Plasma (physics) - Fields of Active Research

Fields of Active Research

This is just a partial list of topics. See list of plasma (physics) articles. A more complete and organized list can be found on the web site Plasma science and technology.

  • 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
    • Northern and southern (polar) lights
    • Space plasmas, e.g. Earth's plasmasphere (an inner portion of the magnetosphere dense with plasma)
    • Astrophysical plasma
    • Interplanetary medium
  • 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
    • Ion thruster
    • MAGPIE (short for Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments)
    • Plasma ashing
    • Food processing (nonthermal plasma, aka "cold plasma")
    • Plasma arc waste disposal, convert waste into reusable material with plasma.
    • Plasma acceleration
    • Plasma medicine (e. g. Dentistry )
    • Plasma window

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  • Plasma spraying

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