Fundamental Plasma: Sheaths, Boundaries, and Transport

Presentations

• Kinetic-informed fluid model for cross-field sheaths in multi-ion species plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 9:42 AM

  Publication: Baalrud, S. D., and C. C. Hegna. "Kinetic theory of the presheath and the Bohm criterion." Plasma Sources Science and Technology 20.2 (2011): 025013.<br><br>Baalrud, Scott D., et al. "Instability-enhanced friction in the presheath of two-ion-species plasmas." Plasma Sources Science and Technology 24.1 (2015): 015034.<br><br>Lafleur, Trevor, S. D. Baalrud, and Pascal Chabert. "Theory for the anomalous electron transport in Hall effect thrusters. II. Kinetic model." Physics of Plasmas 23.5 (2016): 053503.<br><br>Castillo, Andres M., and Kentaro Hara. "Loss cone effects and monotonic sheath conditions of a partially magnetized plasma sheath." Physics of Plasmas 31.3 (2024).

  Presenters

  • Moises Andres Angulo Enriquez

  Authors

  • Moises Andres Angulo Enriquez

  • Scott D Baalrud

  • Timothy Younkin

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Interstitial and plasma-facing sheath dynamics for volumetrically complex materials

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 9:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 9:54 AM

  Presenters

  • SAPTARSHI BISWAS

    Oregon State University

  Authors

  • SAPTARSHI BISWAS

    Oregon State University

  • Richard E Wirz

    Oregon State University

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• Kinetic simulation and theory of plasma shear-flow instabilities relevant to magnetically insulated transmission lines

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 9:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Andres M Castillo

    Stanford University

  Authors

  • Andres M Castillo

    Stanford University

  • Matthew M Hopkins

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Nichelle Lee Bennett

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Kentaro Hara

    Stanford University

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• Dust particle probing the plasma sheath in a glass box with variable electrode temperature

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:06 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Judith C van Huijstee

    Baylor University

  Authors

  • Judith C van Huijstee

    Baylor University

  • Miriam Hinojosa

    Baylor University

  • Lorin S Matthews

    Baylor University

  • Truell W Hyde

    Baylor University

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• 2-D Dust Configurations within a Glass Box Potential in Low-Temperature Complex Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:18 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:30 AM

  Presenters

  • William L.A. Burdett

    Baylor University

  Authors

  • William L.A. Burdett

    Baylor University

  • Parker J Adamson

    Baylor University

  • Calvin M Carmichael

    Baylor University

  • Graeson Griffin

    Baylor University

  • Lorin S Matthews

    Baylor University

  • Truell W Hyde

    Baylor University

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• Deposition Dynamics Of Particles Falling From A Dust Dispenser Onto A Surface

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Graeson Griffin

    Baylor University

  Authors

  • Graeson Griffin

    Baylor University

  • Parker J Adamson

    Baylor University

  • Lorin S Matthews

    Baylor University

  • Truell W Hyde

    Baylor University

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• Afterglow of an RF Plasma with Magnetic Field and Dust

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Anton Kananovich

    Appalachian State University

  Authors

  • Anton Kananovich

    Appalachian State University

  • John Goree

    the University of Iowa

  • Barbara Zboichyk

    Appalachian State University

  • Amila Kumara

    Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa

  • Saikat Chakraborty Thakur

    Auburn University

  • Siddharth Bachoti

    Auburn University

  • Cameron Royer

    Auburn University

  • Edward E Thomas

    OCC, Auburn University

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• Uncovering the 3D structure of fractal ice grains in plasma from a experimental video of their rotation

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Wentao Yu

    Emory University

  Authors

  • Wentao Yu

    Emory University

  • Paul Murray Bellan

    Caltech

  • André Nicolov

    Caltech

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• Investigating plasma dynamics in mid-IR laser interactions with thin liquid sheets in air

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:06 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Milo Eder

    The Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Milo Eder

    The Ohio State University

  • Yaseen Noor

    The Ohio State University

  • Li Fang

    University of Central Florida

  • Yi Wu

    University of Central Florida

  • Enam A Chowdhury

    Ohio State University

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• Kinetic Phase Space Coherent Structures in Quasi-stationary Electron Holes

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:18 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Nicholas M Pham

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Nicholas M Pham

    Princeton University

  • Wrick Sengupta

    Princeton University

  • James L. Juno

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Norman M. Cao

    Insititute for Fusion Studies

  • Shibabrat Naik

    Hampton University

  • Uddipan Banik

    Princeton University

  • Amitava Bhattacharjee

    Princeton University

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• Staircases of active scalar concentration in cellular flow

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:42 AM

  Publication: Phys. Plasmas 32, 072302, 2025<br>Phys. Rev. E. 111, 055107, 2025<br>Phys. Rev. E 109, 025209, 2024

  Presenters

  • Fredy R Ramirez

    UC San Diego

  Authors

  • Fredy R Ramirez

    UC San Diego

  • Patrick H. Diamond

    University of California San Diego, University of California, San Diego

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• Inhibited Charged-Particle Transport in Partially-Ionized Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Liam G. Stanton

    San Jose State University

  Authors

  • Liam G. Stanton

    San Jose State University

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• Measurements of ion canonical cross helicity evolution during RFP relaxation using a multi-point Bdot-Mach probe

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Publication: Rouda, C. et. al., "A Tetrahedral Canonical Vorticity Probe", submitted to Review of Scientific Instruments on July 15, 2025

  Presenters

  • Richard M Reksoatmodjo

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Richard M Reksoatmodjo

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jens von der Linden

    Thea Energy

  • Jason Sears

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Karsten J McCollam

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Abdulgader F Almagri

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Constance Rouda

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Allyson M Sellner

    University of Wisconsin - Madison, Helicity Space

  • John S Sarff

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Haruhiko Himura

    Kyoto Inst of Tech

  • Setthivoine You

    Helicity Space

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• Magnetized plasma experiment on layering and inhomogeneous mixing in a fluctuating vortex array

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 12:06 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Richard Dwayne Sydora

    Univ of Alberta

  Authors

  • Richard Dwayne Sydora

    Univ of Alberta

  • Thomas Simala-Grant

    University of Alberta

  • Fredy R Ramirez

    UC San Diego

  • Patrick H. Diamond

    University of California San Diego, University of California, San Diego

  • Shreekrishna Tripathi

    University of California, Los Angeles

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• Investigating Wall Effects on Plasma Instabilities in the ROBIN Ion Source Using 2D3V PIC-MCC Simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 12:18 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 12:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Miral A Shah

    North Carolina State University, NCSU, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India

  Authors

  • Miral A Shah

    North Carolina State University, NCSU, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India

  • Libin Varghese

    Group in Computational Science and HPC, DA-IICT, DAU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007, India

  • Bhaskar Chaudhury

    Smart Energy Learning Center, DA-IICT, DAU, Gandhinagar, India

  • Mainak Bandyopadhyay

    ITER-India, Institute for Plasma Research, HBNI, Gandhinagar, India.

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