Selected Publications

How zonal fields suppress reversed shear Alfvén eigenmode in tokamak plasmas. Ruirui Ma, Pengfei Liu, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca, and Zhiyong Qiu, Physical Review Letters, 137, 045101 (2026). PDF
Stability of Alfvénic fluctuations driven by anisotropic energetic particles in tokamak plasmas. Guangyu Wei, Fulvio Zonca, Matteo Valerio Falessi, Zhiyong Qiu, and Valeria Fusco, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 68, 045021 (2026). PDF
Chorus Wave-Driven Electron Dynamics in the Van Allen Belts: From Coherence to Diffusion. Xin Tao, Zeyu An, Fulvio Zonca, Liu Chen and Jacob Bortnik, AGU Advances, 6, e2025AV001990 (2025). PDF
What drives chorus wave frequency chirping? Xin Tao, Fulvio Zonca and Liu Chen, Physics of Plasmas, 32, 100703 (2025). PDF
Excitation of toroidal Alfvén eigenmode by energetic particles in DTT and effect of negative triangularity. Guangyu Wei, Fulvio Zonca, Matteo Valerio Falessi and Zhiyong Qiu, Nuclear Fusion, 65, 106035 (2025). PDF
Direct and indirect cross-scale couplings in burning plasmas mediated by energetic particles. Zhiyong Qiu, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca, Matteo Valerio Falessi, Qian Fang, Guangyu Wei and Ningfei Chen, Plasma Science and Technology, 27, 095101 (2025). PDF
Nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes via ion induced scattering in nonuniform plasmas. Zhiwen Cheng, Kexun Shen, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca and Zhiyong Qiu, Nuclear Fusion, 65, 082002 (2025). PDF
Indirect nonlinear interaction between toroidal Alfvén eigenmode and ion temperature gradient mode mediated by zonal structures. Qian Fang, Guangyu Wei, Ningfei Chen, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca and Zhiyong Qiu, Nuclear Fusion, 65, 066004 (2025). PDF
Drift wave solitons and zonal ﬂows: implication on staircase formation. Ningfei Chen, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca and Zhiyong Qiu, Nuclear Fusion, 65, 054002 (2025). PDF
The effects of zonal fields on energetic-particle excitations of reversed-shear Alfvén eigenmode: simulation and theory. Liu Chen, Pengfei Liu, Ruirui Ma, Zhihong Lin, Zhiyong Qiu, Wenhao Wang, and Fulvio Zonca, Nuclear Fusion, 65, 016018 (2025). PDF
ATEP: an advanced transport model for energetic particles. Philipp Lauber, Matteo Falessi, Guo Meng, Thomas Hayward-Schneider, Virgil- Alin Popa, and Fulvio Zonca, Nuclear Fusion, 64,096010 (2024). PDF
Validity of gyrokinetic theory in magnetized plasmas. Haotian Chen, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca, Jiquan Li and Min Xu, Communication Physics, 7,261 (2024). PDF
Nonlinear equilibria and transport processes in burning plasmas. Matteo Valerio Falessi, Liu Chen, Zhiyong Qiu and Fulvio Zonca, New Journal of Physics, 25,123035 (2023). PDF
Whistler-mode chorus waves at Mars. S. Teng, Y. Wu, Y. Harada, J. Bortnik, F. Zonca, L. Chen and X. Tao, Nature Communications, 14, 3142 (2023). PDF
A Theoretical Framework of Chorus Wave Excitation. F. Zonca, X. Tao and L. Chen, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127, e2021JA029760 (2022). PDF
Nonlinear dynamics and phase space transport by chorus emission. F. Zonca, X. Tao and L. Chen, Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 5, 8-p1-p44, (2021). PDF
Physics of Kinetic Alfvén Waves: a gyrokinetic theory approach. L. Chen, F. Zonca and Y. Lin, Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics 5, 1-p1-p37, (2021). PDF
Evidence of 'two plasmon' decay of energetic particle induced geodesic acoustic mode. Z. Qiu, L. Chen, F. Zonca and M. V. Falessi, New Journal of Physics 23, 063045-p1-p11, (2021). PDF
Nonlinear radial envelope evolution equations and energetic particle transport in tokamak plasmas. F. Zonca, L. Chen, M. V. Falessi and Z. Qiu, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1785, 012005-p1-p10, (2021). PDF
A Gyrokinetic Simulation Model for Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fluctuations in Magnetized Plasmas. L. Chen, H. Chen, F. Zonca and Y. Lin, Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron. 64, 245211-p1-p6, (2021). PDF
Theoretical and numerical studies of chorus waves: A review. X. Tao, F. Zonca, L. Chen and Y. Wu, Science China Earth Sciences 63, 78-92, (2020). PDF
Self-consistent kinetic theory with nonlinear wave-particle resonances. L. Chen and F. Zonca, Plasma Science and Technology 21, 125101-p1-p7, (2019). PDF
Transport theory of phase space zonal structures. M. V. Falessi and F. Zonca, Physics of Plasmas 26, 022305-p1-p9, (2019). PDF
Nonlinear dynamics of shear Alfvén fluctuations in divertor tokamak test facility plasmas. T. Wang, X. Wang, S. Briguglio, Z. Qiu, G. Vlad and F. Zonca, Physics of Plasmas 26, 012504-p1-p14, (2019). PDF
Nonlinear excitation of a geodesic acoustic mode by toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes and the impact on plasma performance. Z. Qiu, L. Chen, F. Zonca and W. Chen, Nuclear Fusion 59, 066031-p1-p11, (2019). PDF
Nonlinear Decay and Plasma Heating by a Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmode. Z. Qiu, L. Chen, F. Zonca and W. Chen, Physical Review Letters 120, 135001-p1-p5, (2018). PDF
Shear Alfvén fluctuation spectrum in divertor tokamak test facility plasmas. T. Wang, Z. Qiu, F. Zonca, S. Briguglio, G. Fogaccia, G. Vlad and X. Wang, Physics of Plasmas 25, 062509-p1-p11, (2018). PDF
Gyrokinetic theory for particle and energy transport in fusion plasmas. M. V. Falessi and F. Zonca, Physics of Plasmas 25, 032306-p1-p8, (2018). PDF
Identify the nonlinear wave-particle interaction regime in rising tone chorus generation. X. Tao, F. Zonca and L. Chen, Geophysical Research Letters 44, GL072624-p1-p6, (2017). PDF
Physics of Alfvén waves and energetic particles in burning plasmas. L. Chen and F. Zonca, Reviews of Modern Physics 88, 015008-p1-p72, (2016). PDF
Nonlinear dynamics of phase space zonal structures and energetic particle physics in fusion plasmas. F. Zonca, L. Chen, S. Briguglio, G. Fogaccia, G. Vlad and X. Wang, New Journal of Physics 17, 013052-p1-p31, (2015). PDF
Energetic particles and multi-scale dynamics in fusion plasmas. F. Zonca, L. Chen, S. Briguglio, G. Fogaccia, A. V. Milovanov, Z. Qiu, G. Vlad and X. Wang, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 57, 014024-p1-p10, (2015). PDF
Theory on excitations of drift Alfvén waves by energetic particles. I. Variational formulation. F. Zonca and L. Chen, Physics of Plasmas 21, 072120-p1-p20, (2014). PDF
Theory on excitations of drift Alfvén waves by energetic particles. II. The general fishbone-like dispersion relation. F. Zonca and L. Chen, Physics of Plasmas 21, 072121-p1-p23, (2014). PDF