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16-September-2008 16:20:33 - Plasma physics For other uses, see Plasma. Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation. The colors are a result of relaxation of electrons in excited states to lower energy states after they have recombined with ions. These processes emit light in a spectrum characteristic of the gas being excited. Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation. The colors are a result of relaxation of electrons in excited states to lower energy states after they have recombined with ions. These processes emit light in a spectrum characteristic of the gas being excited. In physical and chemical usage, plasma refers to an ionized gas, in which a certain proportion of electrons are free, rather than being bound to an atom or molecule. The ability of the positive and negative charges to move somewhat independently makes the plasma electrically conductive so that it responds strongly to electromagnetic fields. Plasma therefore has properties quite unlike those of solids, liquids or gases and is considered to be a distinct state of matter. Plasma typically takes the form of neutral gas-like clouds e.g. stars. Contents 1 History 2 Common plasmas 3 Plasma properties and parameters 3.1 Definition of a plasma 3.2 Ranges of plasma parameters 3.3 Degree of ionization 3.4 Temperatures 3.5 Potentials 3.6 Magnetization 3.7 Comparison of plasma and gas phases 4 Complex plasma phenomena 4.1 Filamentation 4.2 Shocks or double layers 4.3 Electric fields and circuits 4.4 Cellular structure 4.5 Critical ionization velocity 4.6 Ultracold plasma 4.7 Non-neutral plasma 4.8 Dusty plasma and grain plasma 5 Mathematical descriptions 5.1 Fluid model 5.2 Kinetic model 6 Common artificial plasma 6.1 Examples of industrial/commercial plasma 6.1.1 Low-pressure discharges 6.1.2 Atmospheric pressure 7 Fields of active research 8 See also 9 Footnotes 10 External links History This state of matter was first identified in a Crookes tube, and so described by Sir William Crookes in 1879 he called it radiant matter.1 The nature of the Crookes tube cathode ray matter was subsequently identified by British physicist Sir J.J. Thomson in 1897,2 and dubbed plasma by Irving Langmuir in 1928,3 perhaps because it reminded him of a blood plasma.4 Langmuir wrote: Except near the electrodes, where there are sheaths containing very few electrons, the ionized gas contains ions and electrons in about equal numbers so that the resultant space charge is very small. We shall use the name plasma to describe this region containing balanced charges of ions and electrons.3 Common plasmas Plasmas are by far the most common phase of matter in the universe, both by mass and by volume.5 All the stars are made of plasma, and even the space between the stars is filled with a plasma, albeit a very sparse one See astrophysical plasma, interstellar medium and intergalactic space. In the solar system, the planet Jupiter accounts for most of the non-plasma, only about 0.1% of the mass and 10-15% of the volume within the orbit of Pluto. Very small grains within a gaseous plasma will also pick up a net negative charge, so that they in turn may act like a very heavy negative ion component of the plasma see dusty plasmas. Common forms of plasma include Artificially produced plasmas Those found in plasma displays, including TVs Inside fluorescent lamps low energy lighting, neon signs 6 Rocket exhaust The area in front of a spacecraft's heat shield during reentry into the atmosphere Inside a corona discharge ozone generator Fusion energy research The electric arc in an arc lamp, an arc welder or plasma torch Plasma ball sometimes called a plasma sphere or plasma globe Plasmas used in semiconductor device fabrication including: Reactive Ion Etching, Sputtering, and Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Terrestrial plasmas Lightning Ball lightning St. Elmo's fire Sprites, elves, jets The ionosphere The polar aurorae Space and astrophysical plasmas The Sun and other stars which are plasmas heated by nuclear fusion The solar wind The interplanetary medium the space between the planets The interstellar medium the space between star systems The Intergalactic medium the space between galaxies The Io-Jupiter flux-tube Accretion discs Interstellar nebulae Plasma properties and parameters The Earth's plasma fountain, showing oxygen, helium, and hydrogen ions which gush into space from regions near the Earth's poles. The faint yellow area shown above the north pole represents gas lost from Earth into space; the green area is the aurora borealis-or plasma energy pouring back into the atmosphere. The Earth's plasma fountain, showing oxygen, helium, and hydrogen ions which gush into space from regions near the Earth's poles. The faint yellow area shown above the north pole represents gas lost from Earth into space; the green area is the aurora borealis-or plasma energy pouring back into the atmosphere.7 Definition of a plasma Although a plasma is loosely described as an electrically neutral medium of positive and negative particles, a definition can have three criteria:8910 The plasma approximation: Charged particles must be close enough together that each particle influences many nearby charged particles, rather than just interacting with the closest particle these collective effects are a distinguishing feature of a plasma. The plasma approximation is valid when the number of charge carriers within the sphere of influence called the Debye sphere whose radius is the Debye screening length of a particular particle are higher than unity to provide collective behavior of the charged particles. The average number of particles in the Debye sphere is given by the plasma parameter, Λ the Greek letter Lambda. Bulk interactions: The Debye screening length defined above is short compared to the physical size of the plasma. This criterion means that interactions in the bulk of the plasma are more important than those at its edges, where boundary effects may take place. When this criterion is satisfied, the plasma is quasineutral. Plasma frequency: The electron plasma frequency measuring plasma oscillations of the electrons is large compared to the electron-neutral collision frequency measuring frequency of collisions between electrons and neutral particles. When this condition is valid, electrostatic interactions dominate over the processes of ordinary gas kinetics. Ranges of plasma parameters Plasma parameters can take on values varying by many orders of magnitude, but the properties of plasmas with apparently disparate parameters may be very similar see plasma scaling. The following chart considers only conventional atomic plasmas and not exotic phenomena like quark gluon plasmas: Range of plasmas. Density increases upwards, temperature increases towards the right. The free electrons in a metal may be considered an electron plasma Range of plasmas. Density increases upwards, temperature increases towards the right. The free electrons in a metal may be considered an electron plasma11 Typical ranges of plasma parameters: orders of magnitude OOM Characteristic Terrestrial plasmas Cosmic plasmas Size in metres 10-6 m lab plasmas to 102 m lightning ~8 OOM 10-6 m spacecraft sheath to 1025 m intergalactic nebula ~31 OOM Lifetime in seconds 10-12 s laser-produced plasma to 107 s fluorescent lights ~19 OOM 101 s solar flares to 1017 s intergalactic plasma ~17 OOM Density in particles per cubic metre 107 m-3 to 1032 m-3 inertial confinement plasma 100 i.e., 1 m-3 intergalactic medium to 1030 m-3 stellar core Temperature in kelvins ~0 K crystalline non-neutral plasma12 to 108 K magnetic fusion plasma 102 K aurora to 107 K solar core Magnetic fields in teslas 10-4 T lab plasma to 103 T pulsed-power plasma 10-12 T intergalactic medium to 1011 T near neutron stars Degree of ionization For plasma to exist, ionization is necessary. The term plasma density by itself usually refers to the electron density, that is, the number of free electrons per unit volume. The degree of ionization of a plasma is the proportion of atoms which have lost or gained electrons, and is controlled mostly by the temperature. Even a partially ionized gas in which as little as 1% of the particles are ionized can have the characteristics of a plasma i.e. respond to magnetic fields and be highly electrically conductive. The degree of ionization, α is defined as α = ni/ni + na where ni is the number density of ions and na is the number density of neutral atoms. The electron density is related to this by the average charge state Z of the ions through ne=Z ni where ne is the number density of electrons. Temperatures Plasma temperature is commonly measured in kelvins or electronvolts, and is an informal measure of the thermal kinetic energy per particle. In most cases the electrons are close enough to thermal equilibrium that their temperature is relatively well-defined, even when there is a significant deviation from a Maxwellian energy distribution function, for example due to UV radiation, energetic particles, or strong electric fields. Because of the large difference in mass, the electrons come to thermodynamic equilibrium among themselves much faster than they come into equilibrium with the ions or neutral atoms. For this reason the ion temperature may be very different from usually lower than the electron temperature. This is especially common in weakly ionized technological plasmas, where the ions are often near the ambient temperature. Based on the relative temperatures of the electrons, ions and neutrals, plasmas are classified as thermal or non-thermal. Thermal plasmas have electrons and the heavy particles at the same temperature i.e. they are in thermal equilibrium with each other. Non-thermal plasmas on the other hand have the ions and neutrals at a much lower temperature normally room temperature whereas electrons are much hotter. Temperature controls the degree of plasma ionization. In particular, plasma ionization is determined by the electron temperature relative to the ionization energy and more weakly by the density in a relationship called the Saha equation. A plasma is sometimes referred to as being hot if it is nearly fully ionized, or cold if only a small fraction for example 1% of the gas molecules are ionized but other definitions of the terms hot plasma and cold plasma are common. Even in a cold plasma the electron temperature is still typically several thousand degrees Celsius. Plasmas utilized in plasma technology technological plasmas are usually cold in this sense. Potentials Lightning is an example of plasma present at Earth's surface. Typically, lightning discharges 30,000 amperes, at up to 100 million volts, and emits light, radio waves, x-rays and even gamma rays. Plasma temperatures in lightning can approach ~28,000 Kelvin ~27,700°C and electron densities may exceed 1024/m³. Lightning is an example of plasma present at Earth's surface. Typically, lightning discharges 30,000 amperes, at up to 100 million volts, and emits light, radio waves, x-rays and even gamma rays.13 Plasma temperatures in lightning can approach ~28,000 Kelvin ~27,700°C and electron densities may exceed 1024/m³. Since plasmas are very good conductors, electric potentials play an important role. The potential as it exists on average in the space between charged particles, independent of the question of how it can be measured, is called the plasma potential or the space potential. If an electrode is inserted into a plasma, its potential will generally lie considerably below the plasma potential due to what is termed a Debye sheath. The good electrical conductivity of plasmas causes their electric fields to be very small. This results in the important concept of quasineutrality, which says the density of negative charges is approximately equal to the density of positive charges over large volumes of the plasma n_e=\langle Z\rangle n_i , but on the scale of the Debye length there can be charge imbalance. In the special case that double layers are formed, the charge separation can extend some tens of Debye lengths. The magnitude of the potentials and electric fields must be determined by means other than simply finding the net charge density. A common example is to assume that the electrons satisfy the Boltzmann relation: n_e \propto e^e\Phi/k_BT_e . Differentiating this relation provides a means to calculate the electric field from the density: \vecE = k_BT_e/e\nabla n_e/n_e . It is possible to produce a plasma which is not quasineutral. An electron beam, for example, has only negative charges. The density of a non-neutral plasma must generally be very low, or it must be very small, otherwise it will be dissipated by the repulsive electrostatic force. In astrophysical plasmas, Debye screening prevents electric fields from directly affecting the plasma over large distances ie. greater than the Debye length. But the existence of charged particles causes the plasma to generate and be affected by magnetic fields. This can and does cause extremely complex behavior, such as the generation of plasma double layers, an object which separates charge over a few tens of Debye lengths. The dynamics of plasmas interacting with external and self-generated magnetic fields are studied in the academic discipline of magnetohydrodynamics. Magnetization A plasma in which the magnetic field is strong enough to influence the motion of the charged particles is said to be magnetized. A common quantitative criterion is that a particle on average completes at least one gyration around the magnetic field before making a collision ie. ωce / νcoll 1 where ωce is the electron gyrofrequency and νcoll is the electron collision rate. It is often the case that the electrons are magnetized while the ions are not. Magnetized plasmas are anisotropic, meaning that their properties in the direction parallel to the magnetic field are different from those perpendicular to it. While electric fields in plasmas are usually small due to the high conductivity, the electric field associated with a plasma moving in a magnetic field is given by E = -v x B where E is the electric field, v is the velocity, and B is the magnetic field, and is not affected by Debye shielding.14 Comparison of plasma and gas phases Plasma is often called the fourth state of matter. It is distinct from other lower-energy states of matter; most commonly solid, liquid, and gas, although it is closely related to the gas phase in that it also has no definite form or volume. Physicists consider a plasma to be more than a gascitation needed because of a number of distinct properties including the following: Property Gas Plasma Electrical Conductivity Very low Air is an excellent insulator until it breaks down into plasma at electric field strengths above 30 kilovolts per centimeter.15 Usually very high For many purposes the conductivity of a plasma may be treated as infinite. Independently acting species One All gas particles behave in a similar way, influenced by gravity, and collisions with one another Two or three Electrons, ions, and neutrals can be distinguished by the sign of their charge so that they behave independently in many circumstances, with different bulk velocities and temperatures, allowing phenomena such as new types of waves and instabilities Velocity distribution Maxwellian Collisions usually lead to a Maxwellian velocity distribution of all gas particles, with very few relatively fast particles. Often non-Maxwellian Collisional interactions are often weak in hot plasmas, and external forcing can drive the plasma far from local equilibrium, and lead to a significant population of unusually fast particles. Interactions Binary Two-particle collisions are the rule, three-body collisions extremely rare. Collective Waves, or organised motion of plasma, are very important because the particles can interact at long ranges through the electric and magnetic forces. Complex plasma phenomena The remnant of Tycho's Supernova, a huge ball of expanding plasma. The blue outer shell arises from X-ray emission by high-speed electrons. The remnant of Tycho's Supernova, a huge ball of expanding plasma. The blue outer shell arises from X-ray emission by high-speed electrons. Although the underlying equations governing plasmas are relatively simple, plasma behaviour is extraordinarily varied and subtle: the emergence of unexpected behaviour from a simple model is a typical feature of a complex system. Such systems lie in some sense on the boundary between ordered and disordered behaviour, and cannot typically be described either by simple, smooth, mathematical functions, or by pure randomness. The spontaneous formation of interesting spatial features on a wide range of length scales is one manifestation of plasma complexity. The features are interesting, for example, because they are very sharp, spatially intermittent the distance between features is much larger than the features themselves, or have a fractal form. Many of these features were first studied in the laboratory, and have subsequently been recognised throughout the universe. Examples of complexity and complex structures in plasmas include: Filamentation Striations or string-like structures16 are seen in many plasmas, like the plasma ball image above, the aurora,17 lightning,18 electric arcs, solar flares,19 and supernova remnants.20 They are sometimes associated with larger current densities, and the interaction with the magnetic field can form a magnetic rope structure.21 See also Plasma pinch Shocks or double layers Plasma properties change rapidly within a few Debye lengths across a two-dimensional sheet in the presence of a moving shock or stationary double layer. Double layers involve localised charge separation, which causes a large potential difference across the layer, but does not generate an electric field outside the layer. Double layers separate adjacent plasma regions with different physical characteristics, and are often found in current carrying plasmas. They accelerate both ions and electrons. Electric fields and circuits Quasineutrality of a plasma requires that plasma currents close on themselves in electric circuits. Such circuits follow Kirchhoff's circuit laws, and possess a resistance and inductance. These circuits must generally be treated as a strongly coupled system, with the behaviour in each plasma region dependent on the entire circuit. It is this strong coupling between system elements, together with nonlinearity, which may lead to complex behaviour. Electrical circuits in plasmas store inductive magnetic energy, and should the circuit be disrupted, for example, by a plasma instability, the inductive energy will be released as plasma heating and acceleration. This is a common explanation for the heating which takes place in the solar corona. Electric currents, and in particular, magnetic-field-aligned electric currents which are sometimes generically referred to as Birkeland currents, are also observed in the Earth's aurora, and in plasma filaments. Cellular structure Narrow sheets with sharp gradients may separate regions with different properties such as magnetization, density, and temperature, resulting in cell-like regions. Examples include the magnetosphere, heliosphere, and heliospheric current sheet. Hannes Alfvén wrote: From the cosmological point of view, the most important new space research discovery is probably the cellular structure of space. As has been seen, in every region of space which is accessible to in situ measurements, there are a number of 'cell walls', sheets of electric currents, which divide space into compartments with different magnetization, temperature, density, etc .22 Critical ionization velocity The Critical ionization velocity is the relative velocity between an magnetized ionized plasma and a neutral gas above which a runaway ionization process takes place. The critical ionization process is a quite general mechanism for the conversion of the kinetic energy of a rapidly streaming gas into ionization and plasma thermal energy. Critical phenomena in general are typical of complex systems, and may lead to sharp spatial or temporal features. Ultracold plasma It is possible to create ultracold plasmas, by using lasers to trap and cool neutral atoms to temperatures of 1 mK or lower. Another laser then ionizes the atoms by giving each of the outermost electrons just enough energy to escape the electrical attraction of its parent ion. The key point about ultracold plasmas is that by manipulating the atoms with lasers, the kinetic energy of the liberated electrons can be controlled. Using standard pulsed lasers, the electron energy can be made to correspond to a temperature of as low as 0.1 K,- a limit set by the frequency bandwidth of the laser pulse. The ions, however, retain the millikelvin temperatures of the neutral atoms. This type of non-equilibrium ultracold plasma evolves rapidly, and many fundamental questions about its behaviour remain unanswered. Experiments conducted so far have revealed surprising dynamics and recombination behavior which are pushing the limits of our knowledge of plasma physics.citation needed One of the metastable states of strongly nonideal plasma is Rydberg matter which forms upon condensation of excited atoms. Non-neutral plasma The strength and range of the electric force and the good conductivity of plasmas usually ensure that the density of positive and negative charges in any sizeable region are equal quasineutrality. A plasma which has a significant excess of charge density or which is, in the extreme case, composed of only a single species, is called a non-neutral plasma. In such a plasma, electric fields play a dominant role. Examples are charged particle beams, an electron cloud in a Penning trap, and positron plasmas.23 Dusty plasma and grain plasma A dusty plasma is one containing tiny charged particles of dust typically found in space which also behaves like a plasma. A plasma containing larger particles is called a grain plasma. Mathematical descriptions The complex self-constricting magnetic field lines and current paths in a field-aligned Birkeland current which may develop in a plasma The complex self-constricting magnetic field lines and current paths in a field-aligned Birkeland current which may develop in a plasma24 Main article: Plasma modeling To completely describe the state of a plasma, we would need to write down all the particle locations and velocities, and describe the electromagnetic field in the plasma region. However, it is generally not practical or necessary to keep track of all the particles in a plasma. Therefore, plasma physicists commonly use less detailed descriptions known as models, of which there are two main types: Fluid model Fluid models describe plasmas in terms of smoothed quantities like density and averaged velocity around each position see Plasma parameters. One simple fluid model, magnetohydrodynamics, treats the plasma as a single fluid governed by a combination of Maxwell's equations and the Navier-Stokes equations. A more general description is the two-fluid picture, where the ions and electrons are described separately. Fluid models are often accurate when collisionality is sufficiently high to keep the plasma velocity distribution close to a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Because fluid models usually describe the plasma in terms of a single flow at a certain temperature at each spatial location, they can neither capture velocity space structures like beams or double layers nor resolve wave-particle effects. Kinetic model Kinetic models describe the particle velocity distribution function at each point in the plasma, and therefore do not need to assume a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. A kinetic description is often necessary for collisionless plasmas. There are two common approaches to kinetic description of a plasma. One is based on representing the smoothed distribution function on a grid in velocity and position. The other, known as the particle-in-cell PIC technique, includes kinetic information by following the trajectories of a large number of individual particles. Kinetic models are generally more computationally intensive than fluid models. The Vlasov equation may be used to describe the dynamics of a system of charged particles interacting with an electromagnetic field. Common artificial plasma Most artificial plasmas are generated by the application of electric and/or magnetic fields. Plasma generated in a laboratory setting and for industrial use can be generally categorized by: The type of power source used to generate the plasma; DC, RF and microwave. The pressure at which they operate; vacuum pressure 10 mTorr, moderate pressure ~ 1 Torr, and atmospheric pressure 760 Torr. The degree of ionization within the plasma; fully ionized, partially ionized, weakly ionized. The temperature relationships within the plasma; Thermal plasma Te = Tion = Tgas, Non-Thermal or cold plasma Te Tion = Tgas The electrode configuration used to generate the plasma. The magnetization of the particles within the plasma; Magnetized both ion and electrons are trapped in Larmor orbits by the magnetic field, partially magnetized the electrons but not the ions are trapped by the magnetic field, non-magnetized the magnetic field is too weak to trap the particles in orbits but may generate Lorentz forces. Its application Examples of industrial/commercial plasma Low-pressure discharges Glow discharge plasmas: non-thermal plasmas generated by the application of DC or low frequency RF 100 kHz electric field to the gap between two metal electrodes. Probably the most common plasma; this is the type of plasma generated within fluorescent light tubes. Capacitively coupled plasma CCP: similar to glow discharge plasmas, but generated with high frequency RF electric fields, typically 13.56 MHz. These differ from glow discharges in that the sheaths are much less intense. These are widely used in the microfabrication and integrated circuit manufacturing industries for plasma etching and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Inductively coupled plasma ICP: similar to a CCP and with similar applications but the electrode consists of a coil wrapped around the discharge volume which inductively excites the plasma. Wave heated plasma: similar to CCP and ICP in that it is typically RF or microwave, but is heated by both electrostatic and electromagnetic means. Examples are helicon discharge, electron cyclotron resonance ECR, and ion cyclotron resonance ICR. These typically require a coaxial magnetic field for wave propagation. Atmospheric pressure Arc discharge: this is a high power thermal discharge of very high temperature ~10,000 K. It can be generated using various power supplies. It is commonly used in metallurgical processes. For example it is used to melt rocks containing Al2O3 to produce aluminium. Corona discharge: this is a non-thermal discharge generated by the application of high voltage to sharp electrode tips. It is commonly used in ozone generators and particle precipitators. Dielectric barrier discharge DBD: this is a non-thermal discharge generated by the application of high voltages across small gaps wherein a non-conducting coating prevents the transition of the plasma discharge into an arc. It is often mislabeled 'Corona' discharge in industry and has similar application to corona discharges. It is also widely used in the web treatment of fabrics. The application of the discharge to synthetic fabrics and plastics functionalizes the surface and allows for paints, glues and similar materials to adhere. Fields of active research Hall effect thruster. The electric field in a plasma double layer is so effective at accelerating ions that electric fields are used in ion drives Hall effect thruster. The electric field in a plasma double layer is so effective at accelerating ions that electric fields are used in ion drives This is just a partial list of topics. A more complete and organized list can be found on the Web site for Plasma science and technology.25 Plasma theory Plasma equilibria and stability Plasma interactions with waves and beams Guiding center Adiabatic invariant Debye sheath Coulomb collision Plasmas in nature The Earth's ionosphere Space plasmas, e.g. Earth's plasmasphere an inner portion of the magnetosphere dense with plasma Astrophysical plasma Industrial plasmas Plasma chemistry Plasma processing Plasma Spray Plasma display Plasma sources Dusty Plasmas Plasma diagnostics Thomson scattering Langmuir probe Spectroscopy Interferometry Ionospheric heating Incoherent scatter radar Plasma applications Fusion power Magnetic fusion energy MFE - tokamak, stellarator, reversed field pinch, magnetic mirror, dense plasma focus Inertial fusion energy IFE also Inertial confinement fusion - ICF Plasma-based weaponry Ion implantation Plasma ashing Food processing Nonthermal plasma, aka cold plasma Plasma arc waste disposal, convert waste into reusable material with plasma. Plasma acceleration See also Physics portal Look up plasma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Plasma physics Plasma channel Plasma parameters Plasma nitriding Magnetohydrodynamics Electric field screening List of plasma physicists Important publications in plasma physics IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Free space plasma generator Footnotes ^ Crookes presented a lecture to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in Sheffield, on Friday, 22 August 1879 1 2 ^ Announced in his evening lecture to the Royal Institution on Friday, 30th April 1897, and published in Philosophical Magazine, 44, 293 3 ^ a b I. Langmuir, Oscillations in ionized gases, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., vol. 14, p. 628, 1928 ^ G. L. Rogoff, Ed., IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 19, p. 989, Dec. 1991. See extract at http://www.plasmacoalition.org/what.htm ^ It is often stated that more than 99% of the universe is plasma. See, for example, D. A. Gurnett, A. Bhattacharjee, Introduction to Plasma Physics: With Space and Laboratory Applications 2005 Page 2 and also K Scherer, H Fichtner, B Heber, Space Weather: The Physics Behind a Slogan 2005 Page 138. Essentially all of the visible light from space comes from stars, which are plasmas with a temperature such that they radiate strongly at visible wavelengths. Most of the ordinary or baryonic matter in the universe, however, is found in the intergalactic medium, which is also a plasma, but much hotter, so that it radiates primarily as x-rays. The current scientific consensus is that about 96% of the total energy density in the universe is not plasma or any other form of ordinary matter, but a combination of cold dark matter and dark energy. ^ IPPEX Glossary of Fusion Terms ^ Plasma fountain Source, press release: Solar Wind Squeezes Some of Earth's Atmosphere into Space ^ R. O. Dendy, Plasma Dynamics. ^ Hillary Walter, Michelle Cooper, Illustrated Dictionary of Physics ^ Daniel Hastings, Henry Garrett, Spacecraft-Environment Interactions ^ After Peratt, A. L., Advances in Numerical Modeling of Astrophysical and Space Plasmas 1966 Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 242, Issue 1/2, p. 93-163. ^ See The Nonneutral Plasma Group at the University of California, San Diego ^ See Flashes in the Sky: Earth's Gamma-Ray Bursts Triggered by Lightning ^ Richard Fitzpatrick, Introduction to Plasma Physics, Magnetized plasmas ^ Hong, Alice 2000. Dielectric Strength of Air. The Physics Factbook. ^ Dickel, J. R., The Filaments in Supernova Remnants: Sheets, Strings, Ribbons, or? 1990 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 22, p.832 ^ Grydeland, T., et al, Interferometric observations of filamentary structures associated with plasma instability in the auroral ionosphere 2003 Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 6, pp. 71-1 ^ Moss, Gregory D., et al, Monte Carlo model for analysis of thermal runaway electrons in streamer tips in transient luminous events and streamer zones of lightning leaders 2006 Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue A2, CiteID A02307 ^ Doherty, Lowell R., Filamentary Structure in Solar Prominences. 1965 Astrophysical Journal, vol. 141, p.251 ^ Hubble views the Crab Nebula M1: The Crab Nebula Filaments ^ Zhang, Yan-An, et al, A rope-shaped solar filament and a IIIb flare 2002 Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 26, Issue 4, p. 442-450 ^ Hannes Alfvén, Cosmic Plasma 1981 See section VI.13.1. Cellular Structure of Space. ^ R. G. Greaves, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko, Creation and uses of positron plasmas, Physics of Plasmas -- May 1994 -- Volume 1, Issue 5, pp. 1439-1446 ^ See Evolution of the Solar System, 1976 ^ Web site for Plasma science and technology External links Plasmas: the Fourth State of Matter Animation on the plasma excitation Plasma Science and Technology Plasma on the Internet comprehensive list of plasma related links. Introduction to Plasma Physics: Graduate course given by Richard Fitzpatrick | M.I.T. Introduction by I.H.Hutchinson NRL Plasma Formulary online or an html version Plasma Coalition page Plasma Material Interaction How to make a glowing ball of plasma in your microwave with a grape | More Video How to make plasma in your microwave with only one match video Plasma Ignition How to make a plasma ignition system Video U.S. Dept of Agriculture research project Decontamination of Fresh Produce with Cold Plasma CNRS LAEPT Electric Arc Thermal Plasmas french v d e States of matter Solid Liquid Gas Plasma Bose-Einstein condensate Other Colloid · Supercritical fluid · Superfluid · Supersolid · Degenerate matter · Quark-gluon plasma · Fermionic condensate · Strange matter · Melting point · Boiling point · Triple point · Critical point · Equation of state · Cooling curve · List of states of matter v d e Nuclear technology Engineering Nuclear physics · Nuclear fission · Nuclear fusion · Radiation · Ionizing radiation · Atomic nucleus · Nuclear safety · Nuclear chemistry Material Nuclear fuel · Fertile material · Thorium · Uranium enriched depleted · Plutonium · Deuterium · Tritium · Isotope separation Power Core topics Reactor technology · Radioactive waste · Fusion power · Energy development · Nuclear propulsion Nuclear thermal rocket · Radioisotope thermoelectric generator Reactor types Inertial fusion · Pressurized water PWR · Boiling water BWR · Generation IV · Fast breeder FBR · Fast neutron FNR · Magnox · Advanced gas-cooled AGR · Gas-cooled fast GFR · Molten salt MSR · Liquid-metal-cooled LMFR · Lead-cooled fast LFR · Liquid-fluoride thorium LFTR · Sodium-cooled fast SFR · Supercritical water SCWR · Very high temperature VHTR · Pebble bed · Integral Fast IFR · SSTAR Medicine Imaging Positron emission tomography PET · Single photon emission computed tomography SPECT · Gamma Anger camera · x-rays Therapies Radiation therapy · Tomotherapy · Proton therapy · Brachytherapy · Boron Neutron Capture Therapy BNCT Weapons History · Design · Warfare · Arms race · Explosion effects · Testing underground · Delivery · Proliferation · Yield TNTe List of states with nuclear weapons · List of nuclear tests · List of nuclear weapons Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Plasma_physics Categories: Plasma physics | Astrophysics | Fundamental physics concepts | Electrical conductors | Phases of matterHidden categories: All articles with statements | Articles with statements since February 2008 | Articles with statements since August 2007 Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Afrikaans العربية Bosanski БългарÑ?ки Català Česky Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Ù?ارسی Français Galego í•œêµì–´ Hrvatski Interlingua Ã?slenska Italiano עברית Kiswahili LatvieÅ¡u Lietuvių Magyar Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本語 ‪Norsk bokmÃ¥l‬ ‪Norsk nynorsk‬ Polski Português Română РуÑ?Ñ?кий Simple English SlovenÄ?ina SlovenÅ¡Ä?ina СрпÑ?ки / Srpski Suomi Svenska தமிழà¯? ไทย Tiếng Việt Türkçe УкраїнÑ?ька اردو ä¸æ–‡ This page was last modified on 16 August 2008, at 16:17
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