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Computer Simulation Used to Reproduce High-Pressure Plasma Confinement in LHDs

Researchers led by Assistant Professor Masahiko Sato and Professor Yasushi Todo from the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) have successfully reproduced the high-pressure plasma confinement observed in the Large Helical Device (LHD) with the help of computer simulation.

30 Jun 2020

Researchers Apply Topology Optimization Method to a Component of Fusion Reactor

The method of topology optimization was initially applied to the conceptual design of a helical fusion reactor, the aim of which is to demonstrate the generation of power.

30 Jun 2020

New Nanoscale Experiment Advance of Quantum Optics, Optoelectronics

Seeing light emerge from a nanoscale experiment didn't come as a big surprise to Rice University physicists.

30 Jun 2020

Study Predicts Hypernucleus with Two Strange Quarks will be Stable

According to the predictions of calculations performed by nuclear physicists at RIKEN, when an exotic particle called a Xi hyperon is added to a helium nucleus with three nucleons, the result is a temporarily stable nucleus.

29 Jun 2020

Spin-Gapless Semiconductors’ Properties Make them Suitable for Future Spintronics

A team of researchers from the University of Wollongong has reported an extensive review of spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs).

29 Jun 2020

Study Reports Axion Velocity Offers Key Insight into Dark Matter Puzzle

In a new study of axion motion, researchers propose a scenario known as "kinetic misalignment" that greatly strengthens the case for axion/dark matter equivalence.

29 Jun 2020

New Study Analyzes Quantum Interference in Exotic Strange Layered Metals

That visible light holds the character of a wave can be demonstrated in simple optics experiments, or directly witnessed when rainbows appear in the sky.

29 Jun 2020

New Technique to Measure Femtosecond Lifetimes of Exotic Nuclei

IFJ PAN scientists together with colleagues from the University of Milano (Italy) and other countries confirmed the need to include the three-nucleon interactions in the description of electromagnetic transitions in the 20O atomic nucleus.

29 Jun 2020

New FemtoAnalyzer to Study 3D Structure of Nucleons, Nuclei

Nobuo Sato is working to put the know in femto. He's just been awarded a five-year, multimillion dollar research grant by the Department of Energy to develop a "FemtoAnalyzer" that will help nuclear physicists image the three-dimensional internal structure of protons and neutrons.

29 Jun 2020