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    magnetic fields confining the plasma are formed in a helical shape, winding around the interior of the reactor. The safety factor, labeled q or q(r), is the...
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  • This is a list of plasma physics topics. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ablation Abradable coating Abraham–Lorentz...
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    Tokamak (redirect from Tokamak plasma)
    The safety factor varies across the axis of the machine; for purely geometrical reasons, it is always smaller at the inside edge of the plasma closest...
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  • Plasma cutting is a process that cuts through electrically conductive materials by means of an accelerated jet of hot plasma. Typical materials cut with...
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    Discovery Plasma Sciences. Washington, DC: American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Community Planning Process. 2020. "US Plasma Science Strategic...
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  • radius of the plasma, ε {\displaystyle \varepsilon } is the inverse aspect-ratio, and q {\displaystyle q} is the safety factor. The plasma parameters m...
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    fibrinogen), glucose, clotting factors, electrolytes (Na+ , Ca2+ , Mg2+ , HCO3−, Cl− , etc.), hormones, carbon dioxide (plasma being the main medium for excretory...
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    nuclear fusion power research, the plasma-facing material (or materials) (PFM) is any material used to construct the plasma-facing components (PFC), those...
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    confinement plasma physics experiment in use with a plasma volume of 840 cubic meters, surpassing the Joint European Torus by a factor of 8. On 3 July 2024...
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    large-scale, magnetic behavior in plasmas and liquid metals and has applications in multiple fields including space physics, geophysics, astrophysics, and...
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  • same dose, be lethal in another. Certain safety factor = L D 1 E D 99 {\displaystyle {\text{Certain safety factor}}=\mathrm {\frac {LD_{1}}{ED_{99}}} } A...
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  • Plasma activation (or plasma functionalization) is a method of surface modification employing plasma processing, which improves surface adhesion properties...
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  • distance Beta (plasma physics) – ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic pressure, used in magnetospheric physics as well as fusion plasma physics. Thiele modulus...
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    Nuclear fusion (category Nuclear physics)
    large-amplitude, spherical plasma oscillations in electrostatic confinement devices", DC Barnes and Rick Nebel, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS VOLUME 5, NUMBER 7 JULY...
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    Tokamak sawtooth (category Plasma phenomena)
    description of the plasma. If the amplitude of the current density in the plasma core is high enough so that the central safety factor q 0 {\displaystyle...
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    Criterion". Physics of Plasmas. 29 (6). arXiv:2105.10954. Bibcode:2022PhPl...29f2103W. doi:10.1063/5.0083990. Yushmanov, E.E. (1980). "The Power Gain Factor Q of...
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    Bremsstrahlung (category Plasma phenomena)
    Processes in Plasmas, G. Bekefi, Wiley, 1st edition (1966) Basic Principles of Plasmas Physics: A Statistical Approach, S. Ichimaru, p. 228. NRL Plasma Formulary...
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    length by a factor of 12. Lerner, Eric J. (January 26, 2004). "Prospects for P11B Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus: New Results". arXiv:physics/0401126...
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    Magnetic reconnection (category Plasma phenomena)
    flow in a magnetized plasma. The concept of magnetic reconnection was developed in parallel by researchers working in solar physics and in the interaction...
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    (2004). "Review of epidermal growth factor receptor biology". International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 59 (2 Suppl): 21–6. doi:10.1016/j...
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  • History of nuclear fusion (category History of physics)
    under Project Matterhorn. His work led to the creation of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Tuck returned to LANL and arranged local funding...
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    what became the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Spitzer's Model A began operation in 1953 and demonstrated plasma confinement. Larger models...
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    outside the plasma, B 0 {\displaystyle \scriptstyle B_{0}} ). Following Freidberg, this beta is then fed into a modified version of the safety factor: q ⋆ =...
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  • (orientation)--Overdrive – Oversteer – Pascal (unit) – Physics – Pinion – Piston – Pitch drop experiment – Plasma processing – Plasticity – Pneumatics – Poisson's...
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    temperature. Plasma methods (see also Plasma processing): Microwave plasma-assisted CVD (MPCVD) Plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) – CVD that utilizes plasma to enhance...
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    Large Hadron Collider (category Particle physics facilities)
    potential for new discoveries in physics, starting in 2027. The upgrade aims at increasing the luminosity of the machine by a factor of 10, up to 1035 cm−2s−1...
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  • The Joint European Torus (JET) was a magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK. Based...
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  • TAE Technologies (category Accelerator physics)
    October 2016 to July 2018. Michl Binderbauer, who earned his PhD. in plasma physics under the guidance of Rostoker at UCI, moved from CTO to CEO following...
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    Dynamic model of a plasma structure with an intermediate double-layer, formed outside an anodic plasma contactor," Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 7, No. 6, 2000...
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  • condition, [a] non-inductive current drive and burning plasma physics with deuterium plasmas." To accomplish this, the poloidal field coils and the vacuum...
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