Home > Industry/Domain > Physics > Plasma physics

Plasma physics

The branch of physics concerned with matter in its plasma (gas) state in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized.

Contributors in Plasma physics

Plasma physics

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 ...

Featured blossaries

South Asian Sweets

Category: Food   1 7 Terms

Top 20 Website in the World

Category: Technology   1 22 Terms