Publication

6.     Y. Zhang, P. M. Bellan, Magnetic Double Helix. (Submitted)

5.     Y. Zhang, P. M. Bellan, Mechanism for Generation of Angular momentum in an Astrophysical System. (Submitted)

4.     Y. Zhang, S. Pree, P. M. Bellan, Generation of Laboratory Nanoflares from Multiple Braided Plasma Loops. Nature Astronomy 7 (2023): 655–661.

Related Research Briefing: Y. Zhang, S. Pree, P. M. Bellan, Solar Nanoflares Erupt from a Laboratory Experiment. Nature Astronomy (2023).

(This paper is highlighted in the 2023 NSF Plasma Physics Program Semi-Annual Webinar.

Reported in the news: NSF, PhysOrg, Space, New Scientist, Interesting Engineering, Yahoo, MSN, New York Post, The Science Times, Polish News, Al Jazeera, etc.)

3.     Y. Zhang, P. M. Bellan, Neutral-charged-particle Collisions as the Mechanism for Accretion Disk Angular Momentum Transport, The Astrophysical Journal 930.2 (2022): 167.

(This paper is highlighted in the 2022 NSF Plasma Physics Program Semi-Annual Webinar. 

Reported in the news: NSF, PhysOrg, Space, Yahoo, Skynews, SciTechDaily, TranscontinentalTimes, etc.)

2.     Y. Zhang, P. Wongwaitayakornkul, P. M Bellan, Magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor Instability in an Experiment Simulating a Solar Loop, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 889.2 (2020): L32.

1. Y. Zhang, X. Wang, B. Li, Properties of Local Modes in a Complex Plasma Chain with Foreign Particles, Physics of Plasmas 24.12 (2017): 123703.