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Detection of Precursor Signatures to Plasma Instability via Emergent Field Correlation Dynamics
December 2025 • Slawson, Drew
We present a global plasma simulation designed to identify early precursor signatures preceding macroscopic plasma instability and collapse. Starting from high-entropy, magnetized plasma conditions, the system self-organizes into coherent field structures while simultaneously exhibiting subtle correlation patterns that precede instability onset. The analysis reveals reproducible precursor signals encoded in field-phase alignment, entropy-gradient evolution, and long-range correlation growth, emerging well before a…