Plasma Science: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications (Physics in a New Era) - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Board On Physics And Astronomy; Plasma Science Committee; Panel On Opportunities In Plasma Science And Technology

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309052319 ISBN 13: 9780309052313

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1995

Synopsis

Plasma science is the study of ionized states of matter. This book discusses the field's potential contributions to society and recommends actions that would optimize those contributions. It includes an assessment of the field's scientific and technological status as well as a discussion of broad themes such as fundamental plasma experiments, theoretical and computational plasma research, and plasma science education.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• FINDINGS
• CONCLUSIONS
• RECOMMENDATIONS
• PART I Overview
• INTRODUCTION
• THE ROLE OF PLASMA SCIENCE IN OUR SOCIETY
• Wave-Particle Interactions and Plasma Heating
• Magnetic Reconnection and Dynamo Action
• Basic Plasma Experiments
• Theory and Computational Plasma Physics
• Education in Plasma Science
• LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS
• NONNEUTRAL PLASMAS
• INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION
• MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FUSION
• SPACE PLASMAS
• CENTRAL MESSAGES OF THIS REPORT
• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• PART II Topical Areas
• INTRODUCTION
• LIGHTING
• GAS DISCHARGE LASERS
• PLASMA ISOTOPE SEPARATION
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• PLASMAS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL AND REDUCTION
• PLASMA PROCESSING OF MATERIALS
• Recommendations
• INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
• RECENT ADVANCES IN NONNEUTRAL PLASMAS
• Electron Plasmas
• Ion Plasmas
• Ion Plasmas in Electron-Beam Ion Traps
• RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
• Stochastic Effects
• Strongly Coupled Nonneutral Plasmas
• Antimatter
• Ion Sources with Enhanced Brightness
• Pressure Standard in Ultrahigh-Vacuum Regime
• SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
• Laser Fusion
• Ion-Beam Fusion
• SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES
• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• Past Achievements
• Future Prospects
• Past Achievements
• Future Prospects
• Introduction and Background
• Future Research and Technical Opportunities
• Introduction and Background
• Introduction and Background
• Future Prospects
• Past Achievements
• Introduction and Background
• Recent Advances
• Future Prospects
• CONCLUSIONS
• RECOMMENDATIONS
• Intense Charged-Particle Beams
• Accelerators
• Coherent Radiation Sources
• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• Background
• Status
• Ground-Based Techniques
• Plasma Theory and Simulations
• Wave-Particle Interactions
• Charged-Particle and Plasma Energization
• The Critical Ionization Velocity Effect
• Plasma and Neutral Mass Injections
• Wave Injection Experiments
• Vehicle-Environment Interactions
• In Situ Observations
• Terrestrial Observation Networks
• Laboratory Experiments
• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• Magnetized Disks, Winds, and Jets
• Formation of Low-Mass Stars
• Structure of Collisionless Shocks
• Magnetic Reconnection
• TRAINING IN PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
• FUNDING FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS
• Recommendation
• PART III Board Areas of Plasma Science
• INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
• Bernstein Waves.
• Magnetically Trapped Particle Instabilities.
• Ponderomotive Forces and the Filamentation of Electromagnetic Radiation.
• Plasma Reorganization.
• Quasilinear Effects and Single-Wave Stochasticity.
• Plasma Sources
• Mechanical Probes
• Laser-Based Optical Diagnostics
• Data Acquisition and Processing
• Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions.
• Turbulence.
• Sheaths, Boundary Layers, and Double Layers.
• Plasmoids.
• Dynamo Action.
• Magnetic Reconfiguration.
• Optical Diagnostics
• Massively Parallel Plasma Diagnostics
• SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
• Hamiltonian Transport
• Gyrokinetics
• Nonlinear Laser-Plasma Interaction
• Collisional Relaxation of Nonneutral Plasmas
• Nonlinear Plasma Processes
• Boundary Layers
• Alpha-Particle Effects in Magnetically Confined Plasmas
• Nonlinear Interaction of Intense Electromagnetic Waves with Plasmas
• Space Plasmas
• Turbulence
• Particle Acceleration
• Plasma Confinement and Transport
• Chaotic Effects
• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• DEGREE PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
• ESTIMATE OF FUTURE SUPPLY OF PLASMA PHYSICISTS
• GENERAL COMMENTS
• RECOMMENDATIONS
• PART IV Conclusion
• APPENDICES
• A Federal Funding Data
• B Letters to Funding Agencies
• C List of Agencies Contacted

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Panel on Opportunities in Plasma Science and Technology, Plasma Science Committee, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0309052319
• ISBN 13: 9780309052313
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224