Scientists Capture First-Ever Image of Plasma’s Spaghetti-Like Instability

Scientists Capture First-Ever Image of Plasma’s Spaghetti-Like Instability

For the first time, scientists have “photographed” a rare plasma instability, where high-energy electron beams form into spaghetti-like filaments. A recent study published in Physical Review Letters details how researchers used a high-intensity infrared laser to trigger a phenomenon known as filamentation instability, an effect with important implications for plasma-based particle accelerators and fusion energy [...]