Plasma Physics
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Plasma Physics
Radiofrequency Plasma Heating
A method of heating fusion plasma by launching high-power electromagnetic waves tuned to particle cyclotron or hybrid resonance frequencies.
Plasma PhysicsRelativistic Plasma
A high-energy density plasma where thermal electron energies approach or exceed rest mass energy (511 keV), requiring relativistic plasma…
Plasma PhysicsReversed Field Pinch (RFP)
A toroidal magnetic confinement device in which the toroidal magnetic field self-reverses direction near the outer edge of the plasma…