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Plasma
science has, in turn, spawned new avenues of basic science. Most notably,
plasma physicists were among the first to open up and develop the new and
profound science of chaos and nonlinear dynamics. Plasma physicists have
also contributed greatly to studies of turbulence, important for safe air
travel and other applications. Basic
plasma science continues to be a vibrant research area. Recent new discoveries
have occurred in understanding extremely cold plasmas which condense to
crystalline states, the study of high-intensity laser interactions, new
highly-efficient lighting systems, and plasma-surface interactions important
for computer manufacturing.
Because plasmas are conductive and respond to electric and magnetic fields
and can be efficient sources of radiation, they are used in a large number
of applications where such control is needed or when special sources of
energy or radiation are required. The topics page
provides close to 200 subject areas in plasma science and technology and
nearly 100 applications!
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Physics 2000 from the University of Colorado
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Electron Beam Ion Trap from NIST
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Basic
Plasma Physics - U.S.
- The
Plasma Theory and Simulation Group, Electrical Engineering and Computer
Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California
plasma simulations, computer experiments, computer experiments lab and courses, software: plasma device computer experiments PDCX, traveling wave tube simulation XIBC, relativistic 2-D EM PIC simulation XOOPIC - California
Institute of Technology Pasadena, California
magnetic helicity, Alfven waves, mode conversion, resonance cones, laser induced fluorescence, pure electron plasmas, plasma theory, transport, plasma statistical mechanics, advanced propulsion systems, experiments: various lab experiments - Basic Plasma Science Facility (BAPSF), UCLA, Los Angeles, California
basic research in linear and non-linear plasma waves and beams, diagnostics, visualization tools, Alfven wave studies, Whistler wave studies, lower hybrid wave studies, interaction of current channels, laboratory simulation of space plasma processes - Plasma Physics, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
(plasma experiment group) discharge plasmas, magnetic antennas, nonlinear EMHD effects, thermal noise, Whistler pulsed currents, thermal noise, lower hybrid turbulence, beam-plasma interactions, free plasma expansion, sheath-plasma instability, plasma diagnostics (computational plasma physics group) numerical tokamak, plasma accelerators and light sources, laser plasma interactions, space plasma physics, plasma astrophysics, basic plasma physics, visualization tools, Plasma simulations
(particle beam physics lab) beam-plasma interaction, nonlinear plasma wake field acceleration (plasma theory group) basic plasma theory, modeling and simulation - Nonneutral
Plasma Group, Physics Dept, UCSD, La Jolla, California
nonneutral plasma transport, vortex crystals, rotating walls, laser diagnostics, basic plasma physics, pure electron and pure ion plasmas, collective phenomena, equilibrium waves, 2D fluid dynamics, statistical mechanics, collisional thermalization, many-particle adiabatic invariant, cross-field transport, stability theorem, strongly correlated dusty plasmas, vortex dynamics, turbulence and self-organization, spheroidal plasma modes, experiments: electron plasma systems CAMV, EV, CV ion plasma system IV - Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
particle-in-cell (PIC) plasma physics simulation (OOPIC Pro) - improves plasma physics education, solves challenging problems in basic research, and aids in plasma-processing. - Center for Multiscale Plasma Dynamics, University of Maryland & UCLA
focused on applying first-principles, microscopic, kinetic simulation techniques to problems with a slow evolution of macroscopic variables; validate simulations against experimental observations. - Plasmas, Fluids & Beams, Dept of Physics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
basic plasma theory, MHD turbulence, magnetic reconnection, analytic dynamics, plasma theory and simulation, beam physics, compact free-electron lasers - Science,
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos,
New Mexico
basic plasma physics, plasma system modeling - University
of Michigan Intense Energy Beam Interaction Laboratory, Ann Arbor,
Michigan
fundamental physics and technology of interactions between beams of electrons, ions, plasma, microwaves, laser light and radio frequency radiation with plasmas, materials, structures, and biological cells - Center
for Space Environment Modeling University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan
multiscale hydrodynamic and MHD models for space, laboratory plasmas and highly rarefied gases, simulation of near-equilibrium and non-equilibrium transport in compressible gases and multi-component plasmas, hybrid kinetic and MHD solution techniques, software: various 2D and 3D MHD research models - Swarthmore
Spheromak Lab, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
basic plasma physics, spheromak experiments including liquid sodium dynamo - Graduate
Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University
graduate program in basic plasma physics, magnetic fusion, and plasma astrophysics - Dept
of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
(Tojima) new entropic paradigm, cluster plasma, laser wavefield accelerator - Plasmas
and Fusion Technology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
(Center for Plasma Theory and Computation) theory, modeling and simulations, basic plasma theory (Basic Plasma Experiments) - Interoperability-based Environment for Adaptive Meshes (IBEAM), consortium
adaptive mesh for applications such as radiation-hydrodynamic models of gamma-ray bursts
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Basic Plasma Physics - non-U.S.
- Centre
de Donnees GAPHYOR; Research Centers led by Universite
Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
database on the properties of atoms, molecules, gases and plasmas, including plasma physics, conference list - Theory & Complex Plasmas, Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
complex plasmas, theoretical and numerical plasma science, dusty plasmas, plasma crystals, energetic galactic systems - Institut
fur Physik Humboldt - Universitat zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
adiabatic processes in dense plasmas, dense plasmas in strong magnetic fields, theory and simulation of nonideal quantum plasmas - Weizmann
Plasma Laboratory, Rehovot, Israel
basic atomic and plasma physics, theoretical and computation plasma physics, plasma spectroscopy, Who's Who, Plasmas and Phyiscs on Internet, Conferences, Databases, Jobs and Software for atomic and plasma physics, software: Coulomb-Born-exchange code ATOM, free software lists for atomic and plasma physics, experiments: plasma opening switch (POS), Z-pinch - Magnetofluiddynamics (CMFD) Consortium, Trieste, Italy
- National Institute for Fusion Science, ECW Laboratory, Nagoya University
wave-partice interactions, and physics of self-organized structures in rotating plasmas - The
Plasma Laboratory, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway
basic plasma physics, wave propagation, coherent strucutures - Division
of Plasma Physics, Alfven Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden
electromagnetism (antennas, wave propagation), electrophysics (electron accelerator physics, plasma technology), fusion (reversed-field pinch), plasma physics (lab and space plasmas) - Astronomy and Astrophysics Group, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
plasma theory (lab plasmas, pulsar plasma, magnetic liquids), lattice-Boltzmann cellular automata model - Plasma
Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko Lviv State University,
L'viv, Ukraine
relativistic plasmas, equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical plasma studies, stellar spectra
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