Summary
Wave-particle interactions are a fundamental process underlying phenomena across the plasma universe, from laboratory plasmas to the magnetosphere. Understanding how energetic particles interact with waves in space and laboratory plasmas has the potential to improve our ability to protect satellites, design cleaner energy sources, and develop technologies that rely on controlling high-temperature plasmas. This award supports a collaboration between Columbia University, West Virginia University, and New York University to study how modulations of the background magnetic fields can impact the in