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2. Decoding the formation of hammerhead ion populations observed by Parker Solar Probe
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Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, M., López, R. A., Yoon, P. H., and Poedts, S.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
In situ observations by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) have revealed new properties of the proton velocity distributions, including hammerhead features that suggest non-isotropic broadening of the beams. The present work proposes a very plausible explanation for the formation of these populations through the action of a proton firehose-like instability triggered by the proton beam. The quasi-linear (QL) theory proposed here shows that the resulting right-hand (RH) waves have two consequences on the protons: (i) reduce the relative drift between the beam and the core, but above all, (ii) induce a strong perpendicular temperature anisotropy, specific to the observed hammerhead ion strahl. Moreover, the long-run QL results suggest that these hammerhead distributions are rather transitory states, still subject to relaxation mechanisms, of which instabilities like the one discussed here are very likely involved.
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- 2024
3. Multiple-criteria model for optimal off-road vehicle selection for passenger transportation: BWM-COPRAS model / Многокритериальная модель выбора оптимального внедорожного транспортного средства для осуществления перевозки пассажиров: BWM-COPRAS модель / Višekriterijumski BWM-COPRAS model za izbor optimalnog terenskog vozila za prevoz putnika
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Dragan S. Pamučar and Lazar M. Savin
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bwm ,copras ,mabac ,mairca ,vehicle selection ,multi-criteria decision making ,выбор автомобиля ,принятие многокритериальных решений ,izbor vozila ,donošenje višekriterijumskih odluka ,Military Science ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 - Abstract
Introduction/purpose: Adequate evaluation and choice of off-road vehicles used in performing various types of assignments is a very important factor which affects user mobility and safety as well as the quality and efficiency of carrying out transportation activities in the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF). Methods: This paper thus proposes the BWM (Best Worst Method) and the COPRAS (Compressed Proportional Assessment) models for the selection of the optimal off-road vehicle for the needs of the SAF. The relative weight of the criteria used to assess potential off-road vehicles was established using the BWM method. In addition to the COPRAS method which is a component of the basic decision-making model, in this paper, the MABAC (MiltiAttributive Border Approximation Area Comparison) and MAIRCA (MultiAttributive Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis) methods were also applied through result validation. Results: By testing the BWM-COPRAS model on the example of optimal off-road vehicle selection in the SAF, a high rank correlation was achieved. The results were validated through the statistical processing of the results obtained through the implementation of various multi-criteria techniques by applying the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Conclusion: The results display stability of the results of the proposed model in ranking alternatives and prove the feasibility of the proposed approach to handle multi-criteria decision making problems. / Введение/цель: Соответствующее развитие и выбор внедорожных транспортных средств с целью выполнения различных видов задач являются весьма важными факторами, которые влияют на мобильность пользователей, качество передвижения и безопасность при выполнении транспортной деятельности в рамках Вооруженных сил Республики Сербия (ВСРС), а также на эффективность ее осуществления. Методы: В данной работе представлена модель для выбора оптимального внедорожного транспортного средства для нужд ВСРС, с применением BWM (Best Worst Method) и COPRAS (Compressed Proportional Assessment) моделей. Определение относительной сложности критериев на основании, которых производится оценка потенциальных внедорожных транспортных средств выполнено с помощью BWM метода. Наряду с COPRAS методом, который является неотъемлемой частью основной модели принятия решений, в данной работе в части валидации результатов применялись и MABAC (MultiAttributive Border Approximation area Comparison) и MAIRCA (MultiAtributive Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis) методы. Результаты: Испытание BWM-COPRAS модели проведено на примере выбора оптимального внедорожного транспортного средства в ВСС в результате чего был получен высокий коэффициент корреляции рангов. Валидация результатов выполнена с помощью статистической обработки данных, полученных благодаря применению различных многокритериальных методов, в том числе коэффициента корреляций рангов Спирмена. Выводы: Полученные результаты показывают устойчивость результатов предлагаемой модели при ранжировании альтернатив и доказывают ее применимость для решений многокритериальных задач. / Uvod/cilj: Adekvatna evaluacija i izbor terenskog vozila za izvršenje različitih vrsta zadataka veoma je važan faktor koji utiče na mobilnost korisnika, njihovu bezbednost, kao i na kvalitet i efikasnost izvršavanja transportnih aktivnosti u Vojsci Srbije (VS). Metode: Stoga je za izbor optimalnog terenskog vozila za potrebe VS, u ovom radu predložen BWM (Best Worst Method) i COPRAS (Compressed Proportional Assessment) model . Određivanje relativnih težina kriterijuma, na osnovu kojih se vrši vrednovanje potencijalnih terenskih vozila, izvršeno je primenom BWM metode. Pored COPRAS metode, koja je sastavni deo osnovnog modela za donošenje odluke, u ovom radu su, kroz validaciju rezultata, primenjene i metode MABAC (MultiAttributive Border Approximation area Comparison) i MAIRCA (MultiAtributive IdealReal Comparative Analysis). Rezultati: Testiranjem BWM-COPRAS modela na primeru izbora optimalnog terenskog vozila u VS dobijena je visoka korelacija rangova. Validacija rezultata izvršena je statističkom obradom rezultata dobijenih različitim višekriterijumskim tehnikama, primenom Spirmanovog koeficijenta korelacije. Zaključak: Rezultati pokazuju stabilnost rezultata predloženog modela u rangiranju alternativa i dokazuju njegovu primenjivost za rešavanje višekriterijumskih problema.
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- 2020
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4. Parallel Shooting Sequential Quadratic Programming for Nonlinear MPC Problems
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Verheijen, P. C. N., Haghi, M., Lazar, M., and Goswami, D.
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Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control - Abstract
In this paper, we propose a parallel shooting algorithm for solving nonlinear model predictive control problems using sequential quadratic programming. This algorithm is built on a two-phase approach where we first test and assess sequential convergence over many initial trajectories in parallel. However, if none converge, the algorithm starts varying the Newton step size in parallel instead. Through this parallel shooting approach, it is expected that the number of iterations to converge to an optimal solution can be decreased. Furthermore, the algorithm can be further expanded and accelerated by implementing it on GPUs. We illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed Parallel Shooting Sequential Quadratic Programming (PS-SQP) method in some benchmark examples for nonlinear model predictive control. The developed PS-SQP parallel solver converges faster on average and especially when significant nonlinear behaviour is excited in the NMPC horizon., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, submitted and accepted for the 7th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2023
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- 2023
5. Generalized Data-driven Predictive Control
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Lazar, M. and Verheijen, P. C. N.
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Mathematics - Optimization and Control - Abstract
Data-driven predictive control (DPC) is becoming an attractive alternative to model predictive control as it requires less system knowledge for implementation and reliable data is increasingly available in smart engineering systems. Two main approaches exist within DPC, which mostly differ in the construction of the predictor: estimated prediction matrices (unbiased for large data) or Hankel data matrices as predictor (allows for optimizing the bias/variance trade-off). In this paper we develop a novel, generalized DPC (GDPC) algorithm that constructs the predicted input sequence as the sum of a known input sequence and an optimized input sequence. The predicted output corresponding to the known input sequence is computed using an unbiased, least squares predictor, while the optimized predicted output is computed using a Hankel matrix based predictor. By combining these two types of predictors, GDPC can achieve high performance for noisy data even when using a small Hankel matrix, which is computationally more efficient. Simulation results for a benchmark example from the literature show that GDPC with a minimal size Hankel matrix can match the performance of data-enabled predictive control with a larger Hankel matrix in the presence of noisy data.
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- 2023
6. Logistics supply chains and their application/Lanci snabdevanja u logistici i njihova primena
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Drage T. Petreski, Andrej P. Iliev, Lazar M. Gjurov, and Aleksandra D. Petreska
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supply ,servicing ,planning ,materials ,logistics ,implementation ,activity ,snabdevanje ,servisiranje ,planiranje ,materijali ,logistika ,izvršenje ,aktivnost ,Military Science ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 - Abstract
Logistics is a set of activities for planning and implementing the relocation of materials. Since sources of raw materials, factories and outlets are not usually in the same location it is therefore necessary to conduct a series of logistics activities for supplying products or services to end users. Logistics manages the flow of data from suppliers, movement of materials through various operations within the organization as well as the flow of materials to final customers. Integrating these logistics activities is performed through supply chains which provide opportunities for cost saving and offering better services to customers. The supply chains in the Macedonian Army are an important factor in the planning and implementation of logistics support. / Logistika je skup aktivnosti kojim se vrši planiranje i realizacija premeštanja materijala. Imajući u vidu da se izvori sirovina, fabrike I prodajna mesta najčešće ne nalaze na istom mestu, neophodno je da se sprovede niz logističkih aktivnosti kako bi se proizvod ili usluga mogli naći na prodajnom mestu, odnosno u rukama kupca/korisnika. Logistika rukovodi protokom podataka od nabavljača, kretanjem materijala preko različitih operacija u okviru organizacija i protokola završnih materijala do klijenata. Integrisanje ovih logističkih aktivnosti realizuje se preko lanaca snabdevanja, kojim se pruža mogućnost uštede troškova i ponuda bolje usluge potrošača. Korišćenje lanaca snabdevanja u Armiji Republike Makedonije predstavlja značajan faktor pri planiranju i sprovođenju logističke podrške.
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- 2014
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7. Intraocular pressure reduction using a fixed combination of timolol maleate 0.5% and brimonidine tartrate 0.2% administered three times daily
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Moisseiev E, Kurtz S, Lazar M, and Shemesh G
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Ophthalmology ,RE1-994 - Abstract
Elad Moisseiev, Shimon Kurtz, Moshe Lazar, Gabi ShemeshDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, IsraelBackground: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a fixed combination of timolol maleate 0.5% + brimonidine tartrate 0.2% (Combigan®) for reduction for intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with glaucoma when the dose frequency is increased from twice to three times daily.Methods: The patients included had either primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Those who were previously on treatment completed a drug washout period prior to inclusion. IOP was measured at baseline, after 4 weeks of treatment with Combigan twice daily, and again after a further 4 weeks of Combigan three times daily. Blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation were also recorded at each assessment.Results: Thirty-one eyes from 31 patients were included. Increasing the Combigan dose frequency resulted in a statistically significant (P < 0.001) additional reduction in IOP of 2.25 ± 1.18 mmHg, corresponding to a further 10.3% reduction in IOP from baseline. No local or systemic adverse effects were documented.Conclusion: Treatment with Combigan three times daily was more effective in reducing IOP than the twice-daily regimen, with no increase in adverse effects.Keywords: Combigan®, timolol, brimonidine, glaucoma, dose frequency
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- 2013
8. The aperiodic firehose instability of counter-beaming electrons in space plasmas
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Lazar, M., López, R. A., Moya, P. S., Poedts, S., and Shaaban, S. M.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
Recent studies have revealed new unstable regimes of the counter-beaming electrons specific to hot and dilute plasmas from astrophysical scenarios. The (counter-)beaming electron firehose instability (BEFI) is induced for highly oblique angles of propagation relative to the magnetic field, resembling the fast growing and aperiodic mode triggered by the temperature anisotropy. It is investigated here for space plasma conditions that includes the influence of an embedding background plasma of electrons and protons. Kinetic theory is applied to prescribe the unstable regimes, and differentiate from the regimes of interplay with other instabilities. Linear theory predicts a systematic inhibition of the BEFI, by reducing the growth rates and the range of unstable wave-number with increasing the relative density of the background electrons. To obtain finite growth rates, the beam speed does not need to be high (just comparable to thermal speed), but beams must be dense enough, with a relative density at least 15-20\% of the total density. The plasma conditions favorable to this instability are reduced under the influence of background electrons. PIC simulations confirm not only that BEFI can be excited in the presence of background electrons, but also the inhibiting effect of this population. In the regimes of transition to electrostatic (ES) instabilities, BEFI is still robust enough to develop as a secondary instability, after the relaxation of beams under a quick interaction with ES fluctuations. BEFI resembles the properties of firehose heat-flux instability triggered by the electron strahl. However, BEFI is driven by a double (counter-beaming) strahl, and develops at oblique angles, which makes it effective in the regularization of the electron counter-beams observed in closed magnetic field topologies and interplanetary shocks., Comment: Paper accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics (12.12.2022)
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- 2022
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9. Model predictive eco-driving control for heavy-duty trucks using Branch and Bound optimization
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Wingelaar, B., da Silva, G. R. Gonçalves, and Lazar, M.
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Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control - Abstract
Eco-driving (ED) can be used for fuel savings in existing vehicles, requiring only a few hardware modifications. For this technology to be successful in a dynamic environment, ED requires an online real-time implementable policy. In this work, a dedicated Branch and Bound (BnB) model predictive control (MPC) algorithm is proposed to solve the optimization part of an ED optimal control problem. The developed MPC solution for ED is based on the following ingredients. As a prediction model, the velocity dynamics as a function of distance is modeled by a finite number of driving modes and gear positions. Then we formulate an optimization problem that minimizes a cost function with two terms: one penalizing the fuel consumption and one penalizing the trip duration. We exploit contextual elements and use a warm-started solution to make the BnB solver run in real-time. The results are evaluated in numerical simulations on two routes in Israel and France and the long haul cycle of the Vehicle Energy consumption Calculation Tool (VECTO). In comparison with a human driver and a Pontryagin's Minimum Principle (PMP) solution, 25.8% and 12.9% fuel savings, respectively, are achieved on average.
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- 2022
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10. Mixing the solar wind proton and electron scales. Theory and 2D-PIC simulations of firehose instability
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López, R. A., Micera, A., Lazar, M., Poedts, S., Lapenta, G., Zhukov, A. N., Boella, E., and Shaaban, S. M.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
Firehose-like instabilities (FIs) are cited in multiple astrophysical applications. Of particular interest are the kinetic manifestations in weakly-collisional or even collisionless plasmas, where these instabilities are expected to contribute to the evolution of macroscopic parameters. Relatively recent studies have initiated a realistic description of FIs, as induced by the interplay of both species, electrons and protons, dominant in the solar wind plasma. This work complements the current knowledge with new insights from linear theory and the first disclosures from 2D PIC simulations, identifying the fastest growing modes near the instability thresholds and their long-run consequences on the anisotropic distributions. Thus, unlike previous setups, these conditions are favorable to those aperiodic branches that propagate obliquely to the uniform magnetic field, with (maximum) growth rates higher than periodic, quasi-parallel modes. Theoretical predictions are, in general, confirmed by the simulations. The aperiodic electron FI (a-EFI) remains unaffected by the proton anisotropy, and saturates rapidly at low-level fluctuations. Regarding the firehose instability at proton scales, we see a stronger competition between the periodic and aperiodic branches. For the parameters chosen in our analysis, the a-PFI is excited before than the p-PFI, with the latter reaching a significantly higher fluctuation power. However, both branches are significantly enhanced by the presence of anisotropic electrons. The interplay between EFIs and PFIs also produces a more pronounced proton isotropization., Comment: Accepted in ApJ
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- 2022
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11. Biodegradation of two organic ultraviolet-filters by single bacterial strains
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Chiriac, F. L., Stoica, C., Paun, I., Pirvu, F., Galaon, T., and Nita-Lazar, M.
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- 2023
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12. Improvements in Realizing 4H-SiC Thermal Neutron Detectors
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Issa F., Vervisch V., Ottaviani L., Szalkai D., Vermeeren L., Lyoussi A., Kuznetsov A., Lazar M., Klix A., Palais O., and Hallén A.
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Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
In this work we presented two types of 4H-SiC semiconductor detectors (D1 and D2) both based on ion implantation of 10B inside the aluminum metallic contact. The first detector shows a high leakage current after the implantation and low signal to noise ratio. However, improvements concerning the implantation parameters and the distance between the implanted 10B thermal neutron converter layer and the active pn-junction have led to low leakage current and thus to higher signal to noise ratio. This proves the strength of this new method of realizing sensitive SiC-based thermal neutron detectors.
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- 2016
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13. Salt-related gravity-driven processes in the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean: Insights from physical modeling
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Anagnostoudi, Th., Vendeville, B.C., Gaullier, V., Ferrer, O., Schattner, U., and Lazar, M.
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- 2024
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14. A new low-beta regime for unstable proton firehose modes in bi-Kappa distributed plasmas
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F., and Fichtner, H.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics - Abstract
In the solar wind plasma an excess of kinetic temperature along the background magnetic field stimulates proton firehose modes to grow if the parallel plasma beta parameter is sufficiently high, i.e., $\beta_{p \parallel}\gtrsim 1$. This instability can prevent the expansion-driven anisotropy from increasing indefinitely, and explain the observations. Moreover, such kinetic instabilities are expected to be even more effective in the presence of suprathermal Kappa-distributed populations, which are ubiquitous in the solar wind, are less affected by collisions than the core population, but contribute with an additional free energy. In this work we use both linear and extended quasi-linear (QL) frameworks to characterize the unstable periodic proton firehose modes (propagating parallel to the magnetic field) under the influence of suprathermal protons. Linear theory predicts a systematic stimulation of the instability, suprathermals amplifying the growth rates and decreasing the instability thresholds to lower anisotropies and lower plasma betas ($\beta_{p \parallel}<1$). In perfect agreement with these results, the QL approach reveals a significant enhancement of the resulting electromagnetic fluctuations up to the saturation with a stronger back reaction on protons, leading also to a faster and more efficient relaxation of the temperature anisotropy., Comment: Accepted for publication at ApJ
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- 2021
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15. Data-driven predictive control with estimated prediction matrices and integral action
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Verheijen, P. C. N., da Silva, G. R. Gonçalves, and Lazar, M.
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Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control - Abstract
This paper presents a data-driven approach to the design of predictive controllers. The prediction matrices utilized in standard model predictive control (MPC) algorithms are typically constructed using knowledge of a system model such as, state-space or input-output models. Instead, we directly estimate the prediction matrices relating future outputs with current and future inputs from measured data, off-line. On-line, the developed data--driven predictive controller reduces to solving a quadratic program with a similar structure and complexity as linear MPC. Additionally, we develop a new procedure for estimating prediction matrices from data for predictive controllers with integral action, corresponding to the rate-based formulation of linear MPC. The effectiveness of the developed data-driven predictive controller is illustrated on position control of a linear motor model., Comment: Submitted for review
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- 2021
16. Design and assessment of an eco--driving PMP algorithm for optimal deceleration and gear shifting in trucks
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Wingelaar, B., da Silva, G. R. Gonçalves, Lazar, M., Chen, Y., and Kessels, J. T. B. A.
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Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control - Abstract
In this paper, an eco--driving Pontryagin maximum principle (PMP) algorithm is designed for optimal deceleration and gear shifting in trucks based on switching among a finite set of driving modes. The PMP algorithm is implemented and assessed in the IPG TruckMaker traffic simulator as an eco--driving assistance system (EDAS). The developed EDAS strategy reduces fuel consumption with an optimized velocity profile and, in practice, allows contextual feedback incorporation from the driver for safety. Furthermore, the optimization over driving modes is computationally inexpensive, allowing the methodology to be used online, in real--time. Simulation results show that significant fuel savings can be achieved proportional to the number of velocity events and the difference between current velocity and final desired velocity for each event., Comment: Sent to conference
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- 2021
17. Risk-Aware MPC for Stochastic Systems with Runtime Temporal Logics
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Engelaar, M.H.W., Zhang, Z., Lazar, M., and Haesaert, S.
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- 2024
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18. General dispersion properties of magnetized plasmas with drifting bi-Kappa distributions. DIS-K: DIspersion Solver for Kappa plasmas
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López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., and Lazar, M.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
Space plasmas are known to be out of (local) thermodynamic equilibrium, as observations show direct or indirect evidences of non-thermal velocity distributions of plasma particles. Prominent are the anisotropies relative to the magnetic field, anisotropic temperatures, field-aligned beams or drifting populations, but also, the suprathermal populations enhancing the high-energy tails of the observed distributions. Drifting bi-Kappa distribution functions can provide a good representation of these features and enable for a kinetic fundamental description of the dispersion and stability of these collision-poor plasmas, where particle-particle collisions are rare but wave-particle interactions appears to play a dominant role in the dynamic. In the present paper we derive the full set of components of the dispersion tensor for magnetized plasma populations modeled by drifting bi-Kappa distributions. A new solver called DIS-K (DIspersion Solver for Kappa plasmas) is proposed to solve numerically the dispersion relations of high complexity. The solver is validated by comparing to the damped and unstable wave solutions obtained with other codes, operating in the limits of drifting Maxwellian and non-drifting Kappa models. These new theoretical tools enable more realistic characterizations, both analytical and numerical, of wave fluctuations and instabilities in complex kinetic configurations measured in-situ in space plasmas., Comment: Accepted for publication in Journal of Plasma Physics
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- 2021
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19. On the interplay of solar wind proton and electron instabilities: Linear and quasi-linear approaches
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A., and Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Popular Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
Important efforts are currently made for understanding the so-called kinetic instabilities, driven by the anisotropy of different species of plasma particles present in the solar wind and terrestrial magnetosphere. These instabilities are fast enough to efficiently convert the free energy of plasma particles into enhanced (small-scale) fluctuations with multiple implications, regulating the anisotropy of plasma particles. In this paper we use both linear and quasilinear (QL) frameworks to describe complex unstable regimes, which realistically combine different temperature anisotropies of electrons and ions (protons). Thus parameterized are various instabilities, e.g., proton and electron firehose, electromagnetic ion cyclotron, and whistler instability, showing that their main linear properties are markedly altered by the interplay of anisotropic electrons and protons. Linear theory may predict a strong competition of two instabilities of different nature when their growth rates are comparable. In the QL phase wave fluctuations grow and saturate at different levels and temporal scales, by comparison to the individual excitation of the proton or electron instabilities. In addition, cumulative effects of the combined proton and electron induced fluctuations can markedly stimulate the relaxations of their temperature anisotropies. Only whistler fluctuations inhibit the efficiency of proton firehose fluctuations in the relaxation of anisotropic protons. These results offer valuable premises for further investigations in numerical simulations, to decode the full spectrum of kinetic instabilities resulting from the interplay of anisotropic electrons and protons in space plasmas., Comment: Accepted for publication at MNRAS
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- 2021
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20. Electromagnetic ion cyclotron instability stimulated by the suprathermal ions in space plasmas: A quasi-linear approach
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., and Schlickeiser, R.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics - Abstract
In collision-poor space plasmas protons with an excess of kinetic energy or temperature in direction perpendicular to background magnetic field can excite the electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) instability. This instability is expected to be highly sensitive to suprathermal protons, which enhance the high-energy tails of the observed velocity distributions and are well reproduced by the (bi-)Kappa distribution functions. In this paper we present the results of a refined quasilinear (QL) approach, able to describe the effects of suprathermal protons on the extended temporal evolution of EMIC instability. It is thus shown that suprathermals have a systematic stimulating effect on the EMIC instability, enhancing not only the growth rates and the range of unstable wave-numbers, but also the magnetic fluctuating energy density reached at the saturation. In effect, the relaxation of anisotropic temperature becomes also more efficient, i.e., faster in time and closer to isotropy., Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, Submitted to Physics of Plasmas
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- 2020
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21. Particle-In-Cell simulation of whistler heat flux instabilities in the solar wind: heat flux regulation and electron halo formation
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Micera, A., Zhukov, A. N., López, R. A., Innocenti, M. E., Lazar, M., Boella, E., and Lapenta, G.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics - Abstract
We present results of two-dimensional fully kinetic Particle-In-Cell simulation in order to shed light on the role of whistler waves in the scattering of strahl electrons and in the heat flux regulation in the solar wind. We model the electron velocity distribution function as initially composed of core and strahl populations as typically encountered in the near-Sun solar wind as observed by Parker Solar Probe. We demonstrate that, as a consequence of the evolution of the electron velocity distribution function, two branches of the whistler heat flux instability can be excited, which can drive whistler waves propagating in the direction oblique or parallel to the background magnetic field. First, oblique whistler waves induce pitch-angle scattering of strahl electrons, towards higher perpendicular velocities. This leads to the broadening of the strahl pitch angle distribution and hence to the formation of a halo-like population at the expense of the strahl. Later on, the electron velocity distribution function experiences the effect of parallel whistler waves, which contributes to the redistribution of the particles scattered in the perpendicular direction into a more symmetric halo, in agreement with observations. Simulation results show a remarkable agreement with the linear theory of the oblique whistler heat flux instability. The process is accompanied by a significant decrease of the heat flux carried by the strahl population.
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- 2020
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22. Multicomponent Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Release and Delivery
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Dinu, M. V., primary, Lazar, M. M., additional, Ghiorghita, C.-A., additional, and Raschip, I. E., additional
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- 2023
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23. Electromagnetic Ion-Ion Instabilities in Space Plasmas: Effects of Suprathermal Populations
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A., and Poedts, S.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
In collision-poor plasmas from space, three distinct ion-ion instabilities can be driven by the proton beams streaming along the background magnetic field: left-hand resonant, non-resonant, and right-hand resonant instabilities. These instabilities are in general investigated considering only idealized proton beams with Maxwellian velocity distributions, and ignoring the implications of suprathermal populations, usually reproduced by the Kappa power-laws. Moreover, the existing theories minimize the kinetic effects of electrons, assuming them isotropic and Maxwellian distributed. In an attempt to overcome these limitations, in the present paper we present the results of an extended investigation of ion-ion instabilities, which show that their dispersion and stability properties (e.g. growth rates, wave frequencies, and the unstable wave numbers) are highly sensitive to the influence of suprathermal populations and anisotropic electrons. These results offer valuable explanations for the origin of the enhanced low-frequency fluctuations, frequently observed in space plasmas and associated with proton beams., Comment: Accepted for publication at ApJ
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24. Electromagnetic instabilities of low-beta alpha/proton beams in space plasmas
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Rehman, M. A., Shaaban, S. M., Yoon, P. H., Lazar, M., and Poedts, S.
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Physics - Space Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
Relative drifts between different species or particle populations are characteristic to solar plasma outflows, e.g., in the fast streams of the solar winds, coronal mass ejections and interplanetary shocks. This paper characterizes the dispersion and stability of the low-beta alpha/proton drifts in the absence of any intrinsic thermal anisotropies, which are usually invoked in order to stimulate various instabilities. The dispersion relations derived here describe the full spectrum of instabilities and their variations with the angle of propagation and plasma parameters. The results unveil a potential competition between instabilities of the electromagnetic proton cyclotron and alpha cyclotron modes. For conditions specific to a low-beta solar wind, e.g., at low heliocentric distances in the outer corona, the instability operates on the alpha cyclotron branch. The growth rates of the alpha cyclotron mode are systematically stimulated by the (parallel) plasma beta and/or the alpha-proton temperature ratio. One can therefore expect that this instability develops even in the absence of temperature anisotropies, with potential to contribute to a self-consistent regulation of the observed drift of alpha particles., Comment: Accepted for publication at Astrophysics and Space Science
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- 2020
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25. Alternative high plasma beta regimes of electron heat-flux instabilities in the solar wind
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López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S., and Moya, P. S.
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Physics - Space Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
The heat transport in the solar wind is dominated by the suprathermal electron populations, i.e., a tenuous halo and a field-aligned beam/strahl, with high energies and antisunward drifts along the magnetic field. Their evolution may offer plausible explanations for the rapid decrease of the heat flux with the solar wind expansion, typically invoked being the self-generated instabilities, or the so-called heat flux instabilities (HFIs). The present paper provides a unified description of the full spectrum of HFIs, as prescribed by the linear kinetic theory for high beta conditions ($\beta_e \gg 0.1$) and different relative drifts ($U$) of the suprathermals. HFIs of different nature are distinguished, i.e., electromagnetic, electrostatic or hybrid, propagating parallel or obliquely to the magnetic field, etc., as well as their regimes of interplay (co-existence) or dominance. These alternative regimes of HFIs complement each other and may be characteristic to different relative drifts of suprathermal electrons and various conditions in the solar wind, e.g., in the slow or fast winds, streaming interaction regions and interplanetary shocks. Moreover, these results strongly suggest that heat flux regulation may not involve only one but several HFIs, concomitantly or successively in time. Conditions for a single, well defined instability with major effects on the suprathermal electrons and, implicitly, the heat flux, seem to be very limited. Whistler HFIs are more likely to occur but only for minor drifts (as also reported by recent observations), which may explain a modest implication in their regulation, shown already in quasilinear studies and numerical simulations., Comment: Submitted to ApJ
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- 2020
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26. A firehose-like aperiodic instability of the counter-beaming electron plasmas
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López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S., and Moya, P. S.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
Depending on the physical conditions involved the beam plasma systems may reveal new unstable regimes triggered by the wave instabilities of different nature. We show through linear theory and numerical simulations the existence of an aperiodic electromagnetic instability which solely develops and control the stability of two symmetric plasma populations counter-moving along the regular magnetic field with a relative drift, $v_d$, small enough to not exceed the particle thermal speed, $\alpha_e$. Emerging at highly oblique angles this mode resembles properties of the aperiodic firehose instability driven by temperature anisotropy. The high growth rates achieved with increasing the relative drift or/and decreasing the plasma beta parameter lead to significant saturation levels of the fluctuating magnetic field power, which explain the relative fast relaxation of electrons. For $v_d>\alpha_e$ this instability can coexist with the electrostatic two-stream instability, dominating the long-term dynamics of the plasma as soon as $v_d$ has relaxed to values smaller than the thermal speed., Comment: Submitted to: Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion on Jan. 31 2020
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- 2020
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27. Whistler instabilities from the interplay of electron anisotropies in space plasmas: A quasilinear approach
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Shaaban, S. M. and Lazar, M.
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Physics - Space Physics ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
Recent statistical studies of observational data unveil relevant correlations between whistler fluctuations and the anisotropic electron populations present in space plasmas, e.g., solar wind and planetary magnetospheres. Locally, whistlers can be excited by two sources of free energy associated with anisotropic electrons, i.e., temperature anisotropies and beaming populations carrying the heat flux. However, these two sources of free energy and the resulting instabilities are usually studied independently preventing a realistic interpretation of their interplay. This paper presents the results of a parametric quasilinear study of the whistler instability cumulatively driven by two counter-drifting electron populations and their anisotropic temperatures. By comparison to individual regimes dominated either by beaming population or by temperature anisotropy, in a transitory regime the instability becomes highly conditioned by the effects of both these two sources of free energy. Cumulative effects stimulate the instability and enhance the resulting fluctuations, which interact with electrons and stimulate their diffusion in velocity space, leading to a faster and deeper relaxation of the beaming velocity associated with a core heating in perpendicular direction and a thermalization of the beaming electrons. In particular, the relaxation of temperature anisotropy to quasi-stable states below the thresholds conditions predicted by linear theory may explain the observations showing the accumulation of these states near the isotropy and equipartition of energy., Comment: accepted for publication at MNRAS
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- 2019
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28. Whistler instability stimulated by the suprathermal electrons present in space plasmas
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Lazar, M., Lopez, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S., and Fichtner, H.
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Physics - Space Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
In the absence of efficient collisions, deviations from thermal equilibrium of plasma particle distributions are controlled by the self-generated instabilities. The whistler instability is a notorious example, usually responsible for the regulation of electron temperature anisotropy $A = T_{\perp}/T_\parallel>$ (with $\perp, \parallel$ respective to the magnetic field direction) observed in space plasmas, e.g., solar wind and planetary magnetospheres. Suprathermal electrons present in these environments change the plasma dispersion and stability properties, with expected consequences on the kinetic instabilities and the resulting fluctuations, which, in turn, scatter the electrons and reduce their anisotropy. In order to capture these mutual effects we use a quasilinear kinetic approach and PIC simulations, which provide a comprehensive characterization of the whistler instability under the influence of suprathermal electrons. Analysis is performed for a large variety of plasma conditions, ranging from low-beta plasmas encountered in outer corona or planetary magnetospheres to a high-beta solar wind characteristic to large heliospheric distances. Enhanced by the suprathermal electrons, whistler fluctuations stimulate the relaxation of temperature anisotropy, and this influence of suprathermals increases with plasma beta parameter., Comment: accepted for publications at Astrophysics and Space Science
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- 2019
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29. Particle-in-cell simulations of the whistler heat-flux instability in the solar wind conditions
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López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Poedts, S., Yoon, P. H., Micera, A., and Lapenta, G.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
In collision-poor plasmas from space, e.g., solar wind or stellar outflows, the heat-flux carried by the strahl or beaming electrons is expected to be regulated by the self-generated instabilities. Recently, simultaneous field and particle observations have indeed revealed enhanced whistler-like fluctuations in the presence of counter-beaming populations of electrons, connecting these fluctuations to the whistler heat-flux instability (WHFI). This instability is predicted only for limited conditions of electron beam-plasmas, and was not captured in numerical simulations yet. In this letter we report the first simulations of WHFI in particle-in-cell (PIC) setups, realistic for the solar wind conditions, and without temperature gradients or anisotropies to trigger the instability in the initiation phase. The velocity distributions have a complex reaction to the enhanced whistler fluctuations conditioning the instability saturation by a decrease of the relative drifts combined with induced (effective) temperature anisotropies (heating the core electrons and pitch-angle and energy scattering the strahl). These results are in good agreement with a recent quasilinear approach, and support therefore a largely accepted belief that WHFI saturates at moderate amplitudes. In anti-sunward direction the strahl becomes skewed with a pitch-angle distribution decreasing in width as electron energy increases, that seems to be characteristic to self-generated whistlers and not to small-scale turbulence., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJL
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- 2019
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30. Particle-In-Cell simulations of the parallel proton firehose instability influenced by the electron temperature anisotropy in solar wind conditions
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Micera, A., Boella, E., Zhukov, A. N., Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A., Lazar, M., and Lapenta, G.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
In situ observations of the solar wind show a limited level of particle temperature anisotropy with respect to the interplanetary magnetic field direction. Kinetic electromagnetic instabilities are efficient to prevent the excessive growth of the anisotropy of particle velocity distribution functions. Among them, the firehose instabilities are often considered to prevent the increase of the parallel temperature and hence to shape the velocity distribution functions of electrons and protons in the solar wind. We present a non-linear modeling of the parallel firehose instability, retaining a kinetic description for both the electrons and protons. One-dimensional (1D) fully kinetic Particle-In-Cell simulations using the Energy Conserving semi-implicit method (ECsim) are performed to clarify the role of the electron temperature anisotropy in the development of the parallel proton firehose instability. We found that in the presence of an electron temperature anisotropy, such that the temperature parallel to the background magnetic field is higher than the temperature in the perpendicular direction, the onset of the parallel proton firehose instability occurs earlier and its growth rate is faster. The enhanced wave fluctuations contribute to the particle scattering reducing the temperature anisotropy to a stable, nearly isotropic state. The simulation results compare well with linear theory. A test case of 1D simulations at oblique angles with respect to the magnetic field is also considered, as a first step to study the cumulative effect of protons and electrons on the full spectrum of instabilities.
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31. Quasilinear approach of the cumulative whistler instability in fast solar winds: Constraints of electron temperature anisotropy
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., and Poedts, S.
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Physics - Space Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
Context. Solar outflows are a considerable source of free energy which accumulates in multiple forms like beaming (or drifting) components and/or temperature anisotropies. However, kinetic anisotropies of plasma particles do not grow indefinitely and particle-particle collisions are not efficient enough to explain the observed limits of these anisotropies. Instead, the self-generated wave instabilities can efficiently act to constrain kinetic anisotropies, but the existing approaches are simplified and do not provide satisfactory explanations. Thus, small deviations from isotropy shown by the electron temperature ($T$) in fast solar winds are not explained yet. Aims. This paper provides an advanced quasilinear description of the whistler instability driven by the anisotropic electrons in conditions typical for the fast solar winds. The enhanced whistler-like fluctuations may constrain the upper limits of temperature anisotropy $A \equiv T_\perp /T_\parallel > 1$, where $\perp, \parallel$ are defined with respect to the magnetic field direction. Methods. Studied are the self-generated whistler instabilities, cumulatively driven by the temperature anisotropy and the relative (counter)drift of the electron populations, e.g., core and halo electrons. Recent studies have shown that quasi-stable states are not bounded by the linear instability thresholds but an extended quasilinear approach is necessary to describe them in this case. Results. Marginal conditions of stability are obtained from a quasilinear theory of the cumulative whistler instability, and approach the quasi-stable states of electron populations reported by the observations.The instability saturation is determined by the relaxation of both the temperature anisotropy and the relative drift of electron populations., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A
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- 2019
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32. Quasilinear Approach of the Whistler Heat-Flux Instability in the Solar Wind
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., Poedts, S., and López, R. A.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
The hot beaming (or strahl) electrons responsible for the main electron heat-flux in the solar wind are believed to be self-regulated by the electromagnetic beaming instabilities, also known as the heat-flux instabilities. Here we report the first quasi-linear theoretical approach of the whistler unstable branch able to characterize the long-term saturation of the instability as well as the relaxation of the electron velocity distributions. The instability saturation is not solely determined by the drift velocities, which undergo only a minor relaxation, but mainly from a concurrent interaction of electrons with whistlers that induces (opposite) temperature anisotropies of the core and beam populations and reduces the effective anisotropy. These results might be able to (i) explain the low intensity of the whistler heat-flux fluctuations in the solar wind (although other explanations remain possible and need further investigation), and (ii) confirm a reduced effectiveness of these fluctuations in the relaxation and isotropization of the electron strahl and in the regulation of the electron heat-flux., Comment: accepted for publication MNRAS
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- 2019
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33. The Interplay of the Solar Wind Core and Suprathermal Electrons: A Quasilinear Approach for Firehose Instability
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., and Poedts, S.
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Physics - Space Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
In the solar wind an equipartition of kinetic energy densities can be easily established between thermal and suprathermal electrons and the instability conditions are markedly altered by the interplay of these two populations. The new thresholds derived here for the periodic branch of firehose instability shape the limits of temperature anisotropy reported by the observations for both electron populations. This instability constraint is particularly important for the suprathermal electrons which, by comparison to thermal populations, are even less controlled by the particle-particle collisions. An extended quasilinear approach of this instability confirms predictions from linear theory and unveil the mutual effects of thermal and suprathermal electrons in the relaxation of their temperature anisotropies and the saturation of growing fluctuations., Comment: ApJ in press
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- 2019
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34. Kappa-Distributed Electrons in Solar Outflows: Beam-Plasma Instabilities and Radio Emissions
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Lazar, M., López, R. A., Poedts, S., and Shaaban, S. M.
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- 2023
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35. Firehose instabilities triggered by the solar wind suprathermal electrons
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Lopez, R. A., Fichtner, H., and Poedts, S.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics - Abstract
In collision-poor plasmas from space, e.g., solar wind, terrestrial magnetospheres, kinetic instabilities are expected to play a major role in constraining the temperature anisotropy of plasma particles, but a definitive answer can be given only after ascertaining their properties in these environments. Present study describes the full spectrum of electron firehose instabilities in the presence of suprathermal electron populations which are ubiquitous in space plasmas. Suprathermal electrons stimulate both the periodic and aperiodic branches, remarkable being the effects shown by the aperiodic mode propagating obliquely to the ambient magnetic field which markedly exceeds the growth rates of the parallel (periodic) branch reported recently in Lazar et al., (2017a, MNRAS 464, 564). Derived exclusively in terms of the plasma parameters, the anisotropy thresholds of this instability are also lowered in the presence of suprathermal electrons, predicting an enhanced effectiveness in the solar wind conditions. These results may also be relevant in various other astrophysical contexts where the firehose instabilities involve, e.g., solar flares, sites of magnetic field reconnection, accretion flows or plasma jets leading to shocks and co-rotating interactions in heliosphere, interstellar medium and galaxy clusters., Comment: Submitted for publication to MNRAS
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- 2018
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36. On the entropy of plasmas described with regularized $\kappa$-distributions
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Fichtner, H., Scherer, K., Lazar, M., Fahr, H. J., and Vörös, Z.
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Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
In classical thermodynamics the entropy is an extensive quantity, i.e.\ the sum of the entropies of two subsystems in equilibrium with each other is equal to the entropy of the full system consisting of the two subsystems. The extensitivity of entropy has been questioned in the context of a theoretical foundation for the so-called $\kappa$-distributions, which describe plasma constituents with power-law velocity distributions. We demonstrate here, by employing the recently introduced {\it regularized $\kappa$-distributions}, that entropy can be defined as an extensive quantity even for such power-law-like distributions that truncate exponentially., Comment: Preprint accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E
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- 2018
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37. A MATLAB toolbox for training and implementing physics–guided neural network–based feedforward controllers
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Bolderman, M., Lazar, M., and Butler, H.
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- 2023
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38. Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design
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Verheijen, P.C.N., Breschi, V., and Lazar, M.
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- 2023
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39. Beaming electromagnetic (or heat-flux) instabilities from the interplay with the electron temperature anisotropies
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., and Poedts, S.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
In space plasmas kinetic instabilities are driven by the beaming (drifting) components and/or the temperature anisotropy of charged particles. The heat-flux instabilities are known in the literature as electromagnetic modes destabilized by the electron beams (or strahls) aligned to the interplanetary magnetic field. A new kinetic approach is proposed here in order to provide a realistic characterization of heat-flux instabilities under the influence of electrons with temperature anisotropy. Numerical analysis is based on the kinetic Vlasov-Maxwell theory for two electron counter-streaming (core and beam) populations with temperature anisotropies, and stationary, isotropic protons. The main properties of electromagnetic heat-flux instabilities are found to be markedly changed by the temperature anisotropy of electron beam $A_b = T_\perp / T_\parallel \ne 1$, leading to stimulation of either the whistler branch if $A_b > 1$, or the firehose branch for $A_b<1$. For a high temperature anisotropy whistlers switch from heat-flux to a standard regime, when their instability is inhibited by the beam., Comment: accepted for publication in Physics of Plasmas
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- 2018
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40. Clarifying the solar wind heat-flux instabilities
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., and Poedts, S.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
In the solar wind electron velocity distributions reveal two counter-moving populations which may induce electromagnetic (EM) beaming instabilities known as heat flux instabilities. Depending on plasma parameters two distinct branches of whistler and firehose instabilities can be excited. These instabilities are invoked in many scenarios, but their interplay is still poorly understood. An exact numerical analysis is performed to resolve the linear Vlasov-Maxwell dispersion and characterize these two instabilities, e.g., growth rates, wave frequencies and thresholds, enabling to identify their dominance for conditions typically experienced in space plasmas. Of particular interest are the effects of suprathermal Kappa-distributed electrons which are ubiquitous in these environments. The dominance of whistler or firehose instability is highly conditioned by the beam-core relative velocity, core plasma beta and the abundance of suprathermal electrons. Derived in terms of relative drift velocity the instability thresholds show an inverse correlation with the core plasma beta for the whistler modes, and a direct correlation with the core plasma beta for the firehose instability. Suprathermal electrons reduce the effective (beaming) anisotropy inhibiting the firehose modes while the whistler instability is stimulated., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
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- 2018
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41. Regularized $\kappa$-distributions with non-diverging moments
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Scherer, K., Fichtner, H., and Lazar, M.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Physics - Space Physics - Abstract
For various plasma applications the so-called (non-relativistic) $\kappa$-distribution is widely used to reproduce and interpret the suprathermal particle populations exhibiting a power-law distribution in velocity or energy. Despite its reputation the standard $\kappa$-distribution as a concept is still disputable, mainly due to the velocity moments $M_{l}$ which make possible a macroscopic characterization, but whose existence is restricted only to low orders $l < 2\kappa-1$. In fact, the definition of the $\kappa$-distribution itself is conditioned by the existence of the moment of order $l=2$ (i.e., kinetic temperature) satisfied only for $\kappa > 3/2$. In order to resolve these critical limitations we introduce the regularized $\kappa$-distribution with non-diverging moments. For the evaluation of all velocity moments a general analytical expression is provided enabling a significant step towards a macroscopic (fluid-like) description of space plasmas, and, in general, any system of $\kappa$-distributed particles., Comment: 6 pages ,5 figures
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- 2018
42. About the effects of solar wind suprathermal electrons on electrostatic waves
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Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A., and Poedts, S.
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- 2022
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43. Efficient Implementation and Sampling Period Analysis of MPC for Water Distribution Networks*
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Verheijen, P.C.N., Lazar, M., and Goswami, D.
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- 2022
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44. Generalized feedforward control using physics—informed neural networks
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Bolderman, M., Fan, D., Lazar, M., and Butler, H.
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- 2022
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45. Instability constraints for the electron temperature anisotropy in the slow solar wind. Thermal core vs. suprathermal halo
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Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Pierrard, V., Fichtner, H., and Poedts, S.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
This letter presents the results of an advanced parametrization of the solar wind electron temperature anisotropy and the instabilities resulting from the interplay of the (bi-)Maxwellian core and (bi-)Kappa halo populations in the slow solar wind. A large set of observational data (from the Ulysses, Helios and Cluster missions) is used to parametrize these components and establish their correlations. The instabilities are significantly stimulated in the presence of suprathermals, and the instability thresholds shape the limits of the temperature anisotropy for both the core and halo populations re-stating the incontestable role that the selfgenerated instabilities can play in constraining the electron anisotropy. These results confirm a particular implication of the suprathermal electrons which are less dense but hotter than thermal electrons.
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- 2017
46. Dual Maxwellian-Kappa modelling of the solar wind electrons: new clues on the temperature of Kappa populations
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Lazar, M., Pierrard, V., Shaaban, S. M., Fichtner, H., and Poedts, S.
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Physics - Plasma Physics ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics - Abstract
Context. Recent studies on Kappa distribution functions invoked in space plasma applications have emphasized two alternative approaches which may assume the temperature parameter either dependent or independent of the power-index $\kappa$. Each of them can obtain justification in different scenarios involving Kappa-distributed plasmas, but direct evidences supporting any of these two alternatives with measurements from laboratory or natural plasmas are not available yet. Aims. This paper aims to provide more facts on this intriguing issue from direct fitting measurements of suprathermal electron populations present in the solar wind, as well as from their destabilizing effects predicted by these two alternating approaches. Methods. Two fitting models are contrasted, namely, the global Kappa and the dual Maxwellian-Kappa models, which are currently invoked in theory and observations. The destabilizing effects of suprathermal electrons are characterized on the basis of a kinetic approach which accounts for the microscopic details of the velocity distribution. Results. In order to be relevant, the model is chosen to accurately reproduce the observed distributions and this is achieved by a dual Maxwellian-Kappa distribution function. A statistical survey indicates a $\kappa$-dependent temperature of the suprathermal (halo) electrons for any heliocentric distance. Only for this approach the instabilities driven by the temperature anisotropy are found to be systematically stimulated by the abundance of suprathermal populations, i.e., lowering the values of $\kappa$-index., Comment: Submitted to A&A
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- 2017
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47. Towards parallelizable sampling-based Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
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Bobiti, R. V. and Lazar, M.
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Computer Science - Systems and Control - Abstract
This paper proposes a new sampling-based nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) algorithm, with a bound on complexity quadratic in the prediction horizon N and linear in the number of samples. The idea of the proposed algorithm is to use the sequence of predicted inputs from the previous time step as a warm start, and to iteratively update this sequence by changing its elements one by one, starting from the last predicted input and ending with the first predicted input. This strategy, which resembles the dynamic programming principle, allows for parallelization up to a certain level and yields a suboptimal nonlinear MPC algorithm with guaranteed recursive feasibility, stability and improved cost function at every iteration, which is suitable for real-time implementation. The complexity of the algorithm per each time step in the prediction horizon depends only on the horizon, the number of samples and parallel threads, and it is independent of the measured system state. Comparisons with the fmincon nonlinear optimization solver on benchmark examples indicate that as the simulation time progresses, the proposed algorithm converges rapidly to the "optimal" solution, even when using a small number of samples., Comment: 9 pages, 9 pictures, submitted to IFAC World Congress 2017
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- 2017
48. Shaping the solar wind temperature anisotropy by the interplay of electron and proton instabilities
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Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Poedts, S., and Elhanbaly, A.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
A variety of nonthermal characteristics like kinetic, e.g., temperature, anisotropies and suprathermal populations (enhancing the high energy tails of the velocity distributions) are revealed by the in-situ observations in the solar wind indicating quasistationary states of plasma particles out of thermal equilibrium. Large deviations from isotropy generate kinetic instabilities and growing fluctuating fields which should be more efficient than collisions in limiting the anisotropy (below the instability threshold) and explain the anisotropy limits reported by the observations. The present paper aims to decode the principal instabilities driven by the temperature anisotropy of electrons and protons in the solar wind, and contrast the instability thresholds with the bounds observed at 1~AU for the temperature anisotropy. The instabilities are characterized using linear kinetic theory to identify the appropriate (fastest) instability in the relaxation of temperature anisotropies $A_{e,p} = T_{e,p,\perp}/ T_{e,p,\parallel} \ne 1$. The analysis focuses on the electromagnetic instabilities driven by the anisotropic protons ($A_p \lessgtr 1$) and invokes for the first time a dynamical model to capture the interplay with the anisotropic electrons by correlating the effects of these two species of plasma particles, dominant in the solar wind., Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science
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- 2016
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49. Solar wind effect on the multi-fluid plasma expansion in the Venusian upper ionosphere
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Salem, S., primary, Moslem, W.M., additional, Fichtner, H., additional, and Lazar, M., additional
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- 2024
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50. Propagation of nonlinear ion-acoustic fluctuations in the mantle of Venus
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Morsi, S.A., primary, Fayad, A., additional, Tolba, R.E., additional, Fichtner, H., additional, Lazar, M., additional, and Moslem, W.M., additional
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- 2024
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