Fundamental Plasma: Waves, Instabilities, and Shocks

Presentations

• Laboratory measurements of oblique whistler-mode wave polarization

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 9:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Jim Schroeder

    Wheaton College

  Authors

  • Jim Schroeder

    Wheaton College

  • Julia Nordstrom

    Wheaton College

  • Earl E Scime

    West Virginia University

  • Sonu Yadav

    West Virginia University

  • Katey J Stevenson

    West Virginia University

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• Landau Damping in Klein-Gordon-Poisson plasma

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 9:42 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 9:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Tianrun Wu

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Tianrun Wu

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Yuan Shi

    University of Colorado Boulder

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• Reexamining the supercritical bound of ion acoustic solitons

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 9:54 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 10:06 AM

  Publication: DesJardin, I. M., Hartzell, C. M., & Wrieden, J. (2025). Reexamining the supercritical bound of ion acoustic solitons. Physical Review E, 111(2), 025204. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.025204

  Presenters

  • Ian DesJardin

    NASA GSFC / Catholic University of America, Catholic University of America

  Authors

  • Ian DesJardin

    NASA GSFC / Catholic University of America, Catholic University of America

  • Christine M Hartzell

    Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

  • Jonathan Wrieden

    Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, College Park

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• New Interpretation of Ion Cyclotron Emission from a Tokamak

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Boris Breizman

    University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Boris Breizman

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Sergei Sharapov

    UKAEA

  • Mykola Dreval

    National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, 1 Akademichna Str., Kharkiv 61108

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• PIC simulation in contact with a chaotic thermostat

  ORAL

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

  Publication: G.J. Morales, V.K. Decyk, and A. Wang, Phys. Plasmas 32,023903 (2025)

  Presenters

  • George J Morales

    University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • George J Morales

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Viktor K Decyk

    University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA

  • Aileen Wang

    UCLA

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• Development of an Analytical Model for Whistler Branch Wave Instability and Propagation in Inhomogeneous Magnetized Plasma

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Landry Horimbere

    University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Landry Horimbere

    University of Maryland College Park

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• 10-moment fluid modelling of the Weibel instability

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 10:42 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Publication: Kuldinow, D. A., and K. Hara. "Ten-moment fluid modeling of the Weibel instability." Journal of Plasma Physics 91.2 (2025): E66.

  Presenters

  • Derek Kuldinow

    Stanford University

  Authors

  • Derek Kuldinow

    Stanford University

  • Kentaro Hara

    Stanford University

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• Plasma Compressibility and the Generation of Electrostatic Electron Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 10:54 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 11:06 AM

  Publication: H. Che, " Plasma Compressibility and the Generation of Electrostatic Electron Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability", Physics of Plasma, Vol 31, issue 7, July, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0208134

  Presenters

  • Haihong Che

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

  Authors

  • Haihong Che

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

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• Shock-driven three-fluid mixing with various chevron interface configurations

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Ye Zhou

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Ye Zhou

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Scott R West

    University of California, Merced, California 95343

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• Density jump as a function of the field for parallel relativistic collisionless shocks

  ORAL

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

  Publication: arXiv:2506.07973<br>

  Presenters

  • Antoine Bret

    Univeristy de Castilla-La Mancha

  Authors

  • Antoine Bret

    Univeristy de Castilla-La Mancha

  • Ramesh Narayan

    Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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• Controlling blast waves dimensionality and Mach stem formation using laser-produced annular plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 11:42 AM

  Publication: Phys Rev E 110, 065210 (2024), arXiv:2506.15493

  Presenters

  • Felipe Veloso

    PontificiaUniversidad Catolica de Chile

  Authors

  • Felipe Veloso

    PontificiaUniversidad Catolica de Chile

  • Vicente Rosales

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

  • Mario Favre

    PontificiaUniversidad Catolica de Chile

  • Julio C Valenzuela

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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• Development of a Hybrid Simulation Code with Grid-based Continuum Kinetics

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 11:42 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • John Rodman

    Virginia Tech, University of Rochester

  Authors

  • John Rodman

    Virginia Tech, University of Rochester

  • James L. Juno

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

  • Eddie C Hansen

    Univeristy of Rochester, University of Rochester

  • Farhat N Beg

    University of California, San Diego

  • Petros Tzeferacos

    University of Rochester

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• Shock-mediated kinetic turbulence

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 11:54 AM – Nov. 18, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Vladimir V Zhdankin

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Vladimir V Zhdankin

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Karol Fulat

    University of Wisconsin-Madison / SCEECS

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• Undergraduate-Led High-Resolution MHD Validation of Lazarian–Pogosyan Faraday Turbulence Theory

  ORAL

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

  Publication: "A Simulation-Based Validation of the Lazarian–Pogosyan Faraday Turbulence Theory" – manuscript in preparation for submission to arXiv and The Astrophysical Journal (target: Fall 2025).

  Presenters

  • Aliaksandr Melnichenka

  Authors

  • Aliaksandr Melnichenka

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