Plasma Physics
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Relativistic 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…
Plasma PhysicsSaha Ionization Equation
A thermodynamic relation expressing the ionization state of a plasma in thermal equilibrium as a function of temperature and electron…
Plasma PhysicsSolar Wind
A continuous supersonic stream of fully ionized magnetoplasma (protons, electrons, alpha particles) expanding outward from the Sun's corona…
Plasma PhysicsStellarator
A magnetic confinement fusion device that produces a helical magnetic field using complex, 3D non-planar external electromagnetic coils…
Plasma PhysicsThermal vs Non-Thermal Plasmas
The classification of plasmas based on thermodynamic equilibrium between electron temperature T_e and heavy ion/gas temperature T_i.
Plasma PhysicsTokamak
A toroidal magnetic confinement fusion device that utilizes external magnetic coils and an internal driven plasma current to create a…
Plasma PhysicsTwo-Stream Instability
A fundamental electrodynamic plasma instability that occurs when two counter-streaming particle beams or an electron beam injected into a…
Plasma PhysicsUpper & Lower Hybrid Resonances
Characteristic wave resonance frequencies in magnetized plasmas where wave group velocity vanishes and electromagnetic energy couples…
Plasma PhysicsVlasov Equation
The fundamental partial differential equation governing the evolution of the single-particle distribution function f(r, v, t) in a…
Plasma PhysicsWhistler Waves
A right-hand circularly polarized electromagnetic wave mode propagating along magnetic field lines in a magnetized plasma below electron…
Plasma PhysicsZ-Pinch
A plasma confinement geometry where an axial electric current passed through a plasma column generates a self-pinching azimuthal magnetic…