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Plasma physics
The branch of physics concerned with matter in its plasma (gas) state in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized.
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forbush decreases
Physics; Plasma physics
The observed decreases in cosmic ray activity in the earth's atmosphere about a day after a solar flare.
Rayleigh-Taylor instability
Physics; Plasma physics
An instability that derives from the character of the equilibrium of an incompressible heavy fluid of variable density (i. E of a heterogeneous fluid). Of two fluids of different densities ...
polar cap
Physics; Plasma physics
An area in the high latitude ionosphere where the magnetic field lines are connected to the interplanetary magnetic field.
convection
Physics; Plasma physics
In general, mass motion within a fluid resulting in transport and mixing of the properties of that fluid. Specifically, in meteorology, atmospheric motions that are predominately vertical.
