Nonneutral Plasmas: In Honor of Cliff Surko

Presentations

• Positron plasmas in the laboratory and the legacy of Cliff Surko.

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • James Robert Danielson

    University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • James Robert Danielson

    University of California, San Diego

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• The Surko buffer-gas-trap and generation of high-resolution positron beams.

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 10:00 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 10:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Eugene Arthur-Baidoo

    University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Eugene Arthur-Baidoo

    University of California, San Diego

  • James Robert Danielson

    University of California, San Diego

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• NNPs for AMO

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 10:18 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Joan Marler

    Clemson University

  Authors

  • Joan Marler

    Clemson University

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• Suppression of vortex splitting due to spatial Landau damping in elliptical pure electron plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 10:36 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Publication: N. C. Hurst, et al., Phys. Plasmas 31, 052106 (2024)

  Presenters

  • Noah C Hurst

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Noah C Hurst

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Swarnima Singh

    UCSD

  • Pakorn Wongwaitayakornkul

    Caltech

  • James Robert Danielson

    University of California, San Diego

  • Daniel H Dubin

    University of California San Diego

  • Clifford M Surko

    University of California, San Diego

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• Advances in the characterization of trapped ion crystals

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 10:54 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 11:12 AM

  Publication: K.A. Gilmore, et al., Science 373, 673 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abi5226

  Presenters

  • John Jacob Bollinger

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  Authors

  • John Jacob Bollinger

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Bryce B Bullock

    NIST

  • Jennifer Flora Lilieholm

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Kurt Thompson

    NIST

  • Diep M Nguyen

    NIST

  • Allison L Carter

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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• Electric and Magnetic Separatrices in NNPs : 20 years of Wave Couplings, Dissipation, and Transport

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 11:12 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Thomas M O'Neil

    UCSD

  Authors

  • Charles Fred Driscoll

    University of California, San Diego

  • Thomas M O'Neil

    UCSD

  • Andrey A Kabantsev

    University of California, San Diego

  • Daniel H Dubin

    University of California San Diego

  • Francois Anderegg

    University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego

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• Model for Binary Collisions in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 11:48 AM

  Publication: S.D. Baalrud, L. Jose, and T. Lafleur, "Model for Binary Collisions in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas 1. Repulsive Interactions," submitted to Physics of Plasmas, July 2025

  Presenters

  • Scott D Baalrud

  Authors

  • Scott D Baalrud

  • Louis Jose

  • Trevor Lafleur

    University of New South Wales

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• Theory of Electron-Ion Temperature Relaxation in Strongly Magnetized Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 11:48 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Publication: L. Jose, J. C. Welch, T. D. Tharp, and S. D. Baalrud, Phys. Rev. E 111, 035201 (2025)<br>L. Jose, J. LeVan, and S. D. Baalrud, Physics of Plasmas 32, 072105 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Louis Jose

  Authors

  • Louis Jose

  • James Cornelius Welch

  • Jarett LeVan

  • Tim D Tharp

    Marquette University

  • Scott D Baalrud

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• Progress toward laboratory quasi-neutral pair plasmas (in the "NNP regime")

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 12:06 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 12:24 PM

  Publication: This is an overview that includes work from several recent and in-progress papers.

  Presenters

  • Eve Virginia Stenson

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  Authors

  • Eve Virginia Stenson

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Adam Deller

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics

  • Veronika Bayer

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • E. Buglione-Ceresa

    Technische Universität München

  • Alex Card

    Technische Universität München

  • J. R Danielson

    UC San Diego

  • Pedro F Gil

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • C. Hugenschmidt

    TUM

  • Paul Huslage

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Jens Von Der Linden

    Thea Energy

  • Stefan Nissl

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Elizabeth von Schoenberg

    Concordia University

  • Tristan Schuler

    SchulerTEC

  • Lutz Schweikhard

    University of Greifswald

  • Martin Singer

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Jason Smoniewski

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Patrick Steinbrunner

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Matthew Randall Stoneking

    Lawrence University

  • Clifford M Surko

    University of California, San Diego

  • Annika Zettl

    University of Greifswald

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