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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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hall effect
Physics; Plasma physics
The electrical polarization of a horizontal conducting sheet of limited extent, when that sheet moves laterally through a magnetic field having a component vertical to the sheet. The Hall effect is ...
auroral zone
Physics; Plasma physics
Roughly circular bands around either geomagnetic pole above which there is a maximum of auroral activity. The zones lie about 10deg. to 15 deg. of geomagnetic latitude from the geomagnetic poles.
landau damping
Physics; Plasma physics
The damping of a space charge wave by electrons which move at the phase velocity of the wave and gain energy transferred from the wave.
Hannes Alfven
Physics; Plasma physics
Pioneering Swedish plasma physicist, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics; now deceased.
global positioning system
Physics; Plasma physics
A satellite navigation system which will display many (up to 24) satellites in three sets of orbits by means of a precise time standard and three-dimensional information on position and velocity.
sudden ionospheric disturbances (SID)
Physics; Plasma physics
Complex combinations of sudden changes in the conditions of the ionosphere and the effects of these changes. This is used for geomagnetic crotchets andionospheric disturbances (SID).
