Jan 2, 2026 · Plasma, in physics, an electrically conducting medium in which there are roughly equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles, produced when the atoms in a …

In postwar papers, Bohm laid the foundations of modern plasma theory. Bohm’s lectures at Princeton developed into an influential textbook, Quantum Theory (1951), that contained a …

Nov 22, 2025 · This is the great practical goal of plasma physics—to produce nuclear fusion on the Earth. Confinement schemes devised by scientists use magnetic fields or the inertia of an …

Nov 22, 2025 · A practical application of plasma involves the glow discharge that occurs between two electrodes at pressures of one-thousandth of an atmosphere or thereabouts.

Nov 22, 2025 · Plasma - Waves, Particles, Interactions: The waves most familiar to people are the buoyancy waves that propagate on the surfaces of lakes and oceans and break onto the …

Nov 25, 2025 · A next major step in the development of fusion power is the construction of a facility to study the physics of a burning, ignited plasma (with Q being infinite). The presence of …

Plasma is sometimes called the fourth state of matter because plasmas possess remarkable properties not found in ordinary solids, liquids, and gases. Because the free electrons are …

plasma, in physics, an electrically conducting medium in which there are roughly equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles, produced when the atoms in a gas become …

Hannes Alfvén (born May 30, 1908, Norrköping, Sweden—died April 2, 1995, Djursholm) was an astrophysicist and winner, with Louis Néel of France, of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for …

Nov 22, 2025 · In a star the plasma is bound together by gravitational forces, and the enormous energy it emits originates in thermonuclear fusion reactions within the interior.