The new Russian rocket engine achieves higher acceleration than chemical rockets by using magnetic plasma accelerators, ...

For the first time, scientists have photographed a rare plasma instability, capturing high-energy electron beams forming into ...

Researchers discover collisionless shock waves as cosmic engines accelerating subatomic particles in space to extreme speeds.

The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...

Plasma wakefield accelerators can provide energy gain of up to two orders of magnitude greater than conventional RF accelerators, making them a promising new technology for creating compact particle ...

Reader [Xellers] sent in his newest instructable: DIY Electron Accelerator ... out the electric arc intensifies into a pretty solid plasma filling the space between the two contacts.

A plasma instability has been photographed for the first time, showcasing electron beams forming spaghetti-like filaments.

Rosatom’s propulsion system uses a magnetic plasma accelerator, which it hopes will reduce space travel time. Mars is 140 million miles from Earth, meaning a 30-day journey would require an ...

My research is in plasma and accelerator physics, especially as analyzed by nonlinear dynamics and advanced computational methods (massively parallel, object oriented). I'm working on applications to ...

In recent years, progress has been made in laser-plasma acceleration technology, as high-intensity lasers have been used to innovatively shorten the length of apparatus required to accelerate ...