma, Physics of Plasmas 30, 043301 (2023).

    [10] I. E. Ochs, M. E. Mlodik, and N. J. Fisch, Electron tail suppression and effective collisionality due to synchrotron emission and absorption in mildly relativistic plasmas, Physics of Plasmas 31, 083303 (2024).

    Presenters

    • Nathaniel J Fisch

      • Princeton University

    Authors

    • Nathaniel J Fisch

      • Princeton University

    • Alexander S Glasser

      • Princeton University

    • Elijah J Kolmes

      • Princeton University

    • Mikhail Mlodik

      • Princeton University

    • Ian E Ochs

      • Princeton University

    • Jean-Marcel Rax

      • Ecole Polytechnique

    • Tal Rubin

      • Princeton University

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    Presenters

    • Djin Patch

      • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

    Authors

    • Djin Patch

      • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

    • Rogerio Jorge

      • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

    • Tony Qian

      • University of Wisconsin-Madison

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    Presenters

    • Carlos A Romero-Talamas

      • University of Maryland Baltimore County

    Authors

    • Carlos A Romero-Talamas

      • University of Maryland Baltimore County

    • Brian L Beaudoin

      • University of Maryland College Park

    • Artur Perevalov

      • University of Maryland Baltimore County

    • Willow V Morrissey

      • University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    • Zachary D Short

      • University of Maryland College Park

    • Justin James

      • University of Maryland, College Park

    • Ethan Daniel Bowers

      • University of Maryland Baltimore County

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    Publication: "Full-wave simulation of ion cyclotron range of frequency heating in a mirror device"
    John Wright, Taosif Ahsan, Paul T. Bonoli, Yuri Petrov, Robert W. Harvey, Sam Frank
    25th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas, EPJ Web of Conferences, under review (2025).

    "Ion Cyclotron Heating in a Levitated Dipole Fusion Reactor"
    G.M. Wallace, J.C. Wright, T. Berry, D. Garnier
    25th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas, EPJ Web of Conferences, under review (2025).

    Presenters

    • John C Wright

      • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Authors

    • John C Wright

      • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Gregory Marriner Wallace

      • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Yuri V Petrov

      • CompX

    • Sam J Frank

      • Realta Fusion
      • Realta Fusion, Inc

    • Thomas Berry

      • OpenStar Technologies

    • Darren Garnier

      • OpenStar Technologies

    • Paul Thaddeus Bonoli

      • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    Publication: R. E. Groenewald, et al., "Fast ion stabilization of tilt in large radius FRCs", Phys. Plasmas 32, 072503 (2025), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0277175

    Presenters

    • Roelof Erasmus Groenewald

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    Authors

    • Roelof Erasmus Groenewald

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Ales Necas

      • TAE Technologies, Inc

    • Jon T Drobny

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Anton S Bondarenko

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Marco Onofri

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.
      • TAE Technologies

    • Sangeeta Gupta

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Daniel C Barnes

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Sean Dettrick

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

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    Publication: A paper titled "Fast Ion Axial Bounce Resonance in a Linear Fusion Device" is planned for submission to Physical Review Letters in a few weeks.

    Presenters

    • Scott G Karbashewski

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    Authors

    • Scott G Karbashewski

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Erik M Granstedt

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.
      • Type One Energy

    • Shuji Kamio

      • University of California, Irvine

    • Marco Onofri

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.
      • TAE Technologies

    • Timothy A DeHaas

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.
      • TAE Technologies

    • Yutaka Fujiwara

      • TAE technologies
      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Roelof Erasmus Groenewald

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Avigdor Veksler

      • Columbia University
      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • the TAE team

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

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    Publication: TBD

    Presenters

    • Greta Koumarianou

      • TAE Technologies, Inc

    Authors

    • Greta Koumarianou

      • TAE Technologies, Inc

    • John Barrett

      • TAE Technologies

    • Marcel Nations

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.
      • TAE Technologies

    • Jaeyoung Park

      • TAE Technologies

    • Deepak K Gupta

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Chuanbao Deng

      • TAE Technologies.

    • Anton S Bondarenko

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.

    • Santiago Vargas Giraldo

      • TAE Technologies, Inc

    • Timothy A DeHaas

      • TAE Technologies, Inc.
      • TAE Technologies

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    Presenters

    • Anton D Stepanov

      • Zap Energy Inc.
      • University of Washington

    Authors

    • Anton D Stepanov

      • Zap Energy Inc.
      • University of Washington

    • Aaron C Hossack

      • Zap Energy Inc.

    • Ralph Kube

      • Zap Energy Inc.
      • Zap Energy

    • Kyle D Morgan

      • Zap Energy Inc.

    • A. Stephen S Richardson

      • Zap Energy Inc.
      • Zap Energy

    • Andrew S Taylor

      • Zap Energy Inc.

    • Whitney Reed Thomas

      • Zap Energy Inc.

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