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First Wall Materials

Developing materials that can withstand 14 MeV neutron bombardment for the reactor first wall. Current candidates include tungsten and RAFM steels, but degradation under irradiation remains unsolved.

Rapid structural evolution of neutron-rich silicon isotopes toward N = 28

July 17, 2026arxiv

Non-invasive monitoring of process-relevant plasma parameters by Fiber PROES in capacitively coupled Ar/CF$_4$ plasmas

July 17, 2026arxiv

The anomalous long lifetime of $^{14}$C revealed by ab initio nuclear lattice EFT

July 17, 2026arxiv

Relativistic Scaling and Magnetization-Current Feedback in Stern Gerlach-Modified Pair-Plasma Reconnection: SpinPIC2D Validation and Nonlinear Regimes

July 17, 2026arxiv

Spin and orbital scissors modes in $^{166}$Er

July 17, 2026arxiv

Surrogate modeling of drift-reduced Braginskii turbulence with resistivity-conditioned Koopman neural operators

July 17, 2026arxiv

Experimental demonstration of Flying-Focus enhanced Thomson scattering

July 17, 2026arxiv

Alignment and Timing Jitter in Flying-Focus Inverse Compton Scattering

July 17, 2026arxiv

Breakdown of Smooth Shock Solutions in Transient Relativistic Hydrodynamics

July 17, 2026arxiv

Growth of quartet correlations in neutron-rich Tellurium isotopes within quartet Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory

July 17, 2026arxiv