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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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atmospheric sounding
Physics; Plasma physics
Measurement of atmospheric phenomena generally with instruments carried aloft by spacecraft, rockets, etc.
absolute instabilities
Physics; Plasma physics
A class of plasma instabilities growing exponentially with time at a point in space, in contrast to convective instabilities.
group velocity
Physics; Plasma physics
The velocity of a wave disturbance as a whole, i.e., of an entire group of component simple harmonic waves.
ionization
Physics; Plasma physics
The process by which electrons are lost from or transferred to neutral molecules or atoms to form positively or negatively charged particles.
solar cycle
Physics; Plasma physics
The approximately 11-year quasi-periodic variation in frequency or number of solar active events.
diffusion
Physics; Plasma physics
The interpenetration of one substance into another as a result of thermal / random motion of the individual particles. (e.g., the diffusion of a plasma across a magnetic field as a result of ...
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